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Very Anxious and looking for support
The distilled version of my current situation: Age 72 -physical exam past June 2022 with PSA at 6.3 [usually runs 3.2-3.8 since age 40] DRE negative -ASYMPTOMATIC other than getting up 2-3X in PM to void. -repeat PSA August [6 weeks later] PSA and Free PSA / tPSA at 9.6 and fPSA 23.3 -Urology consult August - DRE Neg after…
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Urination Issues
Hello all, this topic may have been discussed in the past, but not sure how to search for it so I'll ask again. I'm a year and half post prostate radiation treatment. My issue is over the past 6 months (it been constant for the last month) at night when I go to bed I wake up about ever hour (sometimes more often) with the…
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Biopsy Results Back - Not Good - GC5 - Gleason 9 (4+5)
Greetings, Just got my biopsy results via my medical portal. Not good. GC5 - Gleason 9 (4 +5). Looks like 7 cores are positive with a mixture of G8 and G9. I have an appointment with the PA on Friday (in 2 days). A little bit in shock as it happened all so fast but also clear-eyed. Wondering what the questions are that…
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New To This Group
Just had an MRI and now waiting to schedule MRI-Ultrasound Prostate Fusion Biopsy Here are the the results of MRI. Seemes like sytrong probabllity of cancer looking for an input IMPRESSION: 1. BI-RADS 5 lesion in the right posterior lateral peripheral zone at the base. 2. Mild BPH 3. Enlarged right pelvic sidewall lymph…
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Scheduled for transperineal template biopsy - experiences?
I am scheduled for a transperineal template biopsy in a month, 20-30 cores. My PSA history is complicated and I had 2 negative TRUS biopsies 9 years ago (12 core 14 core). 4 MRIs. PSA has has always been volatile and elevated since first biopsies. Current MRI is PIRADS 2. Very frustrating. The biopsy is being done at a…
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Relapse of cancer cells after prostectomy
Healthy 80 yr. old clear with <.1 for four years+ after prostectomy. In June of 2022 psa of .5. Two months later psa came back at .7 Any comments please
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New, prostate cancer wife
Sorry new to this site. My husband had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and elected to have it removed 5 years ago now. Thank god he has had clear test’s since. ED has been the issue for years for him, but recently Cialis has had worked pretty well. It took many years for it to start working, but now it does. Problem is…
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Re-occurring Prostate Cancer
I am new to the forum and have been reading. I am a 12 year prostate cancer survivor after surgery. I have incontinent and manage it with pads (3-4 a day) and a Cunningham clamp. But four years ago, my PSA went from non-detectable to 0.02, 0.03, 0.09, 0.17 and is now 0.36 after a 6 month ready of 0.26. (I replaced the…
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Will surgery cause prostate cancer to spread?
Hi, I have been following discussions on this site for a couple of weeks. All the information is very helpful. Now I have a question and need your help. My husband, 70 years old, was diagnosed with localized prostate cancer in June, high risk, Gleason score 4+4=8 in 3 cores. He is not suitable for RP because of easy…
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Not having fun yet.
I’m 50 and had a radical prostatectomy with nerve spare on 8/1. PSA was 10.6. Gleeson score was 4+3 on the biopsies, but downgraded to 3+4 after surgery. I am really struggling with the incontinence and ED. Could really use some tips here.
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Recently Diagnosed
My husband is a 75 year old who was diagnosed last week with what we’re told us an aggressive cancer. An MRI in Chattanooga shows cancer in both seminal vesicles, bladder base, suspicious bone lesions on pelvis. 14 core biopsy show positive in all, Gleason 5+5, 5+4 in 13 and one as 4+4. Percentage in each all range from…
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Questions on treatment timeline and Biopsy
Hi, I've been on this journey since April, when my PSA test showed 6.9 (it was 3.9 in 2020). I was first diagnosed with Prostatitis and given 6 weeks of Cipro. PSA was still high at 6.4 after Cipro, scheduled a fusion MRI (which took 4 weeks). Results were PI-RAD 5 lesion found on August 06. I now have a fusion biopsy…