I am in the delightful position of being 2 years post salvage radiation treatment and still with an undetectable PSA. I just met with my urologist, and he recommends going to PSA testing every six...
Is it possible for an individual's immune system to kick into gear and kill off the cancer cells? It looks like your body was fighting it out with the cancer cells, and your body won. We read about...
You are doing very well, and are way ahead of where I was at 3 weeks. It looks like you are winning in two elements of the "trifecta." Most important, however, is the third, the psa reading at three...
When we are young our parents seem so strong and even invincible. Your parents in particular seem like good people who have taken care of their children in a most admirable way. That makes it much...
If the surgeon says he will have to cut wide, I think you should avoid surgery. Surgery can be great if the cancer has not spread beyond the prostate gland, but once it does you are looking at nasty,...
As a pT3b after surgery who went back for RT, I take great encouragement from your result. I'm now about 22 months post-radiation and everything looks good so far....
Very good outcome! Cause for celebration! Now the waiting game begins....
Best wishes for a long string of "<" test results....
I agree with F8 and if I were in your place I'd start the RT asap. The trend is clear, so why wait? FWIW I was a 3+4 pT3 patient that had rising PSA within 8 months. I had a bad pathology with EPE,...
I don't think that with a low but rising PSA after surgery you should wait for the cancer to show up on a scan. If you wait that long, the cancer will have spread and no longer be curable with...
Are the numbers at the bottom of the lists the more recent readings? Looking carefully at the numbers, they seem to provide a good case for more precise tests. The LabCorp and urologist tests show an...
I found that coffee, both regular and decaf, caused me bladder spasms after prostatectomy. Tea doesn't cause any problems....
Extraprostatic extension is not usually a good thing. But if PSA goes up after surgery, EPE is good because it offers an explanation for why your PSA is rising -- some cancerous tissue was left in...
"Be here, be now, be." Aleph, I like that a lot. Given the news you got, being bummed out is a perfectly normal, natural, and healthy response, as long as it doesn't last too long. I think that in...
The white button mushroom finding is fascinating but based on a small study population. Is there a follow-up study underway?...