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Prostate Removal?
Good Morning. I am new to this board. It was suggested by my wife, who had been involved in the forum for many years. So, to summarize, I am 72 years old. DX in 2016 with a Gleason of 6. I've been practicing 'active surveillance' since then. Fast forward to October of last year, with one or two plugs now showing Gleason 7.…
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And just like that...I am different person.
I am, 55. My diagnosis for PC, was on November 28, 2022. PSA, a 7..My MRI, was a Pirad 5, My Gleason a 7. The Urologist recommend surgery, He said, because of my age. I had surgery on March 6, 2023..Three days after my Birthday. The leaks began after the catheter removal on March 13, 2023. I recently discovered My C, was…
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Hormone treatment - were you given a choice of methods or drugs?
I am experiencing a biochemical recurrence and might be put on ADT soon. Whether I should head down this path before metastasis detection or not is a moot point - this thread is only about the different types of hormone therapies available and whether anyone was given a choice when they were put on it for whatever reason,…
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BPH treatment options years after external beam radiation.
I am 7 years post radiation treatment. My PSA has gone from an 11 to 0.19. I have recently experienced urinary retention, completely unable to urinate, requiring a trip to the ER to be catheterized. I have seen a urologist (my original one retired) and we are discussing treatment options. She stated that the "radiated"…
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PSA and chemo
I’m a 73yo Started journey in 2005. Watch your PSA. Once it started doubling the * hit the fan , but chemo has reduced the level . At 741.5, I was in pain after the first treatment the pain subsided no pain meds except cannabis. So far I’ve had robotic prostatectomy radiation treatment hormone therapy Chemo. 7 scheduled 2…
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Second Opinion on Needle Biopsy
Hi Everyone: My husband is scheduled for a targeted needle biopsy of the prostate next week (based on MRI results), we are in Calgary, Canada. Based on You-tube videos from the Prostate Cancer Research Institute in California, they recommend getting a second opinion for pathology and Gleason scoring on the samples. I don't…
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Start of a New Journey
I had just undergone a Radical Prostatectomy on February 7th. Right at a month in, this is frustrating, but yet I am alive with a long road ahead.
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Checking out options
I had a prostate biopsy last Wednesday. My PSA levels had been going up, with my most recent one reading 5.59. Results came back yesterday, and I will speak to my urologist about 'where do we go from here?' on 3/13. Re: the biopsy, 5 samples were negative. 3 were positive, each with a Gleason score of 6, with less than 5%…