2 yr update

Submariner682

So you don’t have to read every entry 😂

12/8/23 - Prostate removed at 70 yrs old. In following months, PSA doubled every 3 months. .1, .22, .41, .84 😳

2/15/25 - 2 months of radiation treatment to prostate bed and surrounding lymph nodes (3 dozen treatments) 😩

6/2/25 to 3/1/26 - Last 4 PSA’s negligible 🎉🎉🎉

Personal status:

I’ve had 3 six month Lupron shots. 1 more to go in August.Hot flashes are most annoying part. Suck energy right out of you on a hot day. No return of erection and no desire for sex. Don’t even think about it anymore 🧐

Have very small urine leakage issue. I switched from boxers to briefs and change when I go to bed and when I get up. Worst is wet spot about size of a quarter. Kagels work 💪

Just had a colonoscopy and there was no damage from radiation treatments 👍

Looking forward to a good year on the farm. Just Chickens and honeybees 🚜🐝🚜

Hope everyone has a GREAT year 😎

Clevelandguy

Hi,

Glad to hear your PSA is near zero, hope for many more.👍 Seems like you are tolerating your ADT meds as good as possible, great news.

Dave 3+4

Wheel

Great News!!!!

RickLeon

Hi,

Our prostate cancer journeys are so similar. I'm 70 years old this year.

2022 PC diagnosed. Radical Prostatectomy Aug 2022. Genetic Testing showed high risk

2023 PSA rising to 0.20. Started Eligard Nov 2023, 1 shot, 6 months but side effects lasted 9 months.

2024 started Salvage Radiation. Jan 2024. 38 treatments pelvic area and all lymph nodes.

2024 - 2025, PSA non Detectable

2025 Bladder Hematuria. Bleeding all of Nov and Dec. Diagnosed Radiation Cystitis

2026 Started Hypsrbaric Chamber treatments 2 hrs per day. M - F. Just finished 30 of 40 treatments. Complete HBOT and Reevaluate in April. No bleeding since Jan.

I hope the best for you.

Submariner682

Hmm. What should I watch for concerning the bladder he matures. No issues to date

Submariner682

bladder hematuria

RickLeon

For me, I noticed a trace of blood in my urine. I had been winterizing my home and yard which required lifting items 50 to 100 lbs. The bleeding starting within a day later. In the beginning it was just a trace every few days, then it became much more than a trace, I was soon peeing blood and passing small pea sized blood clots. This went on for a month. My Urologist performed a simple Cystoscopy by inserting a camera into my bladder. The radiation wounds or radiation cystitis, were easily seen and diagnosed, including an open wound which was the source of the bleeding. A few weeks later I was bleeding every time I urinated, and the blood clots were getting much bigger. The bleeding stopped after 2 months, and nothing since. My Urologist prescribed 40 sessions of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments, of which I finished 35 of 40 today. I'll finish the treatments next week, then another Cystoscopy. I'm told that 40 HBOT treatments is the minimum for radiation cystitis.

Old Salt

Glad to read that you seem to get better.

Forty sessions is quite a commitment (time and money)…