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Posted 7/19/2015 9:59 PM (GMT 0)
This is my first comment on the forum. Things look pretty ugly right now. Surgical results showed more cancer than I expected plus I had testicular cancer at 31. I thought I was done with this disease. I am starting radiation treatment this Thursday. They cannot treat my lymph nodes because of prior treatment 31 years ago. I am also a well controlled type 2 diabetic who religiously exercises to keep things under control. I am in great shape and look forward to getting past this third round of treatment. I would appreciate any comments on my statistics.

Age: 65
7/8/14 PSA: 13.85
7/25/14 PSA: 14.7
8/18/14 Biopsy: 10/12 cores both sides, 7 (4+3)
10/07/14 PSA: 13.31
10/11/14: DaVinci prostatectomy, overnight stay in the hospital.
10/11/14 Pathology results: Clinical T2c prostate cancer, seminal vesicle invasion, Gleason 8, positive surgical margins, 18 lymph nodes removed with three having metastatic disease, staging pT3b.
11/25/14 PSA: .03
12/09/14 PSA: .05
2/10/15 PSA: .06
4/16/15. PSA .15
5/20/15. PSA .14
5/20/15 Treatment: Lupron for 9 months
7/23/15 Treatment: Radiation for 7 weeks.
Posted 7/19/2015 10:21 PM (GMT 0)
Aloha Samson:

Sorry that your results were not what you were looking for. On the plus side, your Docs are taking a pretty aggressive approach that should yield good results a little further down the path. My statistics were pretty similar to yours except I was diagnosed with GL 9/Stage IV (so worse than yours). As you can see, my treatment was very similar to yours. I started with ADT2 (Lupron and Casodex). Nine months into Hormone Therapy I had the Da Vinci surgery followed 3 months later with IMRT. I have now been off the Hormone Therapy for about fourteen months and my psa is still undetectable. Thank God. For the last 2 years my treatment has been at MD Anderson. Hope this information is helpful.
Posted 7/19/2015 10:36 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the input.

I have been going to Sloan Kettering. After about 9 cat scans, mri's, and bone scans, they cannot find anything beyond the lymph nodes which has already been removed. Hopefully, I will have the results that you have had.
Posted 7/20/2015 2:25 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Samson,

Your postop stats mirror my hubby's pretty well. He also got an unpleasant surprise with his pT3b, Gleason 8 (5+3) pathology report. Full details are in my signature below. He had about a 5 year head start on you, but the good news is that his PSA has been <.01 since he completed RT and ADT.

Wishing you all the best!
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