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New to the G9 Crew, My Signature goes into the details - basically, had DaVinci 8/5/2015, one Lymph Node of 24 had an 'extremely small number of tiny micro cells' (Docs own words). He said he was 50/50 on whether getting that one lymph node got the C in time.

This doc at St. Elizabeth's in Boston has done 2500+ DaVinci's himself.

PSA prior was 10
8 week post op PSA is < 0.019

I go see the Doc today for follow-up and next steps.

I have not had any other therapies, may find out today that I will, or he may say come back in 3 months with another PSA.

Any thoughts on the above or other guys experiences?

Should I be as optimistic as I feel right now?

Thanks,

Ken

Hi Ken,
I would feel optimistic knowing that most of the cancer was contained in the prostate and it sounds like it was caught relatively early. I think with the seminal vesicle involvement and the positive lymph node you will want to be vigilant and keep a close eye on it. G9 is very tricky and the cells have a tendancy to flake off and travel more easily than the lower grade gleason scores.

So be happy that you got most of it but start the conversation with your urologist and ask for recommendation for the next steps.

Best wishes to you.