? re: post surgery PSA tests

Tanya,

If you are still using Dr's Ruyle/Montoya, they do not use the ultra-sensitive PSA test. I asked about that in January and was told that there is no clinical advantage to the ultra-sensituve test, so they do not prescribe it.

Michael

57 years old

Dx on 4/1/06

PSA 5.3

12 cores taken, 2% of 2 cores positive for adenocarcinoma

Gleason 2+3=5, right lobe, 2+2=4 left lobe

Stage T1c

DaVinci surgery on 6/27/06

Post-surgical Gleason 3+3=6

40% of right lobe and 50% of left involved in Gleason 6 tumor

Tumor close to margin in the left lobe.

30 day psa 0.1, 45 day psa <0.1, 90 day psa <0.1, 6 mo. psa<0.1

It will be a year tomorrow that I had my biopsy and a year the next day that I was diagnosed. I am doing well....continuing to heal both emotionally and physically.

Good luck on 4/10. I know you guys will be happy to be on the other side of this journey.

Michael

57 years old

Dx on 4/1/06

PSA 5.3

12 cores taken, 2% of 2 cores positive for adenocarcinoma

Gleason 2+3=5, right lobe, 2+2=4 left lobe

Stage T1c

DaVinci surgery on 6/27/06

Post-surgical Gleason 3+3=6

40% of right lobe and 50% of left involved in Gleason 6 tumor

Tumor close to margin in the left lobe.

30 day psa 0.1, 45 day psa <0.1, 90 day psa <0.1, 6 mo. psa<0.1