Still a ZERO!!!

SHU93

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Joined : Aug 2008

Posts : 328

Posted 12/12/2008 9:45 AM (GMT -7)

Just got back from Doctors Office. PSA still undetectable!!!! Take my next one in 3 months.

LIVESTRONG!!!

Age Dx 37, 7/2008

First PSA : 4.17 5/2008

Second PSA After 2 weeks of antibiotics : 3.9 6/2008

DRE: Negative 5/2008

Biopsy : 6 out 12 Postive all on right side, Gleason 7 (3+4).

Bone Scan/CAT Scan: Clear 7/2008

Cystoscope: Normal 7/2008

Prostate MRI: Normal 7/2008

Da Vinci Surgery 7/2008

PostOp: T2c (On Both sides), margins clear, seminal clear, nodes, clear. Gleason 6(3+3).

First PostOp PSA 9/2008: <0.01

2nd PSA 12/2008: Praying for <0.01

apacker1950

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Joined : Nov 2008

Posts : 122

Posted 12/12/2008 9:56 AM (GMT -7)

Contratulations. Merry Christmas and may you have a lifetime of Zeros.

Age 54 at Dx. Currently 58

Jly 05- PSA 8.1

Sept 05- PSA 10.7

Sept 05- Biopsy revealed 9 of 12 cancerous, Gleason 3+3=6, T2 stage

Bone scan and cat scan showed hot spot on hip bone.

Oct 05- Surgery for bone biopsy. Pathology showed benign growth, no cancer in bones. Who ever thought I would be happy to only have PCa?

Nov 05- PSA 15.4

Nov 18, 05- Nerve sparing open RP at Huntsman Cancer Center, SLC, UT by Dr. Robert Stevenson.

Home after 3 days.Cath out at 2 wks.

Incontinence gradually improved for about 3 months to 100% continence.

ED- Tried the big 3 pills with no results

Feb 06- PSA undetectable, Started VED which worked but caused discomfort with constriction rings.

May 06- PSA undetectable, Dr. gave me an Rx for Trimx injections. They work great. Still use VED on off days without constriction for therapy.

Aug 06- PSA undetectable

Nov 06, May 07, Nov 07, May 08, Nov 08 - PSA undetectable

ED appears to be perminant but doing great with Trimix.

Purgatory

Elite Member

Joined : Oct 2008

Posts : 25403

Posted 12/12/2008 10:10 AM (GMT -7)

Congrats on your 2nd Zero, hope you have many, many more

Age 56, 56 at DX

PSA 2007 5.8

PSA 9-2008 14.9

3rd Biopsy 9-2008 Positive

7 of 7 cores positive, ranging from 40 - 90%

2 tumours noted, Gleason 4+3 and 3+4

Open RP surgery completed on Friday, November 14, 2008 at

St. Francis Hospital, Greenville, SC, Dr. Ronald Smith - Surgeon,

Non-nerving sparing, 4 days in hospital, staples removed 11/24/8

Post-surgery Pathlogy Report:

Gleason 3+4=7, pT2c pN0 pMx, Prostate 42 grams, tumor 20% cancer

Contained in capsular, neg. margins apex, bladder neck, right lobe, neg. in seminal vessels and lymph nodes. Left lobe: infiltrating tumor miscroscopically appears to extend to marked left posterior margin

James C.

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Joined : Aug 2007

Posts : 4463

Posted 12/12/2008 10:50 AM (GMT -7)

Congrats shu, that's always good news and welcome here........ Don't forget to get your zero club ticket punched

James C.
Co-Moderator- Prostate Cancer Forum
Age 61
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
Present- 1 year: ED- Viagra, pump continues, no response- Trimix .10ml x 2 weekly continues
Post Surgery PSA's: 3 mts-.04, 6 mts.-.04, 9 mts.-.04, 1 Year-.02.

Doting Daughter

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Joined : Aug 2007

Posts : 1064

Posted 12/12/2008 11:32 AM (GMT -7)

Woohoo!! Congrats!!

Father's Age 62 (now 63)
Original Gleason 3+4=7, Post-Op Gleason- 4+3=7,
DaVinci Surgery Aug 31, 2007
Focally Positive Right Margin, One positive node. T3a N1 M0.
Bone Scan/CT Negative (Sept. 10, 2007)
Oct. 17 PSA 0.07
Nov. 13 PSA 0.05
Casodex adm. Nov 07, Lupron beg. Dec 03, 2007 2 yrs
Radiation March 03-April 22, 2008- 8 weeks 5x a week
July 2, 08 PSA <.02
Oct. 10, 08 PSA <.02
Praying for a cured dad.

Co-Moderator Prostate Cancer Forum

broker59

Regular Member

Joined : Apr 2007

Posts : 88

Posted 12/12/2008 12:02 PM (GMT -7)

Terrific, LOVE those ZERO's!!!!

Broker 59

Date of Dx 3/20/07

PSA: 2.5
Gleeson: 3+4
Stage: T2
Bone Scan: Clean

Date of Surgery: 6/21/07 Open RP

Post Opp: ALL NEGATIVE margins & L/N, S/V.

Cath out after 18 days = BIG RELIEF!!!

PSA: 7/23/07 0.01

PSA: 9/04/07 0.01

PSA: 12/04/07 undetectable.

PSA: 3/12/08 UNDETECTABLE!!!!!

PSA: 6/13/08 UNDETECTABLE!!!!!!

Steve n Dallas

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Joined : Mar 2008

Posts : 4857

Posted 12/12/2008 12:50 PM (GMT -7)

Cool Beans. Age 53 - 5'11" 205lbs Overall Heath Condition - Good PSA - July 2007 & Jan 2008 -> 1.3 Gleason - 6 (biopsy done March 4, 2008-> 2 of 12) 06/25/08 - Da Vinci robotic laparoscopy 10/03/08 - 1st Quarter PSA -> less then .01 Surgeon - Keith A. Waguespack, M.D. Las Colinas and Plano Offices

livinadream

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Joined : Apr 2008

Posts : 1382

Posted 12/12/2008 4:11 PM (GMT -7)

welcome to the club, keep your dues caught up and stay a member for life. Congrats

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

latest PSA 5-27-08 0.11

PSA July 24th, 2008 is 0.04

cancer in 4 of 6 cores

92%

80%

37%

28%

mvesr

Veteran Member

Joined : Apr 2007

Posts : 823

Posted 12/13/2008 8:53 AM (GMT -7)

HI

Great news and hope you have many more. How does it feel to be a zero?

Mika

age at dx 54 now 56

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

Tossed the pads this spring

ED still a problem

Got a shot last week and it was great

A year an a half of zero's

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