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Prostate Cancer

PSA 10.50 Free PSA 2.20 as of 8/31/2018 Do I have cancer or prostate enlargement?
2/29/2004 PSA Free PSA Free % Calc 1.9 6/14/2010 3.52 4/29/2013 5.59 H 12/4/2013 6.96 H 6/18/2014 6.93 H 1.55 22% 12/8/2014 8.31 H 1.87 23% 6/10/2015 7.44 H 1.68 23% 12/10/2015 9.07 H 1.81 20% 7/14/2016 7.79 H 1.80 23% 5/19/2017 9,65 H 1.92 20% 12/15/2017 9.52 H 1.87 L 20% L 8/31/2018 10.50 H 2.20 H I am 73 years old from…
Busy 5 days
It' been a busy five days visiting a number of health care professionals. Last Thur. I had a tube placed in my left ear to open up a eustachian tube. Last Fri. I had my 18 month prostatectomy check which was great for the most part. My psa. was undetectable. However, because of my history of poor bladder control my…
Enough
First of all I do not want to offend anyone. And respect everyones choices because there is no right or wrong. Some of the knowledge a few of these guys have certainly help alot of people. I myself with metastatic disease at 41 had to do alot of soul searching and spent alot of time to decide my decision. I've decided no…
Experimentation
Well, today is my 6th month post RP. For the last day and night or so, I have been wearing nothing but underwear with no thin shield (please do not take that literally, I am not walking around in just my underwear). I have been wearing gray, blue, green, underwear so that I could easily detect a leak upon visual…
Update
Tuesdays bone scan reads as follows. Findings: interval development of foci of moderate increased uptake bilateral iliac bones, right aspect of sacrum, l1 vertebral body, distal left clavicle, manubrium sterni and right parietal bone, suspicious for metastatic disease, given history of prostate carcinoma. Physiologic…
Decifer test question
So I hsve a question ..let’s discuss this ...why di you really need this test done if your going to do surgery...it seems like all it does is predict any chances of future reoccurance. Why would you want to know that to besides worry about it ...just do the surgery get the path report and move on and hope it’s gone fir…
Space Oar
I went to the UNM Cancer Center for the SpaceOar injection on Monday. This was because my local hospital cancer centre doesn’t do the procedure. If it wasn’t for the 120 miles round-trip drive I would have selected the UNM Cancer Center for my radiation treatment as it was 39 zaps. Similarily if it wasn't 750 miles away I…
Diagnosed with prostate cancer and worried!!!
Dear all, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer a few days ago and my urologist says, after introducing the results of the biopsy, that I need treatment. My last PSA was 5.76 and out of 12 cores, I have 6 cancerous cores. All are grade T2 and their Gleason scale score is 3+3=6. My urologist says all these cores are located…
Please be honest
anyone ever been cured of prostate cancer by the combo treatment of 25 external and 1 hdr internal ...I stil having s tough time dealing with the mistake I did ...I feel like a shell of what I was 4 months ago ....I’m so worried I can’t at all going to see a cancer psychologist hopefully he can shed some light ..he is also…
need imput on hormone therapy
My husband has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Psa was 25. Dr didnt tell us the Gleason score. His recommended treatment plan is combined therapy of Hormone therapy and radiation. Cancer is contained to the prostate. Bone and ct scan was clear. We are currently getting a second opinion. We would like to know the…
Surgery or Proton therapy? What do you think?
Looking for best treatment option surgery or proton therapy, so far I have completed one consult with a radiation oncologist who suggested I start hormone treatment that day. I didn’t think this was the best idea since I had other consults with two University based cancer centers scheduled. MD Anderson Proton Center has…
Fear is a liar!
Cancer is a physical illness and does not have to be a mental or spiritual illness. I have only been dealing with PC for 1 year and at times I let it darken my spirit and my thinking. I have been selfish and inconsiderate to those around me. I have allowed the disease to take away some of todays because I was worried about…
Chemo
Gleason 9 , proton , brachytherapy failure. Where do I go from here, more scans, more money, chemo, hormone therapy with chemo? The way I see it I'll never get my life back, so how far should a person be willing to take it. I don't wanna leave my wife with a pile of debt either. I just don't have the answers, at age 41 I'm…
Increasing PSA after RP/SR
Been a while since I have been here, so hello again to the group - VG, Max, et al. RP in 2016 after PSA 22, 4+3. PSA detectable a few months after surgery, had SR (37 fractions up to 70 GY) at PSA 1.0 with 6 months of Firmagon. Testosterone and PSA undetectable starting a few weeks into Firmagon and for about 6 months…
My MRI Results Are In
I jest received my MRI results. Can someone PLEASE help me understand? What's good and bad about what you see here? "FINDINGS": "please note diffusion imaging is limited at the mid glad and apex due to artifact from adjacent bowel gas" THE PROSTATE GLAND overall size prostate dimensions = 4.7 X 3.5 X 4.3cm {maximum…
Scans?
Gleason 9, proton, brachytherapy, failure. First follow up psa was 74, 3 months later it is 132. Started casodex and pc spes. See Dr Tuesday to discuss lupron and possible chemo. Is there a reason for more scans, we know it's in bone because of my increasing pain, sometimes severe but not always. Any benefit to having more…
Very Concerned
Good Evening... I just recieved the results of my MRI....my prostate is 110ml....apparently thats pretty large - they also detected some lesions. My PSA is 11.8 and has been rising the past few years. Im 58 years old. I had a biopsy 4 years ago which was negative....doctor wants to do another. My unexperienced brain tells…
use of hemp (Rick Simpson) oil
I have come to learn about the sometimes miraculous results in treaating cancer with hemp oil. I started a regimen about 2 weeks ago. I am interested to know if anyone has heard of hemp oil as a treatment or better yet, if anyone has used it./ What were the results?
weight gain
I have gained about 7 lbs. since my prostatectomy 18 months ago. Is that normal? I haven't changed my diet. Eat about the same amount, and exercise. I believe that I have read somewhere that weight gain can occur after a prostatectomy, but don't know why. I am also experiences some heart issues. Could that be a reason?…
Blood in seaman 4 months after radiation
Hello I had prostate radiation treatment for 8 weeks ended in May, I was not having any blood in seaman until now 4 months out I am experiecning a more than normal amout of blood in seaman. has anybody else had this problem there is so much to read about this but no articles really get to the cause. seems like a lot of…
I now have another cancer
I've posted this in a couple of other prostate forums, so forgive me if I repeat myself. This has all happened just within the past month. My GP ordered a CT scan three weeks ago because my pancreatic enzymes were off. The CT revealed a golf ball sized mass in the small bowel mesentary, which is a structure within the…
PSA result came back with 0.2 ng/ml - 3.5 year after RP
I went through RP (DaVinci robotic surgery) in October 2014. I was diagnosed with PC after biopsy results. at the time (Sept 2014): PSA= 5.2, positive biospsy cores: 3, T grade: T1c, Gleason score: 3+4 /3+3. PSA has remained <0.1 since the surgery. Update added the following PSA history. * 4/28/16 * <0.1 * 4/28/17 * 0.1 *…
Need answers from others in same situation ....
Hello all, I had prostatectomy in Sept 2015. The surgery lasted over 5 hours; the "normal" is about 3. After release from the hospital, I of course had to use the Foley catheter. As of this writing , I still am using the Foley, because (1) there is scar tissue in the bladder (2) I have issues breathing so the urologist is…
Path report & Robotic Surgery - help please?
Age 70. From the recent prostate biopsies: * acinar adenocrcinoma * involving five of seven biopsy sites * highest Gleason ISUP grade group 3, GleasonSscore 4 + 3 = 7 * ISUP group 2, Gleason Score 3 + 4 = 7 * perineural infiltration present Tumour from 60%, 75%, 80% and 95% of the core tissue removed. Also, comment, 'No…
AMS800
An earlier thread posted some of my history dealing with the aftermath of Prostate Cancer Surgery. After living ten years (age 71 - 81) with <.01 PSA I decided to explore an artificial system to eliminate or slow gravitational drippage using 2.3 Depends Pads per day. The head of Urology at U.C.Med-Davis, in Sacramento…
In and Out RARP
I was in preop at 3:00 last Tuesday afternoon and was home by 6:00 Thursday evening. I live 22 miles from MDA Houston. I am just now starting to believe they sent me home so quickly. I meet with the surgeon this Thursday for a Cystogram and hopefully removal of the two catheters implemented. The wound catheter drainage is…
Firmagon and the libido
Has anyone had an experience similar to mine? I have had a prostatectomy in which both nerves were cut and I have been on Firmagon for five months now but my libido in my head continues unabated; I still look at women in the street, I want to have sexual intercourse with my wife, etc. Bizarrely I still have intense erotic…
anyone stop treatment with Gleason of 9 after long term
I have been treated with hormones and phosphates for 14 years after a radical prostectomy found cancer cells in my lymph nodes and gleason of nine. I was also treated with radiation. My psa has remained at less than 0.1! Its been recomended that I stop the hormone and phosphate treatment. I would like to hear from anyone…
7 months post surgery....test in 30 days...fear is creeping back
His surgry was 1/30/18, he's is continuing to do great! It's been an amazing recovery process for him. Thankful beyond measure. We're 30 days away from having his follow up testing at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NY. Last visit was March - tests were great. Do you start having the "unknown" fear creeping back right before…
Anyone ever returned to normal after EBR
I am worried sick that I will never ever regain the strength I had before EBR ...I was a jogger and want to know if I will ever be able to jog again

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