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Pending DaVinci Surgery
My husband is getting ready for the DaVinci Surgery this coming Tuesday. I sure hope everything goes okay. He is the person I lean on.
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LATEST PSA RESULTS FOR RADITION HOPEFUL
JUST GOT RESULTS------- psa is now 0.11.----------IS THIS GOOD ?
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy After Prostate Cancer Surgery
Since I'm still pulling zeros after successful Da Vinci surgery three years ago, I am considering TRT. But until reading this article, all the information available thus far suggested TRT was not a wise move. What do you guys think about this current theory? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tre.178/pdf
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Planned CSN Outage Tonight
Dear Users, CSN will be down for routine maintenance tonight from around midnight to 3:00 AM Eastern Time. We apologize for any inconvenience. The site will be up and running as quickly as possible. Thank you for all you do for CSN! CSN_Nick
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Update: 6 week post op results with MD Anderson and Dr. John Davis
Ok, So I had robotic assisted radical prostatectomy on January, 14 2013 at MD Anderson with Dr. John Davis. I am 49 years old and had a gleason score of 6 (3+3). He also did a lymph node descretion. I can not say enough about MD anderson and Dr. John Davis and his staff. I was in the hospital for 2 days, went home, had a…
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Casodex strange results
I have previously posted about my experience with Casodex (bicalumide) 50mg. 20 months after IMRT my PSA doubled in 3 months and then started rising fast to 9.5 Since I can not tolerate HT . Dr Reccomended 50mg Casodex daily. But after about 8-9 days I got very sick and stopped. Then I had my PSA taken 3 weeks after I…
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PSA & Surgery
My husband had his prostate removed in early December 2013 by the DaVinci robotic method. Final pathology report stated that there was one positive margin, 24 out of 24 lymph nodes were clear but his Gleason score was 9 (4+5). First PSA reading 6 weeks after surgery was 0.46. What significance does this have on the…
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Dr. Strum has stablized my recurrent PSA with a DIM supplement
Dr. Steve Strum suggested I take BR-DIM to stablize my PSA that had been doubling every 5 months. I started at 1 per day of the 150mg, it stablized my PSA at 0.2 then dropped to .17. It started going up again so I increased to 4x per day and it is stable at 0.2 for 10 months now. Available as DIM Plus by Natures Life…
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HIFU
Has anyone heard about High Intensity Focused ultrasound for the treatment T-1 or T-2 pc.? It is not approved by the FDA in the USA but is used in Europe and canada. They claim it is very effective and has little to no side effects. It can be repeated and used even after other treatments have been used. The Cleveland…
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Life Insurance after being 5 years Cancer free
I was surprised that I was able to get Life Insurance after 5 years of being cancer free. Has anyone else had this experience?
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up date
Hi All, it's been months since I've posted, lost contact with the network but just found it again. Also was listed as SPARK PLUG & KOZY KITTY just in case anyone remenbers names. But I have to give TREW alot of credit, he has been a great help in his postings. I had the prostrate removed in 2011 after having the numbers go…
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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,…
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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 %…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Looking for information regarding MRI guided laser ablation therapy for PC?
Thank you for any guidance and/or help.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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AUS Surgery Jan 27 - Anxious
Advice / feedback on AUS surgery MAIN interest. Surgery set for Jan 27.
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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…
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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…