you are at .3 and it's been a steady rise over several years in my mind all questions should have been resolved well before .2 when SRT had the best chance of working. that's all i'm going to say on...
what about the rises in the past two years that brought you to .3? unfortunately, someone dropped the ball...
why was your PSA allowed to rise to .3 with no treatment?...
"Basically undetectable PSA for 7 years with a doubling time around 12-15 months." that means you were never undetectable, and they knew it!...
PSA doesn't always move is a straight line. if you chart your PSAs in a line graph you will see the uptrend. your doctors are too much!...
good point. more guys are getting implants...
you know the shots that guys with ED use to get erections? i remember when i got here it was a constant topic, but no more. are the shots still a thing?...
i was treated at a prostate cancer center that my uro was affiliated with. there were three doctors at the center. one doctor consulted with me at the initial consultation, and a couple of other...
and why i have been self-employed for the last 30 years...
yeah, with your numbers and the course you are on there is no reason not to get your first shot yesterday...
"Any thoughts? Not sure what the sequence would be? I assume the seeds first?" the sequence is the doctor's prerogative. mine was ADT, seeds and IGRT. i had nine months of lupron and i am in my 12th...
all i am saying is stay on it. you're the one at risk, not your doctors. it's not hard for me; i am one of the lucky ones who dealt with mine in time. good luck to you...
when i look at his PSA progression i see a steady rise. i'm not trying to cause alarm but it's there. granted there is a spike at the end but the last two PSA tests were 20 months apart. stay on it...
cool story about cyberknife! selleck probably bought the doctor a ferrari to not snatch his dad's prostate. in all seriousness the doctor should be sued...
i'm sorry to hear that ed but honestly at your age my PSA would have to be a lot higher before i would go on ADT. i'm hoping you get some good news!...
its looking more like mine is prostatitis. My doc isnt even worried. im feeling quite calm now[/quote] yeah it looks like something else is going on with you. good luck!...
he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. if DF had been diagnosed earlier he might still be with us. btw, lovely song...
i was 54 with a PSA of 6.8...... but i had no symptoms and a normal DRE...
if i were being treated today with your numbers SBRT would be at the top of my list! good luck man...
surgeons are subject to denial. there is no other explanation i can think of as i watch the PSA climb after failed surgery while the doctor orders more tests and wastes more time i think telling a...
HBD man.......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UqMyldS7Q ...
"If the risk level is high, adjuvant radiation (IMRT) is done after surgery regardless of PSA.' in a perfect world, yes. but in my many years here that is not always the case...
there is an irrational fear of radiation. we (wife and i) had it in my case even before we met with the urologist. my wife did all of the research and what concerned her most was 1) no surgery after...
"Last night I have read some of the posts on HW and someone said that SEs are happening right away with surgery while with RT they’re coming later and it concerned me." that's another fallacy that...
sounds like depression...
"@halbert, Thanks so much for your reply. I don’t understand the above statements. should my husband be prescribed ADT prior to his Brachytherapy treatment to completely end the cancer?" that's a...
"Now I just learned from reading that surgery can’t be a second option" this is what you need to understand: if BT doesn't work most likely neither would surgery and radiation. BT treats an area...
it's a true statement used deceptively and effectively by a professional who will profit from your fear...
then you are projecting. if it quacks like a duck......
There certainly nothing wrong with getting a second opinion, but there is something very wrong with a layman telling someone that statements from both a surgeon and Uro were misleading. "Large...
"Yes, surgery after radiation is complicated because of the tissue damage. However, if you have a treatment failure, it's not the end of the line--there are other options." since radiation treats a...
given that last comment -- a misleading scare tactic -- i would definitely consider getting a second opinion. good luck to you!...
provocative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlyzY139Wfg ...
i usually think how would my life be if i did not have the toothache that led to my diagnosis...
ed -- i would not rush into either if i were you. but if/when it becomes necessary i'd choose ADT...
to properly post a link hit the URL button before and after the link...
my first PSA was 6.8. my doctor was very concerned and referred me to a uro. mine was high volume cancer but yours may not be. but you need to stay on it now...
i associate the "it's not cancer" argument with not PSA testing younger guys because they be overtreated movement...
deja vu all over again...
my buddy was finally diagnosed with PC after years of problems and a couple biopsies. he was G7 with a 12 PSA. i advised him to ask about ADT previous to radiation. he got back to me after his first...
thanks Jack. yeah that's very troubling....
didn't help that SRT was initiated so late....
my buddy got kicked out of hospice after six months and lived another couple of years with decent QOL. good luck Jerry!...
one reason i'm against surgery for prostate cancer is when surgery fails there is often denial and indecision about if and when to initiate salvage treatment, and that could make the difference...
was your doctor in denial that his surgery failed? salvage radiation should have been initiated well before .2 and from what i see there was no good reason it wasn't...
"The history book on the shelf Is always repeating itself" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4 ...
here's your link, girlie https://fb.watch/ciKWWwB033/ if you listen to what chris rock said it was pretty tame especially if he didn't know JP suffered from alopecia. and he claims he did not know....
we really do become the center of the universe when we are diagnosed with cancer. well at least in our minds...
by the way........ https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/smith-barred-academy-events-10-185652985.html ...
i'm a recovering addict and i'm recovering from prostate cancer. i share either message at appropriate times. there's plenty of denial and misinformation associated with either illness and i'm not...