Salvage Alternatives (Real Life cases)---Any Feedback Appreciated

I'm sure many of you may ask why I went with cryosurgery (cryo) at 54 years old at the time, Well,  I chose cryo because my Uro was/is one of the best cryosurgeons in the nation and with my high GS, surgery looked to be the poorest choice. I will say, it was a battle of my mind between picking cryo or radiation. Besides the surgeon, it was pointed out to me that if I went with cryo and eventually required and qualified for salvage, both cryo and radiation would be available (I didn't know at the time that cryo as salvage for primary cryo is not covered by any insurance plan).

I am going for a "special" 3 month psa test tomorrow (my normal one would have been in October). I have little hope that my psa will remain at .07 or fall, although I have been taking pomegranite extract and drinking green tea for the past 3-4 months as a "shot in the dark."

Once I get back my results, the trip to the Uro and the tests will follow. My HOPE is that they find something in the prostate bed or adjacent and that all x-rays come back negative so that I can qualify for salvage cryo or radiation (if I were to choose salvage cryo, I can afford to pay for it, because it is the least expense; however I would highly consider radiation if it is covered).

At some point I will discuss cryosurgery on this forum because it gets much less coverage than it deserves. Even though I am looking at a failure, I think that it was too late for any of the conventional methods to cure me (although with a nadir of .02, I came close).

The question I have here is: has anyone had salvage treatments (any kind) and what success or failure has been experienced.

Thank you,

Joey

My post treatment psa nadir was 0.2 not .02; those with psa nadirs of 0.2 or less had about a 70%+ chance of long-term cure.

Sorry about that (again)...even more sorry because I work with numbers every single day!

And here's hoping that September will be a month with for you!

Joey

I hope that your psa continues at the low levels that they have recently been. Just a thought...was your last psa done by a different lab? I say that because the one before it (.016) rounds to the .02 (only two decimal places) of your most recent test. Therefore, I look at that at being "no change." 

I do have a question: since you received radiation as your primary, how did they biopsy the lymph nodes? If all tests come out clear for me, I may insist that they do a biopsy or some kind of test on the lymph nodes in the pelvic area. That way, I know I am not wasting time if I get salvage. Just thinking ahead....

BTW: I will be shocked if my next psa comes in lower or even the same. Over three years it has gone from .2 to .3 to .4 to .3 to .5 to .7. I look at the one drop as an abberation; with that it has been rising since nadir, so a drop now would be totally a fluke.

I should know soon and will continue posting. The "fun" will begin in August pretty much for certain.