Remission

lighterwood67
lighterwood67 Member Posts: 392 Member
edited February 2023 in Prostate Cancer #1

Well, I had my PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) the other day. The results:

PSA, TOTAL 

<0.04 ng/Ml

Looks like I am still in remission. This is my 5th year since RP. I am still continent. I am intimate with wife, but I have slowed down a good bit and cannot hardly catch her anymore. I have always said there is more to us than just us. Smile, I am.

Comments

  • Clevelandguy
    Clevelandguy Member Posts: 1,150 Member

    Hi,

    Great news, hope for many more very low remission readings. Good to hear good news from a successful treatment.

    Dave 3+4

  • Josephg
    Josephg Member Posts: 443 Member

    Congratulations! I will toast your success tonight.

  • Old Salt
    Old Salt Member Posts: 1,471 Member

    Congratulations; but you need to work on your sprints. 😀

  • eonore
    eonore Member Posts: 185 Member

    Congratulations!

  • On_A_Journey
    On_A_Journey Member Posts: 126 Member

    Yes, well done on your continuing good news. Let this be an example to others who think that PCa can't be dealt with.

  • lighterwood67
    lighterwood67 Member Posts: 392 Member

    My wife and I got a good laugh out of the "sprints". Thanks for the comment.

  • Rob.Ski
    Rob.Ski Member Posts: 164 Member

    Congrats. It's nice to hear the success stories.

  • VascodaGama
    VascodaGama Member Posts: 3,700 Member

    Maybe I am late for the party.

    Doesn't matter. I still will drink my glass of red to catch up with you.

    Congratulations.

    🥳🍷

  • centralPA
    centralPA Member Posts: 322 Member

    Keep on winning, OP.

  • Steve1961
    Steve1961 Member Posts: 608 Member

    Great news hey remember me the nutcase who posted 10 times a day and was losing his mind trying to make a decision well I am five years in remission as well my PSA is 0.9. It went down from 7.0 it did take a year and a half to get down to 0.9 but I am at 1.0 right now no sign of cancer did I make the right decision to do radiation treatments if I can go back I would definitely have a surgery then here is why there are three steps to prostrate cancer if it is stage one or two the first step is surgery all goes well you do not need radiation am i right…… then if it happens to come back you can do radiation and that might knock it out for good and then the third and dreaded step would be hormone treatment most likely you won’t need that but I did skip the step one don’t let anybody tell you you can have surgery after radiation they made me think that I could and guess what we really can’t it’s very very dangerous so hopefully it worked out for me looks like it worked out for you Lighterwood congratulations I hope we both remain cancer free I just thought I would chime in ….

  • lighterwood67
    lighterwood67 Member Posts: 392 Member
    edited February 2023 #12

    Steve 1961: Good to hear from you. You are absolutely right, making a decision about a treatment plan for PCs is a difficult decision. Good luck on your journey. On another note: