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Prostate Cancer

Archives for March 2018

side effect from taxotere treatment on Prostate Cancer
Gleason score of 8; Currently my psa is at 1.0 13 weeks after RP; Lympth node negative. Doctor proposed Lupron for HT and RT in parallel possibly followed by Taxotere Treatment. Does anyone know the side effect from Taxotere (Docetaxel) chemo.
Pathology Report from RP (Sorry for Blank Posts)
Sorry for the extra posts, trying to figure out how to delete them. My catheter is out having fun with that process. I am in good spirits. I will sleep with my wife and dog in my bed tonight. Smile, I am. Surgical Pathology Report * Final Report * Final Pathologic Diagnosis 1. ANTERIOR BLADDER NECK MARGIN, EXCISION: BENIGN…
Lifelong Transformation Through Lifestyle Medicine
Lifelong Transformation Through Lifestyle Medicine UCLA Health cardiologist Tamara Horwich, MD, and special guest Dr. Dean Ornish discuss the healing and transformative power of the UCLA Health Lifestyle Medicine Program This is appropriate to reverse heart disease and early prostate cancer disease as well as other…
No defined lesion, is Cyber Knife possible
I finally got a copy of my 3T MRI report and as my urologist told me, the results showed "No MRI demonstation of any lesion in the prostate that is specifically suspicious for prostate carcinoma." As posted below, my confirmational second biopsy showed two small areas (3 & 7%) of Gleason 3+4 whereas my original biopsy was…
Daughter Taking Me
My daughter is taking me to get my catheter out today and pick up my pathology report. I cannot say enough about her and my wife , my best caregivers. This is the human side of this. The side that cannot be measured or dissected. She is giving her mother a break. I have had a lot of support through this including this…
Question about Father's Biopsy Report
Hello Again, If you don't mind, I am starting a new thread to ask some questions about my father's prostate biopsy report. Some background (as described in the old thread : https://csn.cancer.org/node/315446) 1) Father is 81 years old, lives alone in India, was diagnosed with Recurent Urehtral Stricture in 2001 and has…
From slow growth to rapid growth
In 2013, had my biopsy results sent to John Hopkins. Results are below: 1) Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, Gleason Score 3+3=6 involving 30% of one core. 2) Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, Gleason Score 3+3=6 involving 90% of one core. 3-6) Benign Prostatic Tissue Dec. 2015 MRI - Prostate 83cc. Seminal vesicles and neurovascular…
Prostate cancer diagnosis
Newly diagnosed prostate cancer. 54yr old healthy male 3+4 and 13.5 PSA. Prefer radiation due to side effects of surgery .Thoughts
Disappointing News
Greetings. I joined the Forum in November after being diagnosed with PCa. At that time the diagnostic data were as follows: One core positive, 10% of the core, Gleason 3+3 PSA 3.7 MRI negative Oncotype DX PHI Score 19 Based on this data, the plan was to follow Active Surveillance. As part of the AS protocol I had a…
New member
Hello to everyone. I am new to the board but I have been in the active surveillance program at MD Anderson (Houston) for going on 2 years. I am 52 years old, married with 2 kids (one in college, one in second grade). My medical info is as follows: Stage 1 (stage T1c, Gleason 6 (3+3), PSA of 6.9 originally but at 5.6 as of…
My surgeon called yesterday
My surgeon called me yesterday to check up on me. First he said he had great news from the pathologists. The samples around the prostate and margins all negative for PC. He said when I come for my appointment Thursday, he would provide me with a copy. Just waiting for Thursday to see how that goes. Will scan and post…
Working Out While on Hormone Suppression (Firmagon) - Need Your Experiences
Hi Everyone - I'm new here after recently being diagnosed with Gleason 7 prostate cancer in 1/4 of my prostate. (see my profile for more details). My main concern about the Firmagon injections is that it will seriously impact my workouts. I've worked hard over the last year to get in shape -- losing nearly 100 lbs. I don't…
ED treatment
A doctor has recomended I explore the use of devices like high end vibrators and pumps designed specifically for survivors of radical prostate surgery to help with ED. Can anyone with experience using these give me their thoughts and recommendations?
Surgery 3.9.2018 - My story - New Video 23 hours later
------------- Video added 6.19.2018 https://youtu.be/VT5ThDnq0Kk March 2018: I'm a normal Kansas guy employed as a barber. 5'10" 210 pounds...I drink beer, eat beef jerky, pickled eggs and I can walk 2 miles no problem. So pretty much I'm a normal midwest fellow. I'm 59 and my PSA had bounced to 4.0. Gleason 4+3 on biopsy.…
Prostate cancer Please help
Hello, My dad has been diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer. He has a Gleason score of 7. We are looking at all our options and doing our research. One of our options is MRI Guided Focal Laser Ablation. Has anyone here have that done? If so, could you please tell me your experiences. Dates are important. How long ago…
Description of procedure RP 3/20/2018
I know a lot of you folks like the details. I am posting this Description of Procedure of my RP. I am feeling better everyday. I get the catheter removed this coming Thursday. I know you folks know that this operation is major surgery. Just thought I would post this so if someone wanted to see what happened during my robot…
3/20/2018 Surgery Done
I will give you folks a more complete update after I get my catheter out next Thursday. For now I am at peace with myself and in good spirits. The pathology on the prostate, lymph nodes, bladder neck indicated no cancer outside of the prostate. These tests were done prior to actual removal during the surgery. I was there 2…
After prostate removed
hi , 61 male. Not good at typing. But I’m trying. Had prostate removed. High psa. And Gleason scored. Like 9. Did all the test, cant find cancer anywhere else. 2 weeks bag was removed. Had Lupron shot that day also. Wants me to have 1 every 6 months for 2 yrs. biggest issue from that is nite sweats, Like coming out of a…
PSA TEST
Hi - my name is Andrew.I had my surgery radical prostatectomy Dec 28th 2017 2 days ago I did my first PSA test (Roche Eclia methodology). The result shows prostate ag,serum <0.1 My question is - Should I do more sensitive PSA test than the one I did?? Thank You
Husband just diagnosed with Prostrate cancer
Hello. I just joined this group and hope that I am able to get different insight other than what it her sources we've been reading. My husband had two surgeries for colon cancer about seven yrs ago. He had part of his colon removed. All went well and his recent colon check revealed only a few polyps which were removed. He…
PSA rise with ADT
I was diagnosed for Prostate malignancy in 2013. I had radical prostactomy in 2014. Two years later I was started on ADT. This year, despite ADT every three months, the PSA shows a rising trend, reachig currently a level of 2.9. The current testosterone level is 29 ng/dl. The PSMA scan is unable to pick up any areas where…
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Packing up RP 3/20/2018
Well, this day has finally come. My wife and daughter are going with me. Packed up a few things in case I have to stay 2 days. Wife told me I pack too much, which is true. I am in good spirits and at peace with myself and our Lord. I can't wait to get back home and tell all the trials ans tribulations of the surgery. Most…
So far
Lets see. 3T MRI; biopsy; cancer diagnosed; 22 cores taken; a little blood in my urine after the procedure. During some of the procedure, I did feel the needle taking the samples some of the time; to this day there is blood in my semen (not bright red), just looks like mud. Next procedure, cystoscopy; inspect urethra with…
Updated surgeon rating site.
Ever since Surgeon's Scorecard stopped updating their site in 2015, I have been checking for a new ratings site... Tgis site has been around for a while, but it looks like their information is updated more regularly. Prostatectomy is included as an option. You plug in your zip code and it gives the ratings for surgeons in…
Question about Father's very high value of PSA
Hello Members, Thank you for reading my message. My father is 81 years old and lives alone in India. He was diagnosed with Recurrent Urethral Stricture in 2001 by his Urologist. He was on Tamsulosin and Darifenacin for a lot of years and was fine until Sept 2016, when he had pain in the entire penis shaft and part of his…
Best Medigap supplement if newly diagnosed .
I was diagnosed with PCa 4 years ago, have been watching and waiting since. I recently had a colonoscopy at the VA and 5 cancerous polyops were found... I decided to sign up for medicare this year in addition to the VA so I am in my Medicare Supplemnt open enrollment period from July 1 2018-Jan 1 2019. I signed up for the…
Newly diagnosed
Hello everyone, New member here. I am a 78 year old referred to a urologist after my GP found a small nodule in my prostate through a routine periodic DRE. Last DRE and PSA had been done in 2014. PSA at the time was at .01. The eurologist performed another DRE to confirm and scheduled me for a biopsy. He diagnosed me with…
Complications after surgery, in germany
This article, (Repeat prostate biopsies do not raise the risk of post-prostatectomy complictions) found on page one of the Feb 2018 ustoo hotsheet mentions information that have been a focal of discussion at this board: "Results showed that 45.9%, 57.9% and 60.9% of men achieved potency at one, two and three years after…
New Prostate Cancer Imaging Tracer Improves Dectection
The artilce found on Page 2 of the Feb 2018 HOTSHEET published monthly by USTOO organization discusses the new Tracer F-PSMA-1007. This tracer apparently makes the dection of small lynph nodes metastasees easier than with other agents. http://www.ustoo.org/PDFs/HotSheets/Us TOO HotSHEET February 2018e.pdf Note: The…

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