Seven years! That is great... Keep it going and it sounds like you are active and on top of this beast! pasayten...
Bosco... All looking good... Enjoy your life... :-) pasayten...
+1 on the vitamin D and calcium citrate is for bone health. Hormone therapy can impact our bones apparently. I was told the same thing in case hormone treatment was going to be required in my...
I have a pesky G6 and have experienced a long 13 year journey of knocking PSA down and seeing it slowly come back... Seems stabilized at .20-.30 now... Go figure... pasayten...
Hang in there FranPro... I have a pesky G6 that has taken me on RRP, SRT, and still went up to the .20-.30 level... But it seems to have stabilized and I am 13 years past dx and still living life to...
Yeah... Out here in WA, the Seahawks fell to the Packers, bur fortuneately MJ is legal in WA and a few chewys solved the grief... :-) lol pasayten...
Good to hear from you Sonny! Been a long tough road, but you are still traveling... That's the main thing... :-) pasayten...
Congrats on staying in the zero club! pasayten...
Never really looked at my T levels as I never had ADT with my SRT... Looking at my blood work, my baseline T level is low at 80... This is probably OK as my pesky G6 has risen and leveled off at...
Glad the retest came out <.01 for you! Labs can have different results based on methods and equipment. pasayten...
Dang... so sorry to hear about all the problems... I have the AUS 800 after both RRP and SRT, but no problems so far. The doc said he was extra careful on placement and tightness of fit, so I am...
I have a pesky G6 and am 13 years out from RRP in 2007... Also had SRT in 2010... Still a small rise to .20 - .30 where it has been stable for a couple of years... go figure... I am not worrying....
Bagman, Hang in there... I am 13 years past dx and have had both RRP and SRT... Post SRT started very low and I thought I was done. Since then it has been slowly raising only to stabilize/bounce in...
Congratulations Halbert! 2020 will be great! Been 12 years for me with some bumps along the way with a pesky gleason 6... Enjoying retirement along with a lot of backpacking... Thank goodness for the...
Jack, My shots are always the same place... Left eye... I always look up and to the right... shot is on the outside portion. Never the top or the bottom. Wonder if the new drug requires change of...
The eye shots are not painful to me... The eye is prepped and numbed... There is a little irritation post-shot due to the prepping agents... Kind of like you stayed up too late and your eye is tired...
Mel, I had Active Choroidal Neovascularization / Myoptic Degeneration Bilateral in the left eye... or as the doc said, I had some small blood vessels behind the retina grow thru it and cause a mound...
In talking about supplements for the eye, I should mention my eye doc suggested that I take Bausch & Lomb "AREDS 2"... https://www.preservision.com/products/preservision-areds-2-formula They include...
Paul, Not sure about the new drug, but Medicare covers Lucentis... Provider charged $5,844 Medicare approved $1,760 Medicare Paid $1,380 Left to patient $352 My health plan covered the balance...
Here you go... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1529o9cOi4 ...
I had the option to stop, but at the risk of the vessels going rogue again... and since my health plan covered everything, we figured quarterly injections was a safe bet... :-) pasayten...
I had some small blood vessels behind the retina break thru and cause a mound and subsequent distorted vision like a donut hole in the left eye. Monthly eye injections of Lucentis resolved the issue...
Great result! Enjoy... :-) Note that I have also been given wrong results over the phone a few times and I always now wait for the electronic or hard copy. pasayten...
SRT of a Gleason 6... No ADT... 32 sessions of 2 for 64 gys total. pasayten...
Medical Oncology... https://www.seattlecca.org/providers/celestia-s-higano ...
Well, I have Dr. Celestia S. Higano at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance... :-) pasayten...
To all... No anxiety or worry here... My intention of the post was that I have a somewhat unique situation of monthly results of ultra sensitive values to show how the numbers can bounce around what...
Yep... Still with Dr. Higano... And she is great... :-)...
We are just happy it is staying constant... Maybe some benign tissue? Or a cancer now held in check thru an unknown process... But I do get a lot of prayer for it... :-) In any case, I am glad it...
0.222 +/- 0.034...
No anxiety or trouble on my end... Already got over that at SRT... :-) More of a scientific interest now... And my med plan covers all. Cheers, Ray...
We have been following my PSA very closely (monthly) since it rose to above 0.20 after RRP removal and post SRT treatment. It has actually been very stable to the point of possibly indicating what...
pasayten... Nickname after spending so much time riding horses in the Pasayten Wilderness in north central Washington. :-)...
FWIW, I dislike the new format on my PC, but it is nice on my cell phone. I understand the need for an updated BB format to support multiple devices, so I will grin and bear it... :-) pasayten...
FYI... Axumin scan also covered under Medicare....
The only thing that has been modified since my July SCCA consultation is my blood work showed that my Vit D levels were low and the SCCA started me on a D3 supplement... super dose for 6 weeks and...
Interesting... Just had another PSA test and the result has dropped again!... Now 0.15... I will gladly take that! PCa can sure be strange......
You can also use a verbose google doc for greater info, then use an abbreviated version in the signature and add a link to the google doc "extended signature". Saves space on the forum posts also......
Tennis, Wishing you the best on working out your decision making process... I am battling with a pesky G6 and after recent rising PSA after RALP and BCR with Corman/Badiozamani at VM, I have switched...
Never owned a chrome book... and it is quite a coincidence... :-)...
I have a "PCA History" as a google doc and it's my web available extended signature in healing well... publicly available for viewing... It's all good... :-) Maybe chrome book was previously owned by...
Axumin scan came out clean... Plan is to continue to watch PSA and if level rises to 0.7 to 1.0 range, scan again. pasayten...
Well, the Axumin scan is scheduled for Aug 8th at the SCCA... Be interesting to see if anything is found with a PSA level of only 0.20/0.24. But it will also serve as a basepoint if nothing else......
7/16/2018 PSA result came back 0.20... down a little from the previous 0.24 4/18/2018... strange as I thought is was going to be up from before......
Well I had my appt with Dr Higano at the SCCA today... Very good facility and visit... They performed a general physical look over and had a good question and answer session. I asked if it was...
Well... Seems I have a rather pesky and persistent G6... 11 years post RRP and 8 years post SRT... it has risen from 0.09 2/2017 to 0.24 4/2018. Short doubling time. I will be switching from Virginia...
Great decision! It will make a major impact to improve your quality of life... I am very happy with the results of mine. For the leakage until activation, I used a pouch and not a pad. Kept urine...
Bob, Sounds like a great plan! Enjoy the new house! pasayten...
Free to good home... Liberty PFS-200 pelvic floor exerciser system unit. It has 2 lithium 123A 3 volt batteries that I will remove before shipping... Cost $325 new... Plus $50 for probe... Little...
rcoller... I have a pesky G6 that is acting up again... Short doubling time at the low levels also... Will be getting a second opinion July 16th on future paths to take... but not worried about the...