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Prostate Cancer

psa test
just got back latest PSA post op and very good. Always on edge till i see the number
Noobie here...would like some feel for where I am headed
Got my 3rd biopsy results today..the 2 preceding transrectal procedures came back as "NEG" but PSA kept increasing over the past 4 years..6---16---21(9/2012), in that period. Last Bx was a template biopsy done to hit the anterior lobes with 5/20 biopsies +, mostly 3 + 3, (1) was 3+4 and (1) 4+3 Gleasons. Last tranrectal…
Life Is Good
Life is Good I am 63 years old and I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in Aug 2011. I went into complete urinary retention on my return trip from my summer vacation on July 30th. I endured five hours of pain on the road and then waited four hours before my trip to the hospital. A Foley was inserted and I was instructed…
First PSA Test since Post/Op
My surgery date wa Nov. 27, 2012, The Doctor ran my first PSA (Blood was taken last Wednesday) today is Jan. 09, 2013 The Office jast called with the results, PSA 0.23, I will get the paper copy in the mail, and I will get back with Any further details
Advice please. Struggling very hard with diagnosis and planning next steps
I was diagnosed late October and am in the final stages of consultations before a treament choice is made ( will probably be HDR BT ) and treament begins. I have consulted with CTCA, RCOG, Emory Winship and will be visiting MDACC on the 14th. Based on these consultations I think the cure outlook is good buy honestly the…
Anyone here post surgery with bouncing PSA?
March 2010-Pre surgery 4.2 PSA.....Post surgery Gleason 4+3 (clinical the same), SVI (right), positive margin (one). No PSA reading until August 2011 (18 months post surgery) which was 0.2. December 2011- 0.15, April 2012-0.2, August 2012-0.3, December 2012-0.17 (yes down from previous). The only reference I have seen on…
Dad Diagnosed With Gleason (5+4)
My dad was diagnosed In China with Gleason (3+5) 11/08/2012. He is 66 years old with good health. His tPSA is over 100. His fPSA is 16.86. His bone scan came back negative. I sent the biopsy slides to Dr. Epstein at JHU for second opinions. Opinion from Dr. Epstein is worse. 100% of the 12 slides are positive. Gleason…
ANYONE TAKING 4 MONTH ELIGARD INJECTION?
HELLO EVERYONE & THANKS FOR ADVICE I'm going on 2 years of FIRMAGON injections--pSA is down to 0.26. MY urologist (PA) wants me to start taking ELIGARD 4 month shots for the last year. I only have to take 3 shots vs. 12 more FIRMAGON. IF ANYONE IS TAKING THE 4 MONTH SHot of ELIGARD, I WOULD appreciate your input.---THANK…
PSA bump-post surgery and adjuvant hormonal and radiation
Post RP this year in April my PSA was undetectable (< 0.03). However started with hormonal (Zoladex) in May and then Radiation(Prostate Fossa( in September-completed Nov 7th. Post radiation PSa test done 4 days later was 0.04. Will have another PSA test next week to determine if the previous test was a bump or recurrence .…
Concerns After Cyber Knife Procedure
I had the CK procedure approximately one month ago; I have been able to have an erection with ED medications but had problems with having a climax during intercourse. Is this to be expected for a period of time and part of the recovery expectations? It may be too soon to expect to have a climax and ejaculation.
PCa and Diet
I posted this a couple of years ago but still great information to help fight this beast….Happy Holidays to all! Lots of good information out there one of my favorite places for updated information are the web sites for UCSF and Prostate Cancer Foundation (give often to these guys…they fund the cutting edge and have done…
New, anyone care to guess what the doc might do
I’m 67 years old white male. For the past several years my prostate has been slightly enlarged. My PSA have been around 2.3. I have a physical every year. This December my PSA was 5.9 I have an appointment with the urology Jan 2nd. Anyone care to guess what he might do beside the old finger up the rear. Do you think he…
Another Update -- PSA Still Not Below 1
Took another quarterly PSA test on 12/13 and it came back 1.26. This breaks the upward PSA trend that began 9 months ago from 1.55 on 3/26 to 1.69 on 6/26 to 2.12 on 9/14 and also follows the negative MRI/MRSI scans on 10/2. Still don't know why my PSA won't drop below 1 BUT all things indicate that I no longer have any…
When Recurrent PCa Isn’t Cancer
Someone else posted this a few weeks back but I’m reposting https://askdrmyers.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/when-recurrent-pca-isnt-cancer/
Anyone here post surgery with bouncing PSA?
March 2010-Post surgery Gleason 4+3 (clinical the same), SVI (right), positive margin (one). No psa reading until August 2011 (18 months post surgery) which was 0.2. December 2011- 0.15, April 2012-0.2, August 2012-0.3, December 2012-0.17 (yes down from previous). The only reference I have seen on bouncing psa after…
Cant make decision
Hi, im a 46 year old husband and father. My wife "made" me go to the Doctor mid 2011 as I was experiencing "hestation". Doc completed PSA test and it came back at 4.1. It was decided I would be monitored and completed blood tests every three months. PSA continued to rise very slowly until August 2012 when it came back at…
General Norman Schwarzkopf
The Telegraph General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead at the aged of 78. This was the news on the Telegraph (and on every media) two days ago. It is sad thought to think that nobody seems to really know what killed the “Stormin” (The Grizzly Bear of the desert as many called him). They write this; “Schwarzkopf himself largely…
New, anyone care to guess what the doc might do
I’m 67 years old white male. For the past several years my prostate has been slightly enlarged. My PSA have been around 2.3. I have a physical every year. This December my PSA was 5.9 I have an appointment with the urology Jan 2nd. Anyone care to guess what he might do beside the old finger up the rear. Do you think he…
Different Models of CyberKnife
Does anyone know if there are different models of CyberKnife and what they are? I am considering it and would like to know what model the facility I am going to be is using. I think this is a reasonable question. Any thoughts?? David
Merry Christmas
To all my brothers here and now I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Thank you all for advice and support over the last year and I wish nothing bet the best, a zero:). Enjoy your holiday with your families and God bless you all.
Who does the cutting
I am probably going to have a RPP in January. The hospital is a teaching hospital and I am concerned about who actually performs the operation. Does anyone know if there are standard operating procedures as to whether the attending physician, resident, or intern performs the operation - specifically the cutting and…
Prostate Cancer Humor
A researcher was researching impotence after various prostate cancer treatments. He spoke to several recent brachytherapy patients and asked how often they were having sex. He totaled up their responses and calculated the average as once a week. The patients expressed their satisfaction as 6 on once a scale of 1 to 10. The…
Planned CSN Outage
CSN will be down from 9 pm Eastern Time Thursday (tomorrow) until 9 am Eastern Time Friday getting a badly needed software upgrade. You will notice a few formatting changes and enhancements. Most importantly, site functionality should improve significantly. Regards, Greta aka Your CSN staff
erectile dysfunction after 1 yr.
I had robotic assisted prostatectomy on Dec 9 2011 . I just had my 1 yr follow up and no cancer . I have been working with Cialis daily for the last 6 months only getting partial erection. It is up to the 3 oclock position not firm enough for intercourse. I read that sometimes it takes 1 1/2 years to recover to a full…
34 months
Got the call yesterday, My PSA is still less than 0.1 and praying for it to stay there. It has been 34 months since dx of stage 4 cancer. Merry Christmas to everyone and may God bless you!
Cryotherapy or Radiation???
Hello I am a 75 yr old African American male with newly diagnosed Prostate Cancer. I have no history of BPH and this is not known to run in the family. Therefore I have not monitored my PSA levels because they were within normal limits every year until this year when it was elevated and the urologist noticed a couple hard…
Diet, exercise, Vitamin D megas in addition to treatment
So in October I introduced a thread in advance of my first ultrasensitive PSA test after being off Lupron for 11 1/2 months. As I indicated in May of 2009 I was a Gleason 7 going into daVinci surgery, and a Gleason 8, Stage 3 coming out. Went ten months with ultrasensitive testing regularly. In the tenth month my reading…
Time Off Work after Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
Any have any ideas of what kind of timne off work I can expect after a Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy? I have short term disability that pays 60% of my salary. I am just wondering what some typical times men have been out of work after this procedure. Thanks and have a great holiday!! David
still psa after radical prostatectomy
My first psa 6 weeks after davinci was .18 and 4 weeks later .21. My pathology was 4+3 and pT3a. I never had undetectable psa. Anyone with experience with persistance of prostate cancer and treatment? Pre-surgery psa was 23.4. I am 53 yrs old.
Looks like its back
Just got home from my post three year checkup. Actually 38 months. PSA came back at .2 History is Davinci Surgery in Aug 2009 Gleason Pre surgery 4+3 7 Post surgery 3+4 Positive Margin Noted in surgery. Doctors plan is to wait 3 months and retest psa on Jan 21. Any positive comments are welcome lewvino

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