Posted 8/11/2017 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
PSA holding steady
I am pretty much symptom free. No pain, no bleeding, fully continent and physically active. Follow up PSA's are good (see below). For those of you in the moderate risk category as I am, I hope you find this helpful in choosing your therapy.
Age 69
2/2009 PSA 4.3 Biopsy negative
2009-2016 PSA climbed from 4 to 6
DRE all negative
2/2016 PSA 7.5
Ultrasound and DRE indicate nodule
Biopsy with 6 of 12 cores pos
Two 4+3 Four 3+3
5/11/16 Gold Markers Placed
5/5/2016 on Lupron and Casodex
6/8/16 Lupron Dose #2 (hot flashes are a pain in the butt)
7/2016 IMRT started 25 fractions 45Gy total
8/4/16 Flomax 0.4mg started
Cyberknife boost 8/9/16 2 fractions 19 Gy total
Weight down to 128
9/1/16 Last Dose of Casodex
11/18/16 Hot flashes end; getting up 1-2 x per noc
12/6/16 T level 372 (348-1197) PSA <0.1
12/17/16 Weight now 140 (my normal)
3/6/17 PSA 0.2 T 288
7/17/17 PSA 0.2 T 308