Ohionerd said...
My fiancé was diagnosed with PC 8 years ago, had a prostatectomy & received a clean bill of health. A work injury required an MRI and the Dr. Found several lesions and states they were metastases from his prostate cancer. This man was in tears telling us this news. A bone scan and CT were ordered. We are meeting with his urologist in a couple of days, but his PCP pulled up images from the bone scan (prior to a radiologist report being done on it) and stated that it looks normal. Is this possible? Could the gray and white spots on the MRI not indicate further problems. Afraid to get our hopes up. Thanks for any input.
Sounds to me like this other doctor was wrong in his analysis. As others have suggested, take a deep breath and relax. Let the radiologist give a REAL analysis and hopefully everything will be just fine.
Others have asked a good question, though. Has he been getting annual PSA tests?
How about
his post-op pathology report, etc.?
If you can give us that info, we can give better "guesses" on what the situation might be. But I'm betting that things are just fine. :)
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.
Pathology showed Gleason 3 + 3, pT2c, N0, MX, R1
adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
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, 9/9/13 PSA <0.1. PSA tests now annual.
Firm erections now briefly happening in early mornings, 2 years post-op.