Hi: My dad has come out for the preradiation markup this weekend. He will start radiation after Thanksgiving. One minor detail. He told me over the phone his psa rose to 3.6. When I saw the paperwork...
Hi: To answer questions..13 years ago my dad had his prostate removed. At the time he was Gleason 6 and no post op abnormalities in his pathology report. We had every reason to believe that he had...
This one is about my 86 year old dad. He had prostate cancer surgery 13 years ago. As a gleason 6 guy with no positive margins and zeros in his post-op psa, we were all feeling pretty good this was...
Hi: I don't post all that much here any more, but I still lurk from time-to-time. Just wring a little note to inform y'all that 2 years after completion of salvage radiation my psa level is remaining...
Just to give you some hope. I had salvage radiation about 21 months ago. I after a discouraging three readings where my PSA remained at 0.1, I have had four consecutive readings where it has been <...
Well I am happy that I chose surgery, simply because salvage radiation is a curative backup in case that surgery does not get it all (as happened in my case). That happiness outweighs a few nits that...
Yes and No I suppose. I was staged at T3A (positive margin). Initially post RP my PSA was 0 but shortly after it climbed to 0.1. When I went for a second opinion the radiologist said to the effect...
Good news from Dr. yesterday. The third PSA post salvage radiation was "< 0.1" which in our lab is as close to 0 as you will get. Finally good news from the PSA test. Still will be drinking that...
Lifeline: I remember when you started posting here, and your posts always seemed to touch me. My deepest condolances and sysmpathy to you....
about 6 feet even methinks....
Thank you very much for sharing this. It makes lurking here worthwhile. The more I read about stuff coming down the pike, the more I can be optimistic that if we can at a minimum hold out on this...
Hi: Not all doctors use adequate pain medication with biopsies. My first one did not and I ended up walking out on him. My second doctor which performed the biopsy did. On a pain scale of 1-10, I...
117? 123? Moses! And I think it is hot when it is 85. I think I have seen 100 once in my lifetime. That once is sufficient. But on the flip side, we have seen -25 below where I live. That's not too...
Question: Can the doctor really know whether he "got it all" after surgery anyway? Isn't this really what the pathology report tells you anyway? And the pathology report only tells you whether there...
My 2 cents. I am very skeptical about any claims of dietary or other supplements claims cure out there. If they really are cures, somebody should be getting be very rich. However.. I do think there...
Hmm..I changed my signature and it is not showing up. Trying again. And the change did not show up again. Hmm....
Hi: I know I don't post all that often, but I am still lurking. January update. My PSA post surgery and radiation remains 0.1. So I am still in PSA limbo or purgatory or whatever. Wish it was 0.0 but...
Thanks for all the posts. The more I think and read about it, I guess my situation is not that unusual. A 0.0 would have been excellent news. However, a 0.1 is not necessarily bad news. So it is what...
Well, I guess I should unlurk again. I guess lately I have been trying not to think of cancer. My first PSA following salvage radiation was not what I hoped for. 0.1 is not equal to 0.0. My Dr....
My dad had prostate cancer surgery around 10 years ago when he was early 70s. His PSAs are still 0 at 84....
Hi: I am still around. Sort of in lurk mode. But I think I might unlurk. Actually I have not had my post-radiation PSA yet. I think it is next month. Thanx for the thoughts....
I just got done radiation and it certainly was not as bad as I feared. A little bowel and bladder irritation that seems to be clearing up. And there was a little tiredness. I am not sure whether the...
Radiation complete today. Woohoo. I am thankful (to God) that I seem to have experienced none of the side effects that my radiologist warned could happen with a small percentage of folks who do...
Just want to echo what others here have said. Congratulations on completing this step of the journey. Hopefully everything now has been sufficiently nuked and zapped so that this is the final step of...
Congratulations from another salvage radiation guy about 2/3 of the way through. Gosh it seems like there are quite a few of us doing this now....
Well 4 weeks down and 3 weeks to go. On the downhill side. I am really no worse than when I last reported. The radiation doctor said that any side effects do not get worse through radiation, which I...
Tony: Great post. And may it stay in remission. Rob...
Hi BillyMac: I am undergoing radiation as we speak. I had a positive margin after surgery. At first my psa was 0.0, but it then climbed to 0.1 for three consecutive readings. At that point I sought a...
Update..9 sessions complete..24 left to go. I'm not in any pain or anything. I do wonder though whether I am feeling it in some respect. Hard to quantify and it may or may not be hypochondria, but...
Hi: I guess Dotings dad, kdnole, and myself are all in the same boat here. 2 treatments are down and 31 to go. Hopefully it kills all the remaining cancer cells we have (and that no cells have...
There are two issues here: (1) What is the correct legal response to the question (2) What would be the morally ethical response to the question The correct legal response would be that he did not...
Well this was quick. Radiation starts next Tuesday. So it will be out of the way early May....
Walt I join with all the other folks here who love you and are praying for you. As I have said, you are definitely one of my heros. God bless you and War Eagle, Rob...
Bumping Today was my appt with the radiation oncologist. We decided we are going for it. It just so happens they had an appointment for the markup tomorrow (get this puppy out of the way). I imagine...
Since both Tony and Walt are two of my heros, I decided to write a little about them here ....
Tony: You too are one of my heros on this forum. You have my sympathies and prayers. I am sure your mother is in a better place....
Thanks.. Good catch. I'm about 80% on the nomograms also, which is not bad. May our PSAs stay at 0....
Walt: You and Tony are two of my heros. Seriously....
Hi Chayna. I think there is a very good chance that cancer is locally confined and that radiation will get it all. Anyway, I will pray towards that end. Since your dad's metrics and mine are similar...
Hi Susan + Don: Great News. Keep those zeros coming. Now go ouit and celebrate this. BTW the state of Denial is the state north of New Hampshire and Vermont before you get to Quebec. Beautiful state,...
Hi y'all. Thanks for the tip on drinking before radiation. That is exactly the stuff I was looking for. Tony: I just noticed that comments on my blog were restriced to google accounts. Since that is...
Hello: Since my post-op surgery psa results have been 0.1 for three consecutive readings, I have decided to undergo I guess what they call salvage radiation. The date of my radiologist appointment is...
Tony. Wonderful news. I am sure you will do a great job. Although (thinking aloud) people here are so nice and agreeable (compared to other fori I have seem) that I am wondering who here you will...
Hi Seeking Bliss: It does look as though Tony (TLC Las Vegas) is a pretty good comparable to you. I question the statement that radiation is not an option since Tony had radiation also. And from all...
Hmm..tell that to my dad who was about 75 when he had prostate cancer surgery. He is now 83 and in wonderful health. His PSA tests have been all zeros since. He will probably die at age 102....
Hey fatcat: From what I have read, watchful waiting is really recommended only for older folks who will probably die of something else anyway. As biker90 said, "It ain't gonna go away...". Also be...
Wow you and I are comparable. One positive margin and gleason 3+4. Curiously my first post-surgery PSA was 0.1. Then it went down to 0.0 for two readings. For the last two readings it returned to...
Lifeline How come I start bawling whenever you post here. Anyway, I just would like to echo the posts here on hopsice. You are in my prayers...
Lifeline How come I start bawling whenever you post here. Anyway, I just would like to echo the posts here on hopsice....