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No Sex- Wives how do you cope with it?
My husband received radiation, breaky therapy, and hormone treatment (Lupron) over 6 years ago. He went through all those treatments in 1 year and it seemed that the treatments had no effect on him at the beginning. Unfortunately, after two years he started gaining weight, having hot flashes, diabetes, excessive urination…
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TESTOSTERONE SUPPLEMENTATION AFTER RADIATION AND FIRMAGON
HAD RADIATION AND FIRMAGON 5YEARS AGO .CANCER IS GONE BUT SO IS MY TESTOSTERONE .IT NEVER CAME BACK .DR RECOMMENDED TESTOS TERONE SUPPLEMENTATION.HAS ANY BODY TRIED THIS?
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Hi all, This is a post to wish everybody a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Low PSA's for 2021! Best wishes, Georges
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I now have both a AMS CX & AUS 800 implants
This is not to scare anyone, but hopefully to help with your recovery from Prostate cancer. I'm 69 now and had a radical prostatectomy in 2017. My PSA's have been .02-.03 since the surgery. As a result of the surgery though I became permanently incontinent even though I was told very few men experience this. After a year…
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Breakthrough in Finding Prostate Cancer Cells in Body?
Just saw this article in the New York Times titled "New Scan finds Prostate Cancer Cells hiding in the Body": After doctors found cancer in Dr. Mark Samberg’s prostate last spring, the 70-year-old retired urologist prepared to have his prostate removed. He knew that the surgery would cure him, assuming the cancer was…
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Can a Gleason score of 3+3=6 and 3+4=7 recur?
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October 2020, then had my RP done in November 2020. Ten sample cores were taken, two cores returned positive for cancer. One was 3+3=6 (low risk) and the other was 3+4=7 (intermediate risk). No perineural invasion seen in all cores. Urologist determined my cancer to be stage 1. Now,…
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Cyberknife Side Effects
Hi all, I finished my Cyberknife treatment a week ago today 12/8/20. The treatment itself seemd to go well. But starting 3 days after the teatment I started having loose stools that pretty much were just a series of wet farts with not much coming out. The toilet paper was pinkish when wiping and eventually came out with…
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Prostate Cancer- After RP, Gleason 9 from 6 and PSA relapse
I have searched and studied a few publications and some literature. This is my first time posting on this very useful forum, so hoping to help others and/or get some inputs. I am now 49 years old and have been healthy and very athletic in sports. I had an RP in Sep. 2020 when PSA was 32, and the surgeon thought that I…
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Moving Forward
Hello. I just joined and this will be my first post. In the summer of 2015 I had a PSA of 19, a Gleason score of 5 + 4 and staging T-1b I believe I had short term HT along with EBRT, This went from Dec of 2015 thru March of 2016. I had a NADIR that was fine until the summer of 2019 when my PSA started creeping up. In…
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New treatment question
I am looking for insite from anyone who might be on a similar course of treatment that I'am schulded to start on Dec 9th. Currently on Lupron every three months. Doctor wants to start me on Abiraterone and Predrisone and also Prolia. History and reason for new treatment: 1/2016 - Prostate removed, Gleason score 9 (5+4).…
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FDA Approves first psma-targeted pet imaging drug for men with PCa
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-psma-targeted-pet-imaging-drug-men-prostate-cancer