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coxjajb Regular Member Date Joined Nov 2008 Total Posts : 184	Posted 4/8/2009 9:14 PM (GMT -6)
	I ran across this site I thought it might be helpful to someone that is considering treatment options. www.prostate-cancer.com/index.html Age 51, (50 at DX) Pre - Op PSA, 4.3 Gleason 3+4=7 Stage T1C da Vinci Prostatectomy 8/1/08 No issues with incontinence since day 1 after catheter removal ED, need a little help from Levitra First post op PSA 11/11/08, 0.00 Second post op PSA 2/10/09, 0.00 Post Edited (coxjajb) : 4/8/2009 8:39:28 PM (GMT-6) Back to Top

Purgatory Elite Member Date Joined Oct 2008 Total Posts : 25380	Posted 4/8/2009 9:22 PM (GMT -6)
	Not a bad article on the surface for watchful waiting in general, if you meet all the low grade criteria, but when I read where it said it could be a method for a salvage situation, think it lost a lot of credibility, at least with me. Thanks for supplying the link. Age 56, 56 at DX, PSA 7/7 5.8, 7/8 12.3,9/8 14.5 3rd Biopsy Sept 08: Positive 7 of 7 cores, 40-90%, Gleason 7, 4+3 Open RP surgery 11/14/8, Right nerves spared, 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, 6 month on 5/9 Back to Top

coxjajb Regular Member Date Joined Nov 2008 Total Posts : 184	Posted 4/8/2009 9:44 PM (GMT -6)
	David, I had trouble getting the correct url posted. The link now shows the full guide. It may be more helpful now. Age 51, (50 at DX) Pre - Op PSA, 4.3 Gleason 3+4=7 Stage T1C da Vinci Prostatectomy 8/1/08 No issues with incontinence since day 1 after catheter removal ED, need a little help from Levitra First post op PSA 11/11/08, 0.00 Second post op PSA 2/10/09, 0.00 Back to Top

Purgatory Elite Member Date Joined Oct 2008 Total Posts : 25380	Posted 4/8/2009 9:57 PM (GMT -6)
	I will try it again, I am open to all views as PC is such a strange and potentially deadly beast Age 56, 56 at DX, PSA 7/7 5.8, 7/8 12.3,9/8 14.5 3rd Biopsy Sept 08: Positive 7 of 7 cores, 40-90%, Gleason 7, 4+3 Open RP surgery 11/14/8, Right nerves spared, 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, 6 month on 5/9 Back to Top

LV-TX Veteran Member Date Joined Jul 2008 Total Posts : 966	Posted 4/9/2009 7:49 AM (GMT -6)
	Mods....take a look at tindba post...didn't open the link but has a flavor of spam in my opinion.... You are beating back cancer, so hold your head up with dignity Les Age 58 at Diagnosis Oct 2006 - PSA 2.6 - DRE Normal May 2008 - PSA 4.6 - DRE Normal / TRUS normal-Gland 38 cc July 2008 - Biopsy 4 of 12 Positive 5 - 30% Involved Bilateral (Perineural Invasion present at base) - Gleason (3+3) 6 Stage T1C August 23 - Bone Scan - Hips, Spine and ribs marked uptake - X-Ray showed clear -Hooray Sept 9 2nd DRE - questionable - TRUS...shadow in base - Gland now 41 cc Robotic Surgery Sept 18, 2008 Pathology October 1, 2008 - Gleason 7 (4+3) Staged pT2c NO MX - Gland 50 cc Seminal Vesicles and Lymph Nodes clear Positive Margins Right Posterior Lobe 4 tumors in prostate - largest being 6 cm PSA 5 week Oct 2008 <.05 3 month Jan 2009 .06 Back to Top

Purgatory Elite Member Date Joined Oct 2008 Total Posts : 25380	Posted 4/9/2009 8:25 AM (GMT -6)
	It reeked of SPAM, thanks James for spotting it Age 56, 56 at DX, PSA 7/7 5.8, 7/8 12.3,9/8 14.5 3rd Biopsy Sept 08: Positive 7 of 7 cores, 40-90%, Gleason 7, 4+3 Open RP surgery 11/14/8, Right nerves spared, 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, 6 month on 5/9 Back to Top

Ed C. (Old67) Veteran Member Date Joined Jan 2009 Total Posts : 2458	Posted 4/9/2009 4:39 PM (GMT -6)
	Davis, I think Dr. Walsh's book talks about watchful waiting for salvage if the person is old enough. Age: 67 Retired in 2001 and living in Austin TX. PSA 9/05 1.15; 8/06 1.45; 12/07 2.41; 8/08 3.9; 11/08 3.5 free PSA 11% Dx 12/30/08 2 cores out of 12 were positive Gleason (4+4) and (4+5) Negative CT scan and bone scan done on 1/16 Robotic surgery performed 2/9/09 Surgeon: Dr. Randy Fagin, Austin TX. Post op Pathology report: Prostate weighed 57 grams size:5.2 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm Bilateral 10-20% involved Gleason 4+4 both nerve bundles removed, pT3a Nx Mx Negative margins Lymph nodes: not dissected seminal vesicles clean 1st PSA test 4/7/09 result 0.1 Back to Top

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