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Prostatectomy + RT + ADT
I have created this new topic to document my case which I believe may be interesting to members . I was diagnosed shortly after my 55th birthday with a PSA of around 130 and no other symptoms, nothing, nada, everything worked absolutely normally; I had a small prostate with about 40% of it filled with a Gleason 7 tumour.…
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Enough
First of all I do not want to offend anyone. And respect everyones choices because there is no right or wrong. Some of the knowledge a few of these guys have certainly help alot of people. I myself with metastatic disease at 41 had to do alot of soul searching and spent alot of time to decide my decision. I've decided no…
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Decifer test question
So I hsve a question ..let’s discuss this ...why di you really need this test done if your going to do surgery...it seems like all it does is predict any chances of future reoccurance. Why would you want to know that to besides worry about it ...just do the surgery get the path report and move on and hope it’s gone fir…
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Update
Tuesdays bone scan reads as follows. Findings: interval development of foci of moderate increased uptake bilateral iliac bones, right aspect of sacrum, l1 vertebral body, distal left clavicle, manubrium sterni and right parietal bone, suspicious for metastatic disease, given history of prostate carcinoma. Physiologic…
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Experimentation
Well, today is my 6th month post RP. For the last day and night or so, I have been wearing nothing but underwear with no thin shield (please do not take that literally, I am not walking around in just my underwear). I have been wearing gray, blue, green, underwear so that I could easily detect a leak upon visual…
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Please be honest
anyone ever been cured of prostate cancer by the combo treatment of 25 external and 1 hdr internal ...I stil having s tough time dealing with the mistake I did ...I feel like a shell of what I was 4 months ago ....I’m so worried I can’t at all going to see a cancer psychologist hopefully he can shed some light ..he is also…
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Pi-rads of 5's on prostate MRI
My PSA went from 5.4 to 11.4 in a year. I have lower back pain and pain in kidney areas. A MRI of prostate was ordered. There are 3 areas with pi-rad scores of 5 and 1 area with a pi-rad score of 4. I won't have a biopsy done until Oct. 25. What are the chances they won't find cancerous cells ?
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PSA 10.50 Free PSA 2.20 as of 8/31/2018 Do I have cancer or prostate enlargement?
2/29/2004 PSA Free PSA Free % Calc 1.9 6/14/2010 3.52 4/29/2013 5.59 H 12/4/2013 6.96 H 6/18/2014 6.93 H 1.55 22% 12/8/2014 8.31 H 1.87 23% 6/10/2015 7.44 H 1.68 23% 12/10/2015 9.07 H 1.81 20% 7/14/2016 7.79 H 1.80 23% 5/19/2017 9,65 H 1.92 20% 12/15/2017 9.52 H 1.87 L 20% L 8/31/2018 10.50 H 2.20 H I am 73 years old from…
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Space Oar
I went to the UNM Cancer Center for the SpaceOar injection on Monday. This was because my local hospital cancer centre doesn’t do the procedure. If it wasn’t for the 120 miles round-trip drive I would have selected the UNM Cancer Center for my radiation treatment as it was 39 zaps. Similarily if it wasn't 750 miles away I…
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Very Concerned
Good Evening... I just recieved the results of my MRI....my prostate is 110ml....apparently thats pretty large - they also detected some lesions. My PSA is 11.8 and has been rising the past few years. Im 58 years old. I had a biopsy 4 years ago which was negative....doctor wants to do another. My unexperienced brain tells…
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Scans?
Gleason 9, proton, brachytherapy, failure. First follow up psa was 74, 3 months later it is 132. Started casodex and pc spes. See Dr Tuesday to discuss lupron and possible chemo. Is there a reason for more scans, we know it's in bone because of my increasing pain, sometimes severe but not always. Any benefit to having more…
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Blood in seaman 4 months after radiation
Hello I had prostate radiation treatment for 8 weeks ended in May, I was not having any blood in seaman until now 4 months out I am experiecning a more than normal amout of blood in seaman. has anybody else had this problem there is so much to read about this but no articles really get to the cause. seems like a lot of…
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weight gain
I have gained about 7 lbs. since my prostatectomy 18 months ago. Is that normal? I haven't changed my diet. Eat about the same amount, and exercise. I believe that I have read somewhere that weight gain can occur after a prostatectomy, but don't know why. I am also experiences some heart issues. Could that be a reason?…
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Increasing PSA after RP/SR
Been a while since I have been here, so hello again to the group - VG, Max, et al. RP in 2016 after PSA 22, 4+3. PSA detectable a few months after surgery, had SR (37 fractions up to 70 GY) at PSA 1.0 with 6 months of Firmagon. Testosterone and PSA undetectable starting a few weeks into Firmagon and for about 6 months…
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Chemo
Gleason 9 , proton , brachytherapy failure. Where do I go from here, more scans, more money, chemo, hormone therapy with chemo? The way I see it I'll never get my life back, so how far should a person be willing to take it. I don't wanna leave my wife with a pile of debt either. I just don't have the answers, at age 41 I'm…
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Need answers from others in same situation ....
Hello all, I had prostatectomy in Sept 2015. The surgery lasted over 5 hours; the "normal" is about 3. After release from the hospital, I of course had to use the Foley catheter. As of this writing , I still am using the Foley, because (1) there is scar tissue in the bladder (2) I have issues breathing so the urologist is…
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Worried over decision
i serioudly don’t think ,my RO was looking after my best interested ...that’s my fsult ..now that I have done all treatments 25 EBR and hdr brachytherapy..I’m physically felling s bit better ....but emotionally a wreck ...very depressed..one haunting dilemnac...lymph node damn it ..my urgeon was going to take a dissection…
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In and Out RARP
I was in preop at 3:00 last Tuesday afternoon and was home by 6:00 Thursday evening. I live 22 miles from MDA Houston. I am just now starting to believe they sent me home so quickly. I meet with the surgeon this Thursday for a Cystogram and hopefully removal of the two catheters implemented. The wound catheter drainage is…
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Firmagon and the libido
Has anyone had an experience similar to mine? I have had a prostatectomy in which both nerves were cut and I have been on Firmagon for five months now but my libido in my head continues unabated; I still look at women in the street, I want to have sexual intercourse with my wife, etc. Bizarrely I still have intense erotic…
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anyone stop treatment with Gleason of 9 after long term
I have been treated with hormones and phosphates for 14 years after a radical prostectomy found cancer cells in my lymph nodes and gleason of nine. I was also treated with radiation. My psa has remained at less than 0.1! Its been recomended that I stop the hormone and phosphate treatment. I would like to hear from anyone…