tell that damn doctor to do his job and get you back on lupron! good luck man!...
if your concern is permanent side effects i would strongly recommend you consider radiation. in fact in this day and age it befuddles me that anyone would choose surgery over radiation when they have...
i'd recommend getting a doctor you trust and take it from there. my initial PSA was 6.8 and biopsy showed all 12 cores positive with G7 cancer and at least one at 70 percent...
think of it as ....transitioning haha...
"If my urologist were still ordering the standard test, I might be lulled into a false sense of security. I do better with uPSA, keeping me on my toes." reading your responses it sounds like you are...
"Of course I know that it is too soon to do anything but I would like to hear your thoughts.' once BCD is confirmed with G8 cancer there is no such thing as "too soon" in my opinion...
the cancer is aggressive but it is treatable and you have a shot at beating it. i would make a treatment decision quickly and get treated ASAp. good luck!...
"Djin: Interesting post regarding radiation vs surgical regrets. You'd never know it by this forum. It is amazingly biased towards radiation, although less so lately. Mel" when we got here Mel it was...
Hi Fred -- gleason 8 cancer is very serious. what was your PSA score?...
what time frame are we talking? i think at first we feel lucky just to be alive and being limp and/or incontinent seems a small price to pay, and those conditions will improve in time (according to...
"I have rooted for Will Smith my whole life," Rock said, "...and now I watch Emancipation just to see him get whooped." (Smith plays a runaway slave in Emancipation) hahahahaha woooohaaa!...
what i remember is that some guys thought "the slap" was staged. i mean really ................ https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1632354462898483200 ...
"OH MY GOODNESS! I started taking these this morning at 6:15, and in an hour or so, I felt like I did before I started this PCa journey. I feel like a new man!!!!!!!" haha i love hearing that!...
never ceases to amaze me how late some guys initiate SRT, and that's one reason i'm opposed to surgery...
no delays here. my colonoscopy took about a month which is slightly longer than normal but i can see my doctor same day...
i imagine all labs are "reputable". the doctor's opinion should have no bearing on getting a second opinion...
i was an essential worker all though the lockdowns. i am fully vaxxed and these days i don't mask up unless i am asked or it is required. for the first two years i was not sick once. in the past year...
so 208 was a typo? or did i misread the post? sheeesh. that's still a high PSA but there have plenty of guys "cured" with a beginning PSA of 28...
lucky - great treatment choice. my numbers were similar and i was treated successfully years ago with ADT and radiation. good luck to your husband!...
My MO has never tested for T. Maybe his view is that the PSA drop after starting ADT indicates T suppression. When castration resistance sets in, the PSA will increase, but not because of an...
"If I wanted treatment of the prostate, he would recommend radiation and not necessarily reduce the size of the prostate before the treatment, but it may be recommended by the ecologist. He sees less...
John -- what does your doctor say? with a pre-treatment PSA of 208 your doctor should have prepared you for what you are experiencing now as well as answer your questions about further treatment....
with your numbers and surgery as the initial treatment i'm surprised SRT wasn't performed until psa 2.5 (maybe even 2x that) -- especially with your high, rapidly advancing PSA. well that ship done...
that is definitely the longest post i've seen on this forum...
sorry man. that really sucks...
you are a miracle, wings!...
i fought statins for years and finally gave in. no ill effects and my numbers are now great. the biggest threat to my health has been what i think and self-diagnosis...
read the forum paying attention to permanent side effects and come to your own conclusion which is best for you...
The issue, for me, isn’t the specific number of years I will live but the quality of those years. I know people younger than myself who have already given up and have their activities limited due to...
the world has gotten so toxic and we so fat and complacent and yet most of us will meet the average life expectancy, which is up by more than a dozen years since i was a kid...
I find this stuff very humorous. These guys suddenly realize that the preposterous wealth will not save them, and they will die like everyone else. So they make desperate attempts to stave it off....
i requested a cologard test about four years ago and it was unremarkable, but i still got my scheduled colonoscopy though i was a year or so late. that study i participated in that paid me $575 was...
probably hemmies :-)...
do you know they have pills now? i was given the option for $40 but i didn't have a problem with the prep on my first colonoscopy. the two bottles of prep i was given this time seems like it was a...
i forgot to mention. i also made $575. i got a call that went to message a couple of weeks before the procedure. i quickly read the script and it said something about paying me $575 so i ignored it...
just had my second colonoscopy ever and both after prostate cancer treatment. i had my first colonoscopy in 2011 right after treatment. it was clean (no polyps) and the doctor said he'll see me in 10...
true but in this case and many other cases (mine) you need to treat a larger area than just the gland, and in the case of SRT there is no gland...
i was referred to a radiation clinic that my uro worked with. the brachy doctor was something of a rock star. he used cesium seeds so no HDR for me. i don't think SBRT was a thing back then but...
"So based on this, do you think he would still be considered favorable intermediate?" at a quick glance his numbers appear similar to mine. my doctor said i had a 60% chance of a "cure". and a 60%...
if you've been around this forum for awhile this will come as no surprise...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jcq4FDTheg ...
we were already too old for new wave, tho the cars are in my top three bands...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ie8KccCFQ ...
i vote bounce. check out my signature. my PSA bounced around causing me great consternation especially at the first .3 reading. the bounces are a downside to radiation but it beats the hell out of...
your car breaks down and you go to a ford dealer. do you honestly think he's gonna send you to the toyota dealership? why do you think so many men have been mangled by the prostate snatcher?...
just getting it out is an attractive proposition and your uro, your first point of contact, will normally push that option because he is a surgeon...
life changing side effects are largely the byproduct of surgery or radiation after the prostate has been surgically removed. read the many tales of woe on this forum -- incontinence, untreatable...
Hi Jim -- i also live in san jose and was treated locally by the northern california prostate center. our numbers appear similar. you need to be treated, imo, and the sooner the better. don't...
bummer. RIP Gary...............
bummer. i was 54 when diagnosed and i didn't take it too well...
"He also said that the PSA of 25 was meaningless (his words) for any man over 70.' fire that guy...