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Wondering about radiation and damage
I have a quick question since a lot seem to be so knowledgeable what is one gray of external beam radiation equal to it just a regular chest x-ray from what I read the normal human in can have 10,000 x-rays a lifetime I’m just wondering how many x-rays I have had I had a 45Greys And two CT scans and one bone scan I am so…
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Tough lesson about decisions
most know what I am going thru. I have an enlarged prostate and went the EBRT and hi dose brackytherapy ....all I know that I think I made a terrible mistake .i blame myself and drs for confusing me and misleading me ...so now I must move on .i have urinary stricture in my prostate now .flomax helps in the long run I’m…
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Zytiga and prednisone with lupron and xgeva - cost, payment, outcome
Continuing my battle with cancer,, if you find me to be boring just turn me off.. any way my battle started in July 2016 so it's been 2 years.. starting with a round of docetaxel, then a 2nd opinion and a new doctor,, now on zytiga, prednisone, xtiga, lupron, and still carrying on.. my doctor asked me about my quality of…
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Anyone had a Turp after radiation
really I had A dynamic urinary study done yesterday boy was that fun. At least my bladder is good but I have a restriction in my urethra inside the prostrate . Exactly what I feared exactly what the jerk off radiologist said would not happen I asked him how the hell can you radiate prostrate so much in the Aretha not get…
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Two years.....
I come back here now and then, and see what cooking. Some interesting posts as of late. I posted this recently on another forum that I pop in and out of periodically. Thought I'd copy it and post it here as the timing seems right and help the new guys to trust their instincts and throw away the rear view mirrior once…
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Newly Diagnosed Clear Bone Scan
I recently received a clear bone scan and was wondering what tests I shou;d have done next. I'm also scheduled for a MRI which I had 30 months ago. PSA 4.5 Biopsy Reults: Left Lateral Middle: Adenocarcinoma Gleason 8 (3+5) in 70% of sample Left Lateral Base: Adenocarcinoma Gleason 8 (4+4) in 10% of sample Right Lateral…
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Cyberknife Treatment--Side Effects
I am interesting in hearing from anyone who has had Cyberknife treatment for PC. Particularly any short term/long term side effects. Is this considered a nerve-sparing treatment? What about bowel and urinary side effects? Thanks!
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Gleason score 8 PSA 4.5 Newly Diagnosed
I just received a PC diagnosis last week and I'm like everyone else, very concerned. I'm an active 57 year old and have been monitoring my PSA levels for 2 years. My PSA is 4.5 from 3.3 a little over a year ago. I had a 4K Score of 11, and a contrast prostate MRI that showed nothing. 12 core biopsy done August 23, 2019 and…
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Radical Prostatectomy Question
I met with a surgeon on Friday. He is one of the most experienced and top surgeons in the mid atlantic area (over robotic 2,700 RPs). I have a gleason score 9 lesion and many other lesions (volume is high), especially in lower right periphery. If he performed the RP, he would have to "go wide" in his words, meaning remove…
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PSA after Radical
As there exists a lack of happy precision with PSA testing both pre and post operatively regarding the "aggressiveness" of a particular cancer, I wonder about the presence of a 0.5 or less PSA after surgery (shouldn't it be absent) and whether or not radiation therapy is based upon neither sign nor symptom, but upon a…
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Full panel blood test
Just want to apologize sometimes my anxiety gets the better of me. I am sure that everybody gets regular check ups here and blood tests. One year ago after radiation treatment my white cell count was at 5.9 now this year I just had everything checked a little more than a year later and now my white cell count is down to…
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Father diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer
My father, who is 88 years old, was diagnosed on Wednesday with stage 4 prostate cancer with metastases to the bones. His most recent psa is 90. His gleason score is 9. For the past 10 years his psa levels have been going up from 4 to 10 to 13 to 30 to 40. They only performed a biopsy the week before last because an xray…
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Update
Well, I had my PSA test the other day. I got the results today <0.1 nanograms per milliliter. The total PSA value from this assay system is standardized against the WHO standard.The test result will be approximately 20% lower when compared to the equimolar-standardized total PSA (Beckman Coulter). Comparison of serial PSA…
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Screw radiation
a bit of good news finally PSA is 2.5 great. ...down from 4.0. 3.6. 3.4. Bounce to 4.0 ... so now to get a dynamic uro study done .to see why I can’t empty my bladder ..I wonder why ..so answer me this ...if my prostate is cooked and is scar tissue how the hell is the urethra not .its probsbly. Real thin and hard now and…
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Question for prostate surgery recipients
Is there any pc surgery survivor who has an erection as good as pre-surgery? Or in other words, a sex life as good? As a survivor with a diminished erection, I have heard many others say there's is half as good, or 3/4, etc. Can anyone truly say its as good as before surgery??? George
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Are there treatments available for recurring cystitis and hematuria caused by PC surgery?
Back in late May, my father woke up one morning with blood in his urine. Unfortunately, the blood was accompanied by clots that wouldn't pass and we ended up in the ER. During CT scans, they found kidney cancer. Two days later, he had emergency surgery to remove the kidney. At that point, everyone thought the blood in the…
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Radiation and neuropathy n
okay so now I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel in both wrists ..granted I have been having problems with this fir a while .but since radiation therapy 1 year ago it seems like my left hand has got 5 times worse .there is no position I can lay in where my hand won’t go totally numb ...I neglected to tell the neurologist…
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Prostate Cancer
Hi, My husband just was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. We are looking into all kinds of avenues for treatment. His doctor has suggested radiation or surgery. Reading up on it, I am not crazy about either. I was wondering if anyone has been treated with the Laser Ablation such as the one by Sperling Prostate Cancer in Del…
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Drs can’t be trusted all the time
my PCP is a great man ..had him fir over 25 years ..he has taken great care of me ...Has referred me to other terrific specialists ENT gasrologist,neurologists ,but the one specialist he sent me to the one I really needed to be good turned pot to be the worst and I hope it doesn’t do me in ..I went to see my PCP one year…
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Baking POWDER & MOLASSES AS A CURE FOR CANCER
DID ANYONE EVER HEAR OF DRINKING BAKING SODA & molasses as a cure for prostrate cancer? IT"S SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE BODY ALKALINE KILLING THE CANCER ????? ------PLEASE RESPOND
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CK testicular atrophy, pain
My husband had CK therapy for prostate cancer in May of 2019. Since then, he has not stopped bleeding rectally. He has testicular atrophy and consistent pain. We're at our wits end. CK says it has nothing to do with radiation. The colon doctor says he has radiation scarring. Do any of you have any experience with this?…
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Gleason 10, PSA 3.16, bone scan and MRI negative
Hi Just found this board today. Had DRE which found suspicious firmness. Biopsy result Gleasons 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10. Remaining 5 of the 12 cores benign. Both sides affected. Perineural invasion found in two cores, extraprostatic extension present in two others. Age 73 Total PSA 3.16 ng/ml, .59 free PSA. Cat scan found…
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PSADT rates while on Lupron
PSA History of: -post radical prostatectomy (T3B) with salvage radiation as of 2014 (no data in hand, post-radiation PSA ~0.1 from 2014-2018) 8/2018: 0.2 2/2019: 0.4 **Spoke with my doctor and got on 90-day Lupron 2/28/2019 5/2019: <0.1 **Doctor skipped dosage as PSA/testosterone levels (18) were low 8/2019: 0.4 In Feb…
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Checking for Cancer: MRI or Biopsy...???
hello all... If an MRI is the be all/end all in determining prostate cancer...why do I need a biopsy...???...why can't I just go right to the MRI...??? Background: 67 years old. My PSA was at 5.5. My urologist performed a cystoscopy; & said that everything was normal, but wanted to keep an eye on my PSA. It went up to 8.2,…
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Decision Made on Treatment
Thursday I returned to my Urologist for a urinary issue and told him again where i was in my choices of treatment. He strongly urged me not to have Da Vinci procedure or Watchful Waiting. He felt the radical was too invasive when other options are available and I am too young for WW. I decided to go with ProstRcision…
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Father just diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer
A little over a week ago my dad was given a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis that spread to lymphnodes. He's 63 - PSA 81 - was started on Casodex and will be given Lupron shot in a week. He went for his bone scan today and we're anxiously waiting results. I need to know what's worked, treatment wise, for anyone in a…
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Disgusted and a bit pissed
So get this I went to my PCP today .lgreat guy been going to him for probably 30years .so we had along talk about my so called journey I call it a fiasco myself ..I looked back at records while waiting wayyy back ..seems like I had a PSA of 2.8 back in 2007 at age 46 ..well I guess since it was under the 4.0 limit nothing…
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Decifer testing
Well it’s been one year since I completed treatment 25 external beam and to day one year ago high dose Breaky therapy. As many of you know I regret it. I guess what hsunts me is the outcome of the deciphered test. It came back as high risk 81% 44% chance that when I started therapy the cancer was worse 33% chance that in…
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Update - PCa 42 years old
Hi All, It's been some time since i posted on the forum. I believe the site went through an update and might have removed some of my posts. Anyway, i was diagnoed with PCa back in November 2018 (41yrs old), with mets in my right scapula, 3 small nodules in my left lung, left hip area and the lymph nodes. My oncologies at…
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Prostatectomy Following Elevated PSA and MRI
Sorry if this topic has already been addressed. I am wondering if anyone on the forum had his prostate removed following an MRI i.e. without a biopsy of the prostate ever having been completed? My MRI showed three lesions that were judged very high probability of significant cancer, one with a capsular bulge. I know that…