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Prostate Cancer

Archives for April 2021

Diagnosed
I had a biopsy Monday and was told today that I have PC. However Dr said if I have to have PC its the best I could hope for. 2 samples out of 12 showed PC and 1 was a very low count. PSA was 6.5. I'm a somewhat healthy 67. Somewhat anxious personality. Dr is suggesting RALP and I want to be aggressive to get rid of PC if…
Prostate removed -gleason 9- mestastasized to bone- to begin radiation
Hello, My husband has had his prostate removed but upon the 7 week blood test it had mestastasized to 2 locations in the bone. He has been diagnosed with an agressive form of prostate cancer and has been placed on the generic of Zytiga, is taking hormone shots & is to begin radiation for the 2 locations in the bone next…
Surgical Clips
Just wondering, what your folks opinions are on surgical clips being left in your body for life after lymph node dissection? I realise they are inert. Anybody had any problems with this?
New Guy Reporting In
Greetings, Gentlemen. New guy reporting aboard here, although I’ve been watching this forum for last couple months to learn as much as I can from the collective experience of all participants. I’m 73, retired Navy, and in pretty good shape/health. PSA for nearly 20 years was 0.4 to 0.5. But it started climbing 5 years ago,…
Best Course of Action
PSA levels slowly rising, still slightly below the BCR level three years after RALP, blood work has been every six months since the surgery. What should happen next, if it rises over the .2 level? Watchful waiting? Radiation? Or some type of ADT? Or a combination of the latter two? I'm a month away from 75, HBP, high…
Incontinence & TUIBNC
I had my prostate removed 8 years ago. My PSA started to increase immediately after surgery so I went through radiation. To my knowledge I have been cancer free since the radiation. I had not struggled with incontinence but started having issues the last year with weak stream and dribbling. My Urologist wanted to do a…
Stage 4
Hi. I am new here.I just found out last month that I am stage 4 with distant spread. 1 spot in ribs. 1in chest and 1 in spine. Also 8 areas in pelvic region. Psa was 64 and gleason of 8. 12 core samples show 9 cores of 8. Doctor gave me 2 weeks ago my first 3 month injection of lupron. I am to start…
Possibly going back on ADT
Hi, My husband only had a 3 month break from his lupron/zytiga (after being on it a year plus radiation for gleason 9 metasis to lymphnodes) and today we learned he may have to go back on. Basically his testosterone went back to normal (484) too quickly and with that,the psa went from undetectable to 0.3. He is still…
Results from my Seventh Prostate Biopsy
Last Friday I had biopsy number seven as part of my twelve years in Johns Hopkins’ Active Surveillance program. This biopsy was different, as I requested the imaging be done in real time using the ExactVu micro-ultrasound. After nine previous MRI’s with gadolinium contrast, I didn’t want any more of those chemicals. The…
Decision Time RP or ADT/HDR/EBRT
After waiting 8 weeks for my MRI Fusion biopsy the results are in and not great mostly Gleason 9 (4+9) and one Gleason 9 (5+4). Have Bone Scan and CT Thursday and Friday of this week. Hoping it hasn't metastasized but concerned. I have appointments set up at Memorial Sloan Kettering with Medical Oncologis, Radiaiton…
PSA Nadir of 0.3 1year after Radiation on Jan 2017 and last reading of 2.3 in March of 2021

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