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Prostate Cancer

A Christmas Gift
Have not posted in a long, long time. PCa Dx May 6,2009, with a pre Gleason of 7 and a post robotic surgery Gleason of 8 and Dx of Stage 3B. Went just under a year with no post surgical changes and then a very, very slight increase in reading (0.02). Some would say not enough to react. I, and my urologist thank goodness,…
Have I been a fool or have I used wisdom
Have I been foolish? Am I playing Russian Roulette? I respect your opinions and will appreciate any comments to my question after you ready my story. Ater a biopsy in October of 2011, I was told that I have prostate cancer. The results are listed below: Container/Label Pieces Length Gross Description Gleason Score %…
My blog
I would like to share my blog entitled Living with Prostate cancer. The focus is on the living. Please read at toddseals63.blogspot.com
CyberKnife SBRT, 6 years treatment results
Here is a very comprehensive report of CyberKnife treatment, side effects and biochemical control. These results may help the many now contemplating CK as their favourite choice. Unfortunately it does not give details to distinguishing between Low, Intermediate and High risk patients but the Gleason above (4+3) 7 did…
psa screening recommendations survey
Recommendations for prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer: A national survey of radiation oncologists and urologists, "Beyond the Abstract," by Simon P. Kim, MD, MPH, et al. Published on 11 December 2013 BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Early detection of prostate cancer through the use of prostate-specific…
CSN study FAQ
Please excuse the long post. A number of members have posed questions on the discussion boards or emailed me for more information about the CSN study that has been underway since November 2013. I thought it might be helpful to post the most common questions and my answers. What is the CSN survey? What is its purpose? The…
Prostate Laser Ablation
Can anyone enlighten me on prostate laser ablation? Read an article on it but have never seen anything on this thread about it. Thanks Bldr23
New to forum - wife of prostate cancer patient
Hello everyone, I am actually on here trying to get some ideas and help for myself and my husband. Some background: my husband was not tested until he was 55 years old in 2009. To make a long story short over several tests and different doctors his PSA tripled in a year, they did a biopsy and he was diagnosed with stage…
calcium & Prostate Ca.
Here is an excerpt from a review published by the National Cancer Institute in May, 2009....Can anyone add to this? Especially on the use of supplements rather than food (dairy) products. The results of some but not all studies suggest that a high intake of calcium may increase the risk of prostate cancer. For example, the…
Prostvac Trial Later vs. HDT Now
My friend Tim is two years post RP and IMRT. Age is 53, Gleason 9, PSA 22, 12/12 positive, EPE, SVI and PNI. RP was non-nerve sparing which included 12 lymph nodes which showed no cancer however he is most likely metastatic. He now has a PSA of .5 which has been rising from the .1 range for about one year now. His PSADT is…
CRPC (Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer)
I had surgery 9 years ago, PSA 31, Gleason 7, negative margins, local spread. PSA jumped after surgery, went on Casodex, the Lupron which I am still on. PSA non-detectable for 7 years. Then it slowly started doing up every three month check-up and Lupron shot: .2, .3, .4, .5, etc. until it reach .9 last month. I've…
Treatment
On a post I made several weeks ago the reply was, to get this book, great reading! Test scores Tc1,One core with aggresive cancer rated @4+4=8 gleason score with P.S.A @8 Treatment Hormone/Rads. Question: How soon after hormone treatments do they start Rads? Dr. said around 2 Mo. I'm 79 and moving to Wa. in this timer…
Looking for information regarding MRI guided laser ablation therapy for PC?
Thank you for any guidance and/or help.
Husband's radiation starts tomorrow
Well, we're ready for hubby to begin radiation treatments tomorrow. I think we have our ducks in order. He had his first injection of Trelstar about a month ago followed by 10 days (I think) of Bicalutamide. So far so good. He says he has not noticed any side effects and here's hoping the radiation will go without any…
Orchiectomy
Saw my Doctor again and he was quite alarmed by a PSA rise of 2 in only one month. which means it has nearly doubled in 4 months. Now 9.7. He says that I have reccurence and my cancer is obviously agressive. He says that I should have HT but knows that I can not do so because of the severe side effects and the costs. He…
New to the forum
Just started to do some research on treatment for PC. Trying to decide on robitic or CK. I am leaning towards CK. My Gleason score is 3+3 for a 6 my PSA is .081. 2 of 12 tested positive. I don't have any of the other diags right now, will have to get them. After reading in here I see I did not get all the information I…
AUS Surgery Jan 27 - Anxious
Advice / feedback on AUS surgery MAIN interest. Surgery set for Jan 27.
Failed robotic prostatectomy, now looking at radiation
Hello! Yes, I am back. I joined this discussion board in late January, 2011. I had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. At that time I wrote: "I was diagnosed with prostate cancer on 12-30-2010. I am 53 years old in otherwise good health. My psa was 4.3. My last psa was 1.2 in 2007. Gleason score was 6 (3+3) but a…
newby
HELP,-- I am a 79 yr old with Bladder and prostate problems. Jan.3rd they are removing the bladder stones and I would like to know if I should opt for the removal of my prostate at the same time? My psa is 9.8 and a recent biopsy was done and yesterday the Dr. called and said I had a very aggresive cancer that had a…
Does anyone have any feedback on ProstRcision
I am 65 and new to CSN-----------I bloged yesterday and posted my condition ( hindsight is 20-20) trying to decide on a treatment. Here is a quick recap. 10-8-13 psa 7.6----10-30-13 psa 8.5----11-5-13 DRE found tumor----11-14-13 sonogram(prostate 33 grms)-----11-25-13 biopsy (prostate cancer---gleason…
Waiting for Surgery
I have just been diagnosed with Stage II prostate cancer, PSA 13, Gleason Score 7 (4+3). I have selected robotic surgery with the da Vinci machine, but I have to wait 6 weeks for surgery. What is the normal wait time from time of diagnosis to surgery? How aggressive is a Gleason 7 and is there any danger in waiting? RT was…
Late Term Brachytherapy side effects...
Hello All, Have not been here in awhile. New symptoms brought me back. Had BT in December 2011. Had typcial short term effects which went away after a month. My PSA's since then have averaged .40 with one 2.0 spike. In the last few months have experienced buring urination, frequency, urgency, sore testicles. My Urologist…
Brachytherapy longterm sideeffects
My friend had radiation treatment, including brachytherapy about two years ago. For the last four mos., he has been experiencing increasing burning pain at the tip of his penis when he urinates. He said it feels like someone putting a lighter on the tip. Has anyone experienced any longterm sideeffects from radiation or…
PSA doubling every six weeks
On July 3rd 2012 I had a radical prostatectomy. Found to be Gleason 9. Had escaped through back of prostate. Adjunct external radiation during October/November 2012. PSA end Feb 2013 < 0.01 but started growing as from June 2013 and is now 0.42 (at 5th December 2013), amounting to a doubling every six weeks. Bone, CT and…
Rapidly rising PSA
My last post on this subject was that my PSA had doubled from 3.3 to 7 in three months. The Doctor I saw said it could have been due to a very severe urinary tract infection and that I should teat PSA again in one months time. If the rise was due to he infection this latest test should show a decline. Unfortunately my PSA…
Earlier Christmas present
Yes, I got a Christmas present today. The PSA of today’s results come at 0.85 ng/ml. The Testosterone was 4.89 ng/ml (489 ng/dL). These values are lower than the last ones taken in September 2013, and represent a plateau after the steep increase at the beginning of my “vacations” from HT drugs. This is a surprise and…
INCONTINENCE AFTER HOSPITAL SURGERY
HELLO EVERYONE & HAPPY HOLIDAYS I recently had surgery for a bleeding blood vessel in the bladder MY current PSA is 0.14 ---taking the 4 month shots of ELIGARD in the stomach. PSA IN AUGUST was 0.15 I'm home now but have to run to bathroom virtually every 1/2 hour & sometimes barely make it. DID anyone experience…
PSA Test Results
I am a 73 year old man who had a diagnosis of prostate cancer in April, 2012 (Gleason score 7, one positive of 12 biopsies). I had radical prostatectomy, and the pathology report indicated the cancer was confined to the prostate with no evidence of any spreading. The path report did say that there was "perineural"…
First post-op PsA result
Had my first post-op PSA test yesterday. Result came back today -- .01 Michael (Gleason 3+3; DaVinci surgery Oct. 10)
Metastatic Prostate Cancer
I had a radical prostatectomy in March 1996. Metastases in bones were founnd 2 years later. Last April I could not stand on my feet because of spinal cord compression. I receivrd radiation therapy to my lower spine, and I am confined to a wheel chair. My wife has become my caregiver.

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