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Posted 5/12/2008 12:39 PM (GMT -7)
 Just walked out of my six month, third post op PSA exam visit, and thankfully they continue at undetectable! I also learned that they are following me as part of a study. My cancer filled 70% of the prostate, but for whatever reason the cells did not go to the next step needed to spread outside of the organ. There are three others like me here in Eastern Virginia with similar results. They are also following those like me, whose bladder necks were reparied or rebuilt, it appears that those who have had this done have a much higher chance of being dry when the cath comes out, and he is writing a paper on this. Back again for PSA in three months.

tongue  BEACHBUM50 tongue

Beachbum

 

PSA 10 June 2007

Biopsy July 2, 16 of 16 samples positive

T2C

3+3=6

prostate weighed 40 grams

Di Venci 10/09/07, four hours on table, 3 in recovery

Total time in Hospital: 29 hours

Record for Dr. Lance, 65% of prostate had cancer, but NO spread, clean margins

Clean nodes,

First PSA at 5 weeks, UNDETECTABLE!

Catheter out at seven days, dry from hour one!

Second PSA 19 weeks post op, UNDETECTABLE 2/11/2008

The Lord has truly Blessed me.

Posted 5/12/2008 1:12 PM (GMT -7)

It's always great to hear this kind of news.

Congratulations!!!!

Phillysub tongue

Phillysub.

Age: 51
Last PSA before diagnosis: 2.9

Diagnosed: Oct 2007

Gleason: 3+3=6

RALP surgery: Jan 23, 2008 (Dr Costas Lallas @ Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia)

1st Post-op appt: Feb 1, 2008 (negative margins, cancer contained within the capsule)

Posted 5/12/2008 1:45 PM (GMT -7)
That feeling of relief is like no other, yes? :-)

May you always feel that way!

Susan
Husband Diagnosed 11/17/05 Age: 63 PSA: 7.96 No Symptoms
2/09/06: LRP - Post Pathology - Gleason 4+3 Stage T2b NO MX
3 mo. PSA: 11.8 Stage T3a
6 mo. PSA: 18.8 Stage IV Systemic w/ distant lymph node involvement
Start HT - Lupron 3 mo. shots
12/06/06: PSA 0.8
03/07/07: PSA 0.3
PSA - Undetectable since 6/07/07

Link to journey:
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=826731

Posted 5/12/2008 1:57 PM (GMT -7)
way to go beachbum50 it is nice to hear the good news. Be sure you use the new found blessings you have to spread good cheer to your fellow man. God is not finished with you yet.

peace and love
Dale
My PSA at diagnosis was 16.3

age 46 (current)

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dalechildress

My gleason score from prostate was 4+5=9 and from the lymph nodes was 4+4=8

I had 44 IMRT's

Casodex

Currently on Lupron

I go to The Cancer Treatment Center of America

Married with two kids

Posted 5/12/2008 2:05 PM (GMT -7)
Hip, hip, hurray, glad to hear you don't have it in you .... eyes Wishing you many more years of none detectable.
James C.  

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Age 60 

4/19/07   PSA 7.6, referred to Urologist, recheck 6.7

7/11/07   Biopsy- 16 core samples, size of gland around 76 cc. Staging pT2c

7/17/07   Path report:  3 of 16 PCa, 5% involved, left lobe , GS 3/3:6. 

9/24/07   (Open) Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy performed 

9/26/07   Post-op Path Report: GS 3+3=6 Staging pT2c, 110gms, margins clear

10/15/07  ED- begin 50mg Viagra and Vacurect pump nightly, Fully continent

1/14/08   Caverject started/stopped, aching.  2/24/08 .5ml Bimix started-success

5/7/08     ED- Viagra, pump, no response- Trimix .075ml continues

              Post-surgery PSA's:  3 mt:0, 6 mt:0,

Posted 5/12/2008 2:06 PM (GMT -7)
I have a feeling you probably floated out of your appointment! Congrats! We truly share in your good news!  :-)
DX July 15, 2007
Age 62 (now 63)
PSA 5.5
Original Gleason 3+4=7, Post-Op Gleason- 4+3=7, T3a N1 M0
DaVinci Surgery Aug 31, 2007
Focally Positive Right Margin, One positive node
Bone Scan/CT Negative (Sept. 10, 2007)
Post Surgery Gleason- 4+3=7
Oct. 17 PSA 0.07
Nov. 13 PSA 0.05
Casodex adm. Nov 07
Lupron beg. Dec 03, 2007 2 yr
Radiation March 03-April 22, 2008- 8 weeks 5x a week
Praying for a cured dad. First PSA 3 months!

Posted 5/12/2008 3:19 PM (GMT -7)
Great news and well done. May you receive many more zeros in the future. yeah
Bill
1/05 PSA----2.9 3/06-----3.2 3/07-------4.1 5/07------3.9 All negative DREs
Aged 59 when diagnosed
Biopsy 6/07----4 of 10 cores positive for Adenocarcinoma-------bummer!
Core 1 <5%, core 2----50%, core 3----60%, core 4----50%
Biopsy Pathologist's comment:
Gleason 4+3=7 (80% grade 4) Stage T2c
Neither extracapsular nor perineural invasion is identified
CT scan and Bone scan show no evidence of metastases
Da Vinci RP Aug 10th 2007
Post-op pathology:
Positive for perineural invasion and 1 small focal extension
Negative at surgical margins, negative node and negative vesicle involvement
Some 4+4=8 identified ........upgraded to Gleason 8
PSA Oct 07 <0.1 undetectable
PSA Jan 08 <0.1 undetectable
PSA April 08 <0.1 undetectable

Posted 5/12/2008 3:31 PM (GMT -7)
Great News!!!! Now get out on the beach (even if its raining) and take a nice long walk for us!
Age 51 Kent Cindy 49

January 08 PSA 5.2 round of antibiotics went to 4.3

February 08 another round of antibiotics went to 4.2

March 17,08 had biopsy, 2 days later told cancer was on

one entire side of prostate.

Gleason 3+3

Doctor thinks its best to get the whole prostate with Perineal  Prostatectomy.

Surgery scheduled for this Thursday April 10th. Only took 1 1/2 hours. In recovery 1 hour.  Both nerves were spared.

Home 4-11 - incision looks completly healed on the outside by 4-25

Cath out 4-22 dripping some

5-3 Still incontinence with sneezing or coughing but not too bad

Cialis 5 mg at night to start.Stopped Cialis after taking for 3 days as it caused rawness with bm. Will start back in a week or so to see how it goes

Posted 5/12/2008 3:35 PM (GMT -7)
Way to go Beachbum!! Go out and celebrate. Love those zero's

Kris

Biopsy done 3/2008
Pathology report: Gleason 6 (3+3), involving left lobe
DRE=15gm with indurated left base and mid prostate
Cores positive: left base medial, left base lateral, left mid medial and left mid lateral (4 of 12)
Clinical stage t2b.
Prostate Carcinorna 185
DaVinci Surgery on 4/21/2008 in Austin by Dr Randy Fagin.

Pathologist report upgraded to a Gleason 7 (3+4)

Clinical stage upgraded also to a T3a

Margins Clear

Posted 5/12/2008 3:38 PM (GMT -7)
Hi beachbum50,

Congratulations on your fabulous test result :-). I know the wonderful feeling of a great test result and will hopefully experience it again on 11th June.

All the best to you in the years to come.

Magaboo

Born Sept., 1936
PSA 7.9
Stage T1C

-ve DRE

Gleason's Score 3+4=7
2 of 8 positive

Open RP 28 Nov 06

Post op staging T3

Gleasons still 3+4=7

Seminal vesicles and lymph nodes clear

Catheter out 15 Dec 06

Dry since 11 Feb 07

All PSA tests in 2007 (4) <.04

PSA test Mar., 08 =.04 

Posted 5/12/2008 5:56 PM (GMT -7)
Hi beachbum. Great PSA news. Not there and it is great. Hope you have many more great results.

Mika
age at dx 54 now 55

psa at dx 4.3

got the bad news 1/29/07

open surgery Duke Medical Center 5-29-07

never more than 2 pads

wear one for insurance now

ED still a problem

last PSA undetectable

Posted 5/12/2008 6:59 PM (GMT -7)
Beachbum

Wondrful news hoping you pitch nothing but 0's from now on.

Norskie
norskie

Age 49, PSA 6.22 on 9-26-06

Biopsy 11-01-06, 2 of 13 cores 10% cancer, 2 other cores abnormal Up-dated 20% prostate cancerous

Gleason score 3+3=6 After Surgery Pathology report 4+3=7 a couple agressive Grade 5 cells found

Da Vinci surgery 01-09-07 UW Madison

Pathology Report- cancer 100 % capsual contained 1-18-07

1st & 2nd Post PSA Blood Test .1 and less - Undetectable

3nd Post PSA Blood Test 01-17-07 .3

March 27th PSA .4 Begin Salvage Radiation April, 14 2008

Incontenence-Pad free since end of May 07 4 1/2 months post surgery 

ED back to 95% prior to surgery - no medication required.

Posted 5/12/2008 7:10 PM (GMT -7)
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Beachbum.

Celebrate your success and think, pray etc. for the others who are dealing with our disease.

D.O.B - 8/9/52

PSA: First ever was 9.8 in late Oct. ‘06, two weeks later, 10.1

DRE: Negative

Biopsy results 11/22/06.  Both lobes involved.  Six out of eight cores positive - from 100 percent to 90, to 60, to 50, two 20s and two zeros.

Gleason 3+3 = 6

Da Vinci Robotic RP surgery, City of Hope, Jan 12, 2007

Post surgery pathology – Organ confined, Gleason still 6, margins clear.  Volume of tumor much less than biopsy suggested.  12 percent overall.

First post-surgery PSA -- Undetectable, 2/20/07

Second post-surgery PSA -- Undetectable, 9/11/07

Third post-surgery PSA -- Undetactable, 2/15/08

Surgery for bilateral inguinal hernia repair, 4/4/08 

Posted 5/13/2008 12:53 AM (GMT -7)
This is wonderful news. Congratulations on such a great result! Hope you have many many more. Lana & CJ
Creed_three (Lana & CJ)

 

Husband CJ aged 50 yrs (49 years at diagnosis and surgery)

PSA (2002) 2.1.  PSA (2006) 3.5.  1 x (5%) core of 12 positive at biopsy. 11 cores negative. Open Radical Prostatectomy with nerve sparing, on 17th April 2007 (Sydney, Australia). Gleeson 3 + 4 = 7.   

Fortunate to have three (3) "undetectable" PSAs since surgery 1 yr ago.  June 2007: PSA 0.01; Oct 2007:PSA 0.02; April 2008:PSA 0.02.

 

Posted 5/13/2008 2:23 AM (GMT -7)

Hi Beachbum!!!

This is FANTASTIC news tongue   With your numbers its looks like you have a long cancer free life in front of you. Go out and celebrate.

Warm wishes

Diana

Rick & Diana

Age 68/ 67@ Dx

6-30-06  PSA 2.54

1-22-07  PSA 4.98

1-26-07  PSA 5.09

Diag: 2-14-07 Gleason 8 Stage T1c PSA 5.09

Bone Scan 3-1-07 Clear

3-6-07 Triple Spinal Fusion (due to old back injury)

Radical retropubic surgery 4-2-07  Post surgery Gleason 9 Stage T3a Positive margins

4-29-07 PSA 0.02

6-9-07   PSA 0.02

7-6-07   PSA 0.03

8-1-07   CT Scan & Chest X-Ray   Clean

 9-26-2007 PSA 0.07

11/1/07 PSA 0.1

11/30/07 PSA 0.12

01/31/2008 PSA 0.3

03/01/2008 PSA 0.3

04/28/08 PSA 0.6

Posted 5/13/2008 8:18 AM (GMT -7)
Beach Bum,

That is wonderful news. Keep them coming.

All the best

Frank
Diagnosed 01-08-08 @ 53 years old 

DRE normal - High PSA for 5 or more years

2004 Biospy negative - 2008 Biopsy positive (01-08-08)

10 cores, 1 positive and at 1% of that one core

Current PSA 6 - Bone and Ct scans negative

clinicalg Staged at T1C - Gleason 3+3 = 6

Robotic Da Vinci performed March 27th, 2008

University of Chicago,5 hour surgery , 3 hour recovery

Unexpected Cardiac issues appear and disappear?

Hospital stay 30 hours - Catheter out in 7 days  normaly expected leakage - Erectile funtion back on line 9 days 

Post Pathology T2C, Gleason 7, 10 % of both portions of prostate, Seminal vessels clear, fat tissue clear,Tumor on top of prostate distal from apex. 1 positve margin at urethra and bladder.

Six week PSA < 0.05 Ya Ba Da Ba Dooooooooooo.  Put a steak on the grill Wilma!!!!

Oncologist to discuss case with Urologist and Radiation Oncologist to consider radiation.

Posted 5/13/2008 9:09 AM (GMT -7)
Congratulations, beachbum. Here's to continuing pulling those 0s!
Biopsy: Diagnosed March 25, 2007. PSA 3.0. Gleason 6. Five of twelve samples positive with <5% each. No perineural invasion seen.

Surgery: May 21, 2007, Florida Hospital, Orlando,FL
Post-op Pathology: Upgraded to Gleason 7 (3+4), negative margins, negative capsular penetration, negative seminal vesicles, lymph nodes left intact, multifocal perinural invasion, 15% of prosate involving cancer in both lobes. T2c

Continence/Erections Out of pads at five weeks. Ten months post-op I'm fully continent. No problems with having erections.
Post Surgery PSA: Four tests, all <0.1
Family history: Great-great grandfather died from PC. My Father had his prostate removed at age 67 in 1997 and has had an undetectable PSA ever since. I was diagnosed at a much earlier age and had a more agressive cancer than my father. Go figure.

Posted 5/14/2008 6:48 PM (GMT -7)

Congrats, Beachbum!

Terrific news!  Keep those goose eggs coming! tongue

Barry ~ (a.k.a. "Idaho") - Prostate Cancer Forum Moderator

 

Da Vinci Surgery July 31, 2007… 54 on surgery day
PSA 4.3  Gleason 3+3=6  T2a  Confined to Prostate

1st PSA  09/11/2007  <0.04 (undetectable)

2nd PSA 12/10/2007  <0.04

3rd PSA  03/17/2008  <0.04

My web site: http://pca-info.blogspot.com

Posted 5/15/2008 3:04 PM (GMT -7)
WOOOHOOO!!!!!!   Keep up the good work.  Congrats.

Debbie and Richard

Retired USAF Richard & Debbie on The Shores of Toledo Bend Lake Louisiana

Biospy 1/10/08 Gleason 10, Stage T1C  8 of 12 samples positive all Less Than 5% 

U of Florida Proton Therapy Institute

5/2/2008 LUPRON & Casodex

IMRT to start 5/16/2008 for approx 4 weeks with Proton to follow for approx 4 weeks

Turn Stumbling Blocks into Steping Stones and Keep Smiling

Our Journey is on WWW.GLEASON10.COM

Posted 5/16/2008 9:04 AM (GMT -7)
Great job, Beachbum.
Sorry I've been a bit slow responding all the threads. Been on the road a bit. But great to read your great results. Keep 'em coming...

Tony
Age 45 (44 when Dx)

Pre-op PSA was 19.8

Surgery on Feb 16, 2007 @ The City of Hope

Post-Op Pathology: Gleason 4+3=7, positive margins, Stage pT3b (Stage III)

HT began in May, '07 with Lupron and Casodex 50mg

IMRT radiation for 38 Treatments ending August 3, '07

Current PSA (1/08): <0.1

I will continue HT until May '09. 

Years in Remission (3/23/07): 1

Visit my Journey at:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tonycrispino

STAY POSITIVE!

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