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Posted 4/20/2013 9:16 PM (GMT 0)
This is 49's fiance..Just wanted share that 1 month post surgery PSA was <.01!!!

Every little thing matters and we are both thankful for the low number!!  Thanking God right now!

Posted 4/20/2013 9:53 PM (GMT 0)
Congrats! and here's to many more!
Posted 4/20/2013 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
That's great news! Here's to a lifetime of zeros!!
Posted 4/20/2013 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
Great news, congratulations!!!
Posted 4/20/2013 11:40 PM (GMT 0)
I love reading about low numbers!
Congratulations,
Andrew
Posted 4/20/2013 11:52 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations on the good news!
Posted 4/21/2013 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
WAY TO GO!
Posted 4/21/2013 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
My favorite number now, Zer0000000000!
Congrats to you both

Bill
Posted 4/21/2013 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
Great news. Congrats!

-Gedman
Posted 4/21/2013 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Excellent!
Posted 4/21/2013 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
Wonderful news!!!! :) :)
Posted 4/21/2013 7:46 AM (GMT 0)
Glad to see your fiance is a big zero!
Hoping & praying he stays that way!!

Kudos,
Chuck :)

Resident of Highland, Indiana just outside of Chicago, IL.
July 2011 local PSA lab reading 6.41 (from 4.1 in 2009). Mayo Clinic PSA Sept. 2011 was 5.7.
Local urologist DRE revealed significant BPH, but no lumps.
PCa Dx Aug. 2011 at age of 61.
Biopsy revealed adenocarcinoma in 3 of 20 cores (one 5%, two 20%). T2C.
Gleason score 3+3=6.
CT of abdomen, bone scan both negative.
DaVinci prostatectomy 11/1/11 at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), nerve sparing, age 62.
My surgeon was Dr. Matthew Tollefson, who I highly recommend.
Final pathology shows tumor confined to prostate.
5 lymph nodes, seminal vesicles, extraprostatic soft tissue all negative.
1.0 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm mass involving right posterior inferior,
right posterior apex & left mid posterior prostate.
Right posterior apex margin involved by tumor over a 0.2 cm length, doctor says this is insignificant.
Prostate 98.3 grams, tumor 2 grams. Prostate size 5.0 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm.
Abdominal drain removed the morning after surgery.
Catheter out in 7 days. No incontinence, occasional minor dripping.
Post-op exams 2/13/12, 9/10/12, PSA <0.1. PSA tests now annual.
Semi-firm erections now happening 14 months post-op & slowly getting a bit stronger.
Posted 4/21/2013 12:45 PM (GMT 0)
Excellent news!
Posted 4/21/2013 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
AWESOME!!!!!!! Here's to zero's forever!!!!
Posted 4/21/2013 6:46 PM (GMT 0)
I love it when my PSA and IQ match smilewinkgrin
Posted 4/21/2013 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
A big fat ZERO and a fiance!! It doesn't get any better than that.
Bill
Posted 4/22/2013 3:27 AM (GMT 0)
That is truely worth celebrating. That was my result after my radical prostatectomy and it has somehow stayed that way for the last 24 months. Lets get him to that same point and add another 30 years!
Posted 4/22/2013 6:34 AM (GMT 0)
What an exciting time to be a zero:) Good luck to u two. We r still waiting to get our first psa from the other side.
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