HIFU Ultrasound

My research indicates that HIFU (High Intensity FOcused Ultrasound) is the least evasive treatment with very low risk of incontinence and impotency.  Has anyone had it on this forum? 

Someone had it done in Japan and has posted a detailed thread about his research and the treatmentt. Hopefully another member who reads your comments will remember who it is and the name of the thread.

Alternatively, just start reading over the threads for the past three weeks or so. I know that I read one on HIFU recently.

Good luck.

Ben

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DIAGNOSIS: 09/25/06. Age 49. PSA 4.6. PSA free 2%. Clinical pathology: Gleason 10. Stage T2a.           

SURGERY: 11/08/06. RP at Johns Hopkins. Surgical pathology Gleason 10. Stage T3a (positive margins.) Negative seminal vesicles, lymph nodes, and bone scan.

POST OP: 12/15/06: First post op PSA was 0.00.

Jajcarro,

If you go to www.yananow.net and enter the web site and then click on Mentor Experiences and scroll down you will see the stories of men listed by type of treatment. Under the HIFU are six or seven stories. These may be helpful to you. Those men that are listed as Yana Mentors have agreed to receive direct contact so you might want to email some of these guys.

Tamu

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Diagnosed 7/6/06

1 of 10 core samples, 40%

Stage T1c, Gleason 3+3

Da Vinci on 11/01/06

Catheter out on 11/13/06

56 Years Old

Post Op Path

Gleason 3+3

Approx. 5% of prostate involved

Prostate Confined, margins clear

Undetectable PSA on 12/18/06

No more pads as of 1/13/07

Hi Jajcarro,   You may have already found them but here’s how I found 2 members who chose HIFU. The information I entered to find them are in purple   Be on the Main Page where threads are showing Click on Search next to Chat on Log off line above Enter the words or phrases to search: floridarobert, DWT Search for:   Posted By Search keywords using: Any of the keywords and phrases Max # 50 (you have choices) Select forum: Prostate Searched Date Range.. 3 months (you have choices) SUBMIT   Hope this helps!! (floridarobert posted the same post on about 11 different threads... when you get to the search page showing list.. click on one of the threads and scroll down... you'll find it) (DWT & SL... shared their journey from day 1... several posting from them)   Read and research as much as you can....                                    As your Knowledge grows the POWER to make YOUR decision Grows!!!!!   Excerpt from: Our Journey ~ Sharing is Caring     One thing each of us must remember…. NO 2 SITUATIONS ARE THE SAME   Take a deep breath.... and know that there's a lot of us like you out there... and we've been where you are now.    All different kinds of lifestyles…   different PSA scores, different treatments, different incomes, different jobs, different health issues, all different ages, and most of all… MENTAL ATTITUDES ARE DIFFERENT. So take a deep breath and let this forum help you!!!   Remember… YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS… YOU HAVE OPTIONS…   In Friendship ! Lee & Buddy mama bluebird - Lee & Buddy… from North Carolina Link to our personal journey…>>>      Our Journey ~ Sharing is Caring   April 3, 2006  53 on surgery day RRP / Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy with "wide excision" PSA 4.6   Gleason  3+3=6    T2a   Confined to Prostate June 29th ~ PSA Less than 0.1 Non-detectable Post Edited (bluebird) : 1/23/2007 9:03:00 PM (GMT-7)

Hey jajcarro, my urologist says that surgery after failed HIFU is very possible. It's not without risk, or side effects, however. I think the catheter stays in for about a month. I strongly suggest that you avoid third world countries. Go to Canada, or England, or Europe.

Regards,

Bill

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Gleason 3+3=6, T1c, one core in twelve, another pre-cancerous.

62 years old and good health.  Married 37 years.  To same woman!

For those looking for treatment closer to home, there is a clinic in Toronto that offers HIFU.  I have an article at home that provides the details - I'll pull it out and post here for those who don't want to travel as far as Japan or Italy.