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Covid-- difference between shots 1 and 2?

My spelling?? I don't think so, but ... hold on ... OMG, it gave me Fat Finger Syndrome!...

Today 3:51 AM

Prostate Cancer
Covid-- difference between shots 1 and 2?

I had my 2nd Pfizer shot this morning. Injection site a little sore to pressure, and I took a long nap this afternoon. Not sure how much of the tiredness was due to the vaccine and how much because...

Yesterday 9:26 PM

Prostate Cancer
New guy, new case

Hi Paul. I wish you all the best for your first post-op PSA result. Re your path report complaints, I'm thinking that either you are not reporting all the information there, or you received only a...

Yesterday 8:53 PM

Prostate Cancer
Frequency of PSA test

At 2 years my uro said he was good going from 3-month to 6-months, but I should choose what I would feel comfortable with: 3, 4, or 6 (but no longer than 6). I had in mind to do the next year at 4...

2/28/2021 5:55 PM

Prostate Cancer
Any restrictions before PSA test?

Well, certainly the same exact drawn at the same lab. I don't think we know enough about the daily fluctuations of ultra-small PSA amounts. If you have a choice you can go with the approx. same time...

2/28/2021 9:36 AM

Prostate Cancer
Any restrictions before PSA test?

Old saying: no prostate, no PSA restrictions. Lucky you. Djin...

2/28/2021 9:03 AM

Prostate Cancer
Prostate biopsy without digital examine

It is very strange that this uro didn't do a DRE considering it was your first visit to him. A uro will want an initial estimate of your prostate's size, consistency, symmetry, any nodules or...

2/26/2021 5:22 PM

Prostate Cancer
Biopsy vs MRI Guided Biopsy

Good job, Jimmy. Follow all your discharge instructions. Walking is an important activity to do without exaggerating it. Your important post-op pathology report should be ready when you have your...

2/26/2021 1:00 PM

Prostate Cancer
Cost of 6 month lupron

JNF, Yes, I indicated those were list prices because the Howard's first bill evidently marked even the list price up! Just about every one of our bills asking for our copay has the list price of...

2/26/2021 5:06 AM

Prostate Cancer
Free PSA% test after treatment

Clearly you and I are both far past the PCa diagnosis stage :). The study I linked was looking at whether free PSA might prove useful in prognosticating. In any case your free PSA of 10% is below...

2/25/2021 7:31 PM

Prostate Cancer
Free PSA% test after treatment

Following the % free PSA after RT for primary treatment is new to me. Is it possible the test including free PSA was ordered in error? If it was your PCP, that would be my guess. Free PSA Ratio as a...

2/25/2021 5:53 PM

Prostate Cancer
Cost of 6 month lupron

Since my PSA may be going up (gulp), I wanted to see my BCBS cost should I need Lupron depot. Looking up the cost on Express Scripts, it says for the 3-month the (list) cost is 14,317.10, I pay $180....

2/25/2021 2:43 PM

Prostate Cancer
After the Vaccine

Clocknut, true, but a couple of points. The first is just that, it doesn't mention any correlations or reported episodes triggered by a Covid vaccine. The second is, if the studies and data are...

2/25/2021 8:20 AM

Prostate Cancer
After the Vaccine

Au contraire: Addressing Atrial Fibrillation in the World of COVID-19 (2021) "... So, while it can be soothing to think of a world without COVID, we have to prepare and act now as though it will...

2/25/2021 7:14 AM

Prostate Cancer
Dogs

It's not Friday and not dogs, but: A university president is complaing about the incredibly high budgets in the grant applications from the Physics Department. "All this high cost for facilities,...

2/24/2021 8:11 PM

Prostate Cancer
Annual PSA test... Results are in for 2021.. .Undetectable !!!!!

Here's to continued success! Congrats, Djin...

2/24/2021 9:35 AM

Prostate Cancer
Cancer-fighting natural marine product discovered by University of Florida researchers

Below the news article is a link to: "RELATED STORY: University of Florida veterinarians remove shoe from crocodile’s stomach" Related?? Did the shoe belong to one of the University of Florida...

2/24/2021 7:59 AM

Prostate Cancer
Covid Progress

I had a half day of fever and chills the day after my first Shingrix vaccine (nothing after the second). The light symptoms I'm hearing about by some, but by no means all, of Covid-vaccine recipients...

2/23/2021 7:44 PM

Prostate Cancer
Covid Progress

(1) Experts are saying it's not at all clear how long the effect of the first shot alone will last. (2) Fauci said the other day that the antibody level goes up 10 times after the 2nd shot. Skipping...

2/23/2021 3:10 PM

Prostate Cancer
Fluctuating PSA

Hi ashu and Welcome to the Forum! It should be a urologist who makes that call together with your input (do you have a uro?). Do you have BPH? Increased PSA from it can complicate the picture, as can...

2/23/2021 7:39 AM

Prostate Cancer
Welcome new member Dave '68

Hi Dave and Welcome to the Forum! With a G9 (4+5) and (even just one of) extraprostatic extension and metastases to the lymph nodes, SOC would be adjuvant therapy. May I ask some questions? Can you...

2/21/2021 5:27 PM

Prostate Cancer
Hernia repair after prostatectomy

I'm glad your recovery is going well. Djin...

2/21/2021 8:00 AM

Prostate Cancer
Covid Progress

But we'll never know if it was the vaccine or the dry cleaning stop. Djin...

2/20/2021 3:15 PM

Prostate Cancer
Covid Progress

Fauci and others sounded a note of caution this morning because Makary's numbers are made up, logically, of those vaccinated plus those who had Covid, However, for the latter group, it is not known...

2/20/2021 10:06 AM

Prostate Cancer
Corona vaccine OT

Canadian and Israeli studies are showing the Pfizer vaccine affords a very high level of protection after just one shot. I don't know if further studies will lead to this (and Moderna) being OK'ed as...

2/19/2021 7:18 AM

Prostate Cancer
1 week post RALP

8 Weeks is not too soon. The typical range is 6 weeks to 3 months. The main objective of early testing is to make sure the initial PSA is <0.1, in other words, there isn't obvious persistent PSA and...

2/18/2021 7:34 AM

Prostate Cancer
Why choose standard radiation over SBRT

Two points about SBRT. 1) If your PCa should be turn out to be high-risk. From Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review (2021) "Conclusion: At this point,...

2/17/2021 11:51 AM

Prostate Cancer
Virtual support group

Now that is one interesting family arrangement! Djin...

2/16/2021 7:23 PM

Prostate Cancer
Corona vaccine OT

I believe the original trials showed rather comperable adverse reactions for Pfizer and Moderna The problem with EUA, emergengy use authorizations, is that it puts the kibosh on trials, so we have...

2/16/2021 5:58 PM

Prostate Cancer
1 week post RALP

Hi GH. So your G score was confirmed as 7 (4+3) and there were positive margins. What confuses me is the the synoptic report states extraprostatic extension, multifocal EPE, (at two locations). The...

2/16/2021 5:33 PM

Prostate Cancer
Predictors for Post-treatment Biopsy Outcomes after SBRT

From the Full Text: "Our findings highlight the importance of using higher SBRT dose levels, which are associated with improved local control as demonstrated on routine post-treatment biopsies....

2/16/2021 10:38 AM

Prostate Cancer
Update from me

Best of luck going forward! Please keep us posted with your progress. Djin...

2/16/2021 9:32 AM

Prostate Cancer
Predictors for Post-treatment Biopsy Outcomes after SBRT

I assume it's another term for post-treatment biopsy, i.e., one done for the purpose of evaluating the efficacy of (non-surgical) treatment. Clearly we expect toxicities to increase with total...

2/16/2021 9:27 AM

Prostate Cancer
Predictors for Post-treatment Biopsy Outcomes after SBRT

Predictors for Post-treatment Biopsy Outcomes after Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (2021, MSK study) " Highlights • SBRT dose levels of 35–37.5 Gy of SBRT were associated with a higher...

2/16/2021 7:22 AM

Prostate Cancer
Prednisone and Covid Vaccine

I don't see any Covid-vaccine contraindications for medications either at the CDC site or on any of the pre-vaccination checklists. Given that the elderly especially are often taking a number of...

2/15/2021 10:41 AM

Prostate Cancer
OT: Shot Clock

IMO it would be more logical to reduce allotment by a certain percentage each week below quota. That would encourage efforts and perhaps save vaccine until vaccinations equal allotment. Djin...

2/15/2021 2:17 AM

Prostate Cancer
PSA rise from 20 to 30

Biopsies and MRIs can miss cancer. Repeat biopsies are in order when PCa is suspected after a negative biopsy. Next time I would look into either a saturation biopy (with > 20 cores) or a targeted +...

2/15/2021 2:08 AM

Prostate Cancer
1 week post RALP

GH, I'm sure you'll get your post-op path report at your video visit this week. Do ask to be sent copy of the complete report. It's an important document, which will give you the most detailed info...

2/14/2021 8:40 AM

Prostate Cancer
Six years since RALP

Here's a toast to the next many, many happy years to come! Djin...

2/14/2021 8:36 AM

Prostate Cancer
Oral chemo versus IV chemo

Initial Management of Noncastrate Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update (2021, Full Text) " ABSTRACT PURPOSE Update all preceding ASCO guidelines on initial...

2/13/2021 5:08 PM

Prostate Cancer
Oral chemo versus IV chemo

Hi Stephanie, Welcome to the Forum! I'm sorry you need to pose this question, of course. Do you know what specific medications Jeff's docs are considering? I'm assuming they are different -- I'm not...

2/13/2021 3:58 AM

Prostate Cancer
My 1 yr post-RALP Update

Hi BD. Smart move keeping on top of your status and seeking diagnosis and treatment -- also given your dad's history. A great RP report, although some surgeons disagree about taking no nodes for G6...

2/13/2021 3:25 AM

Prostate Cancer
Have You Heard of This Test

See the thread on this topic already started, "Scan like a mammogram" below. The data in the Abstract seems less enthusiastic than the news report. Djin...

2/12/2021 4:01 PM

Prostate Cancer
Friday once again

Hmmm, seems like a failed holdup....

2/12/2021 11:26 AM

Prostate Cancer
Abiraterone or enzalutamide dose reduction and PSA progression in vets with castration-resistant mPC

Medication patterns of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone or enzalutamide and PSA progression in veterans with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (2021) " Abstract Objectives: To...

2/12/2021 10:17 AM

Prostate Cancer
Scan for PCa like mammogram

Here's a study: Population-based prostate cancer screening with Magnetic Resonance or Ultrasound Imaging: The IP1-PROSTAGRAM study (2021) " Abstract Importance : Screening for prostate cancer using...

2/12/2021 8:23 AM

Prostate Cancer
Oncology day

Wishing you everything good! Djin...

2/11/2021 10:17 AM

Prostate Cancer
1 week post RALP

Hmm, major surgery with no discharge instructions, what to expect, when to plan a return to work and full activities. Who was remiss here? Hint: it wasn't the patient. Djin...

2/10/2021 6:42 PM

Prostate Cancer
MRI Results - Treatment Bound

Hi GM. Even though your appeared to have low-volume G6 disease in 2014. AS requires regular, active monitoring with biopsies and imaging. Your PSA went up 2, 3, and then 4X from '14 to '18, let alone...

2/10/2021 8:24 AM

Prostate Cancer
OT: Shot Clock

The CDC seems to be granting emergency use approval fairly quickly. The scientists making the decisionsl need time to review the data, ask questions, and get answers. Given the new...

2/9/2021 8:55 AM

Prostate Cancer
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