May God bless him and all his family and friends. Rest In Peace....
I don’t know which warning was worse...... “You will feel a little pressure”.....or “this may be cause a little discomfort”.....and then Click.....there goes another sample. So glad that is behind...
Like you, I was high risk. I used a combination of High Dose Rate brachytherapy and external beam radiation (IMRT) and extended the radiation to include the pelvic lymph nodes. The radiation therapy...
Thanks for the post, very interesting. This stuff doesn’t seem to be getting any easier....
Also look at the Green Light laser. Investigate all the BPH treatments....
Let me guess.......old age, whatever that means....
Never cigarettes. An occasional cigar maybe one very four years. Didn’t ever inhale....
You can also use proscar. It predates Avodart and is available in a generic form. Could be less expensive....
Great information. Often the concerns over prostate size and brachytherapy are expressed by non-experts, also known as urologists. You must always get the proper assessment from the specific provider...
You can significantly shrink the prostate by taking Avodart. This is a common treatment for BPH and can help you prepare for brachytherapy. Reduction of 35-50% is common in a few months. As you...
His reaction to Lupron is not conditioned on the duration of the shot. So the MD is a bit out of his league here. The only difference between the shot lengths is the frequency they must be...
I remember there have a few been members here with cranial Mets, but not recently. Any distant met is bad. I suggest you also go to www.yananow.org. It may provide you with specific information from...
Have you also had assessments from radiation oncologists regarding radiation as the primary therapy? With a G8 there is an increased probability that surgery alone will not be successful requiring...
I was high risk as you can see. Three surgeons all said no to surgery as they held a high probability of failure that would require salvage radiation. My nomograms indicated a 99% probability of...
I have often seen that it is preferred to reach a PSA nadir of .50 following radiation as the initial treatment and not accompanied by ADT. So far you have reached .83, so fairly close so far. Plus,...