Any Upcoming PSA's?

I just got mine last week.  I wasn't going to post anything about it since I really have no cause to complain as compared to some of the other folks here fighting this disease.  Yet, it weighs on me heavily.  What does the future hold in store?  When is my expiration date?

Here I am one year after surgury and my PSA is at .03.  Undetectable?  Not really.  Signs of a recurrance?  Not yet.  So here I am in limbo for the time being.

And to make matters a little worse, I seem to have more questions than answers.  The notes of my post-op pathology clearly indicated a focal positive margin, yet my final score was T2c.  Shouldn't it have been a T3 ?  My urologist thinks so.  Does it really matter now in the scheme of things?  Probably not.

He also says that I will be needing radiation in the future, something that scares the bejeezus out of me.  I was surprised that he was so confident of that.  I guess I was hoping for some positive encouragement, but that was not the case.

Had blood drawn monday, results tomorrow. They are having to use a different lab from the ones they have use for 5 years for me because my insurance companies is requiring them to use the new lab. Still sweating results even after 5 years

I've got a PSA test coming up in December but I am trying not to stress out over it until at least November. ;)

Compiler-imwaiting until mid sept . That will be a big one for me as so far ht has not gotten me to where I need to be. Very worried that my psa will go up and then I'm into next stage stuff. But I'm jumping the gun here

ziggy- what are the side effects you may have on this, supposedly Dr. Sawyer co-inventor on this drug was saying it is supposedly stronger or better than MDV3100, but probably is similar I am presuming.

Mel- good luck on the number, I too will go get a psa test soon and see what is what

zufus, so far the only side effect is some nausea for about 20minutes after taking it.....have to do another round of CT scans. bone scans,etc. next month looking for any internal issues...baseline scans done in April before I started the trial.

Waiting for the postman right now to come with my 5 year PSA. Will post when I get it.

Regards Mal.

I'm going to the oncologist on the 1st for a PSA test and my second eligard injection. I don't expect anything but more good news.

Rodney...

Got my blood drawn last Monday and got the results yesterday. <0.1 on the serum PSA but the Dr. also ordered a Free PSA this time, not sure why? ....and I don't know what it means but it was 0.01 NG/ML. Any help on understanding that would be appreicated. I do seem to get pretty anxious everytime this comes around, but so far so good at the level of testing I'm receiving.

Blood drawn about 1 week ago. Waiting (anxiously waiting) for the news. 6 months post Proton Therapy. So far I feel great with SE gone and even some improvements in ED or maybe it's just my imagination.

Yes we have one coming up in Sept. to see how HT is working. It will be our 3rd injection since Feb.

Wishing us all good luck!

BOOGEE

I just got my results from my six month psa last monday: undetectable. It was a good visit with the doctor.

During check out I had to wait for maybe 15 minutes while the girl took care of the couple ahead of me. I recognized the look on both their faces and recognized the paper work in their hands. They just kept shuffling through the paper work trading pieces among themselves sometimes as they looked on in disbelief and not understanding 90% of what they had in their hands. The couple was about my age and they both looked to be in good health with no apparent over weight issues. I caught a glimpse of the pictorial representation of his prostate with the 12 pie charts within it. Each pie chart represents the percentage of cancer in each biopsy core. It was the same report that I received about 10 months ago except my pie charts were mostly white and he had a whole lot black in each one of the pie charts. I know the news was bad.