Latest P.S.A.

PSA 3.9 / Gleason 6 / TC1 6 cores 1 shows 25%

Sugery scheduled 5/29/08 - City of Hope - Dr. Mark Kawachi

 "First show of the day"

 and now for the new ive been waiting for

 FINAL PATH REPORT:gleason upgraded to 3+4 T2c bilateral disease,tumor involvment 5%

extra prostatic extention:absent

seminal vesical invasion :absent

pathological staging:pTNM pT2 ORGAN CONFINED

margins free of carcinoma

usable erections ;6-6-08 with little blue pill

continence; 1 pad a day, dry at night

continence a non issue at 10weeks

. "I am a miracle" Some may scoff and that is okay but anyone who looks at my signature and knows my story has to realize that as sick as I was that I should have been dead last year or sooner. Instead my psa went from over 3200 to .16 and there is not one tumor that can be seen on a cat scan. Bless God.

                        Todd

Age at dx: 42 age now 45

Treated for sciatic nerve pain 6 months prior to dx.

Heavy amount of blood in urine Unable to urinate 

Lung x-ray for pnumonia revealed multiple lesions in each lung

P.S.A. at time of dx. 3216.14

Began lupron and casodex

Cat scan showed large mass in the pelvic area affecting the bladder multiple nodules in both lungs and lymph node envolvement.

Bone scan revealed possible bone involvment in the pelvic area

Biopsy 12 of 12 cores positive gleason 3+4=7

P.S.A.s since lupron 2946, 1274, 532, 5.01 1.23, .09

Begining jan 08 psa .o9, .25, .44, .86, .73, 1.34, 1.49. Doubling time is a little over 3 months

Cat Scan 12/12/08 Prostate normal size and shape. No tumors detected. Left lung clear of all nodules right lung showing only benign scar tissue. Lymph nodes normal

Bone Scan 12/24/08. Clean!!! went off casodex January 4 2009

Current psa 2/13/09 .16

Age at dx: 42 age now 45

Treated for sciatic nerve pain 6 months prior to dx.

Heavy amount of blood in urine Unable to urinate 

Lung x-ray for pnumonia revealed multiple lesions in each lung

P.S.A. at time of dx. 3216.14

Began lupron and casodex

Cat scan showed large mass in the pelvic area affecting the bladder multiple nodules in both lungs and lymph node envolvement.

Bone scan revealed possible bone involvment in the pelvic area

Biopsy 12 of 12 cores positive gleason 3+4=7

P.S.A.s since lupron 2946, 1274, 532, 5.01 1.23, .09

Begining jan 08 psa .o9, .25, .44, .86, .73, 1.34, 1.49. Doubling time is a little over 3 months

Cat Scan 12/12/08 Prostate normal size and shape. No tumors detected. Left lung clear of all nodules right lung showing only benign scar tissue. Lymph nodes normal

Bone Scan 12/24/08. Clean!!! went off casodex January 4 2009

Current psa 2/13/09 .16

3rd Biopsy 9/8 Positive 7 of 7 cores pos, 40-90%, Gleason 7

Open RP surgery 11/14/8, Right nerves saved, 4 days hospital, staples out 11/24/8, 5th cath out on 1/19/9

Post-surgery Pathlogy Report:Gleason 3+4=7, pT2c, 42 grm, tumor 20%, Contained in capsular, clear margins, clear lymph nodes 

First PSA Post Surgery   2/9 .05

Age at dx: 42 age now 45

Treated for sciatic nerve pain 6 months prior to dx.

Heavy amount of blood in urine Unable to urinate 

Lung x-ray for pnumonia revealed multiple lesions in each lung

P.S.A. at time of dx. 3216.14

Began lupron and casodex

Cat scan showed large mass in the pelvic area affecting the bladder multiple nodules in both lungs and lymph node envolvement.

Bone scan revealed possible bone involvment in the pelvic area

Biopsy 12 of 12 cores positive gleason 3+4=7

P.S.A.s since lupron 2946, 1274, 532, 5.01 1.23, .09

Begining jan 08 psa .o9, .25, .44, .86, .73, 1.34, 1.49. Doubling time is a little over 3 months

Cat Scan 12/12/08 Prostate normal size and shape. No tumors detected. Left lung clear of all nodules right lung showing only benign scar tissue. Lymph nodes normal

Bone Scan 12/24/08. Clean!!! went off casodex January 4 2009

Current psa 2/13/09 .16

age 46 (current)

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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

PSA Dec 16th, 2008 is .06

Testosterone keeps rising, the current number is 156, up from 57 in May

cancer in 4 of 6 cores

92%

80%

37%

28%

Pre-op PSA was 19.8 : Surgery at The City of Hope on February 16, 2007

Geason 4+3=7, Stage pT3b, N0, Mx

Positive Margins (PM), Extra Prostatic Extension (EPE) : Bilateral Seminal vesicle invasion (SVI)

HT began in May, '07 with Lupron and Casodex 50mg (2 Year ADT)

IMRT radiation for 38 Treatments ending August 3, '07

Current PSA (January 13, 2009): <0.1

My Journal is at Tony's Blog  

My InfoLink page is at Tony's Prostate Cancer InfoLink Page

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