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  • VascodaGama
    VascodaGama Member Posts: 3,701 Member
    #42
    ED without V

    Thanks for the continuous reports and congratulations for the results.

    Can you tell us of any change in life style or diet or supplements he is taking?
    What is his performance without the V pill?

    Best wishes

    VG Kiss

  • STC
    STC Member Posts: 24 Member
    #43
    PSA test ( Two and half years post surgery )
     



    Thanks VG,

    I like to update my friend's PSA test result
    PSA test 30  month after surgery was <0.010,which is undetectable



  • VascodaGama
    VascodaGama Member Posts: 3,701 Member
    #44
    Congratulations again.
    I like

    Congratulations again.

    I like to read reports on Zeros.

    Best.

    VG  Smile

  • STC
    STC Member Posts: 24 Member
    #45
    VascodaGama said:

    Congratulations again.
    I like

    Congratulations again.

    I like to read reports on Zeros.

    Best.

    VG  Smile

    PSA test result


    Thanks VG,

    I like to update my friend's PSA test result
    PSA test 36  month after surgery was <0.010,which is undetectable

    PSA test 42  month after surgery was <0.010,which is undetectable



  • hopeful and optimistic
    hopeful and optimistic Member Posts: 2,346 Member
    #46
    STC said:

    PSA test result



    Thanks VG,

    I like to update my friend's PSA test result
    PSA test 36  month after surgery was <0.010,which is undetectable

    PSA test 42  month after surgery was <0.010,which is undetectable



    great news

     

    Glad to read of your friends success.

  • MCJ
    MCJ Member Posts: 59
    #47
    OTIS4242 said:

    CIALIS

    I'M GLAD YOUR FRIEND IS DOING SO WELL. AT AGE 54 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PC. 5.4 PSA WHICH DOUBLED FROM 2.7 LESS THAN 4 MONTHS BEFORE. BIOPSY RESULTS - APPROX. 5 %. GLEASON 4 & 3 = 7. MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS ED. I DISCUSSED WITH MY DRS AND WAS REFERRED TO A UROLOGIST WHO WAS PROACTIVE IN TREATING PC PATIENTS TO PREVENT ED. PRIOR TO EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION TREATMENTS - 41 TOTAL - HE HAD ME START TAKING CIALIS - APPROX 10 - 15 MG PER WEEK. HE SAID BY KEEPING THE NERVES STIMULATED THAT IT WOULD MINIMIZE NERVE DAMAGE AND ED. DURING THE TREATMENT PERIOD, WE CONTINUED TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE - THE RADIATION MADE IT PAINFUL TO EJACULATE ( WEIRD - INCREDIBLE PLEASURE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A VERY STRONG BURNING SENSATION THROUGH OUT ENTIRE URINARY TRACT ). WE KEPT THE 'PUMP PRIMED' . ULTIMATELY THE BURNING DURING SEX WENT AWAY. 5.5 YEARS LATER, STILL NO ED - I STILL USE CIALIS 5 - 10 MG A WEEK JUST CUZ I LIKE FEELING 13 AGAIN- A MIRACLE DRUG  ( THEY AREN'T LYING ABOUT THE POSSIBILTY OF A 4 HOUR ERECTION ). CIALIS CERTAINLY MADE THE ENTIRE PC MUCH, MUCH BETTER. HAS YOUR FRIEND TRIED CIALIS ?

     

    TO ALL - I'M VERY MUCH ENJOYING BEING PART OF THE CSN - JUST JOINED. GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. AS MEN, IT'S INTERESTING HOW WE APPROACH PC - A PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED AND SOLVED RATIONALLY, NOT EMOTIONALLY - PC IS DIFFERENT - NO SUSAN G KOMEN 3 DAY WALK KISSES AND SUPPORT

     

    LIKE WE ALL DID, I CONSULTED A NUMBER OF DRS AND CHECKED OUT ALL THE TREATMENT OPTIONS. I FINALLY CHOOSE MY DR NOT SO MUCH ON THE BASIS OF HIS CONSIDERABLE EXPERTISE IN CANCER ( HE WAS CHIEF OF ONC. AT A MAJOR HOSPITAL ), BUT RATHER BECAUSE DURING THE PROSTATE EXAM HE TOLD ME A JOKE. I THOUGHT, HAY, THIS IS A GUY YOU CAN DEAL WITH. WE DON'T KNOW THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME, BUT HIS ATTITUDE CERTAINLY MADE THE PROCESS A LOT MORE BEARABLE. EVERY MORNING THE 'CHIEF' WAS MAKING HIS ROUNDS WHEN I WOULD SHOW UP FOR MY RADIATION. WE WOULD JOKE AND THAT SOMEHOW MADE IT A LOT BETTER. SOMETIMES IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS............

     

    radiation

    I'm barely thinking radiation, I keep getting advice to surgery, ed like most guys is a big concern. what made you so sure on radiation??

  • mikjon
    mikjon Member Posts: 1
    #48
    STC said:

    PSA test result



    Thanks VG,

    I like to update my friend's PSA test result
    PSA test 36  month after surgery was <0.010,which is undetectable

    PSA test 42  month after surgery was <0.010,which is undetectable



    psa results

    just wondering, is your friend on lupron shots? the reason i ask is -i had my prostate removed in 2012 and took the shots for 2 yrs , my psa resluts stayed at 0.003 for two years. now after 1 yr without the shot my psa went to .27 and in 4 months take another psa test.if my psa goes up more i may have to do the shots again. already did radiation.

     

  • Old Salt
    Old Salt Member Posts: 1,505 Member
    #49
    MCJ said:

    radiation

    I'm barely thinking radiation, I keep getting advice to surgery, ed like most guys is a big concern. what made you so sure on radiation??

    MCJ: Please start a new thread

    And give details about your case and diagnosis.

  • VascodaGama
    VascodaGama Member Posts: 3,701 Member
    #50
    Mikjon; Several treatments in a single protocol

    Mikjon

    Can you share details of your case (age, initials diagnosis, any resent image study, etc.) and about the protocols and timing of the treatments?

    Surgery plus hormonal is done but rare. Some surgeons dislike it because, they say, it becomes a sort of “sticky” operation. In any case, in advanced cases of prostate cancer some use this protocol (RP + HT+RT) with the intent of debulking the “bigger” tumour by dissecting the whole prostate gland, and later go through radiation (RT) of the prostate bed plus lymph nodes in far places, whole done while on hormonal drugs. This is “the mother of all treatments” executed in a single protocol. It is based on the theory that aggressive cancer is better tackled if attacked from several fronts at the same time.

    At the end one would expect to see his PSA “clean” in very low levels close to 0.05. Without the gland in place bounce is not expected to occur too. If your PSA persists in “climbing” then you will have to think in continuing with a palliative therapy trying to control the advancement of the cancer.
     The majority use a combination of hormonal drugs with agonists (Lupron) and antiandrogens (Bicalutamide) that manages to hold the bandit at bay until refractory, and then moving up to a second line of drugs.

    I wonder what speciality is your main physician. I think that you would do better in choosing a medical oncologist specialist in PCa for advices.

    Welcome to the boards.

    VGama

  • STC
    STC Member Posts: 24 Member
    #51

    I like to update my friend's PSA test result

    PSA test 10years after surgery was 0.004

    PSA test 11years after surgery was 0.006

    there is tiny rise, I don't know if these ultrasensitive test results that can still say"undetectable"?

  • Rob.Ski
    Rob.Ski Member Posts: 171 Member
    #52

    Think its <0.01 considered undetectable for ultra sensitive PSA Test.

  • Old Salt
    Old Salt Member Posts: 1,505 Member
    #53

    Those values are very close to the sensitivity limit of the test. In other words, there's no reason to worry.

  • VascodaGama
    VascodaGama Member Posts: 3,701 Member
    #54

    Remission levels. Enjoy 😉 and celebrate.

    Congratulations.

  • STC
    STC Member Posts: 24 Member
    #55

    Thank You VascodaGama, Old Salt,Rob.Ski😄

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