I don't post anymore but I do lurk from time to time and know that some of you keep tabs on the success of the different treatments. I had Davinci in 2005 and bounced around .04 for a couple of years...
I see my profile text did not show up so I apologize for that. I had Da Vinci in 2005 and had good PSA readings for a couple of years but the psa was creeping up toward .1 so I decided to do...
I had my annual PSA test last week and came back < .01. It continues to be quite a journey after surgery and radiation but thankful to have these levels. ED has slowly become an issue but so far...
I had my annual PSA 2.5 years after salvage radiation on Friday and we are still below .01. I am still in great shape from an ED and incontinance perspective as well. I know there is alot of...
Just celebrated two years since my final salvage treatment this week. Happy to report no major side effects during the IMRT or after and I am still good to go on the erection front as well. I did go...
Bob, Your story sounds very similar to mine. There is no doubt in my mind that sex raises the psa level so I would abstain for four or five days before any psa test. I elected to be very aggressive...
Boot, I am about to pass the two year mark on my salvage radiation. I had no issues with ED after the surgery and my radiologist felt I would not have any trouble after the radiation. I think my age...
Generally the time at which the treatment is given but that has been blurred by the ultra sensitive psa test which allows trends to be spotted early and salvage treatment to commence 2 plus years...
Outstanding Pete, keep it up....
The conclusion I came to is "The trend is not your friend" so why wait when there is mounting evidence that the lower the psa when you start the better your chances. Just my opinion....
I went in for my PSA on Friday and for the first time ever and got the results back in the same day and I am glad to say <.01. He said come see me in a year and we will do it again. I know there...
the surgery decision. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511101731.htm ...
No tips here but I was never asked to do that and in fact I emptied my bladder before each session but I was in a salvage setting....
Dana, So far the salvage radiation has not negatively impacted me sexually and I am coming up on 18 months post radiation. I did have over a two year period between surgery and radiation and as an...
appears, what a deliemma. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=amKa7OyC_O1s ...
I would recommend no sexual activity for at least two days before any psa test, even after surgery. After surgery, especially da vinci surgery, there is still prostate tissue left behind, especially...
Congrats and the good news is if your case is typical you have not reached your nadir since radiation continues to have an impact on cancer cells for up to 24 months. Here is to more good news in the...
It seems to me if you are lucky enough to achieve <.01 at six weeks after surgery then you are in very good shape and will stay that way. Anything above that seems to be a crap shoot which leads...
Hey Boot, They will bring you in for a trial run to begin with where they will take a bunch of pictures that they will use to line you up on each of your subsequent visits. I went five days a week...
Well done, here is to many more....
I think you will see more of this in the future if the medical field can come up with a gene test similar to what has occured in breast cancer. I know two ladies that did a preemptive strike and had...
seen recently on this forum. http://www.topnews.in/health/radiation-therapy-boosts-survival-rates-recurrent-prostate-cancer-patients-23087 ...
Hang in there my friend and I agree with Vegas on not ruling out radiation. Evidence continues to build that in cases like yours that the radiation may not cure you but can still have a very positive...
I struggled with Proton vs Photon when I was making my decision and it really boiled down to convenience, money, and long term results. I live in Mississippi so Loma Linda would have been tough on me...
Your situation is very similar to mine as well. I believe you need to find a good radiation guy and go the salvage route. IMRT is so precise now that the chances of bad side effects are minimal....
My dad had a low PSA all his life and all of his brothers have had prostate cancer and none have died from it with all going past the 80 year mark, my father will turn 80 in July. After I was...
Hey Boot, I am pretty much in the boat with Mugaboo. I completed my salvage radiation one year ago and have had no E.D. problems but i have experienced some incontince urges in the past couple of...
Congrats, may the decline continue and it should....
While eradicating the cancer has been a struggle I have had no problems sexually speaking and I am pretty much the same as I was before the surgery and salvage radiation. I am coming up on a year...
War Eagle, hope you get great results from the trial, there are sure alot of encouraging signs out there that this could be a game changer. On the football front would you mind if Mississippi St....
Good luck to you, you have every reason to be optimistic about this treatment so be just that....
From one salvage guy to another, "Outstanding"!...
Let me add my congrats as well, good job....
Given your pathology report I would not disagree with your logic. Good luck on your decision....
As you can see from my profile our situation is very similar. I did not wait around long before going after the enemy and I respectufully disagree with others on hear suggesting a wait and see...
As Chas036 points out the lower the psa at time of salvage the better the results. Your situation is very similar to mine and I know what you are going through with the worries you mentioned. I took...
My PSA came back at .01 or less at 5.5 months after completing the treatments. The test my doctor uses only goes down to .01 according to the nurse I spoke with this morning which contradicts what...
Hey Nork, I have been looking for your update since we are in a similar boat and am thrilled to hear your good news. I have my six month test coming up on August 18th and like you I am praying for...
I would say give the radiation a shot. There is alot of research lately pointing to the fact that even though radiation may not cure the prostate cancer it does seem to impede metastes, I think that...
It has been my experience both pre op and post op that sexual activity before the psa test is a very bad idea. I try to do my best to have four quiet days before they draw the blood. Ulta sensitive...
I know a guy that had a similar experience over several years and his PSA actually reached 20 before a biospy finally discovered cancer and his prostate was removed. I believe he is doing well....
Hey lungman, I had Da Vinci almost three years ago and I was fully sexually functional within three weeks after the surgery, I was 46 at the time. I know from what I read here that I was very...
Outstanding!...
I would recommend you go for the salvage radiation. My situation is very similar to Norskies, I finished nine weeks of IMRT on March 6th with a total dose of 72gy I believe. My PSA was .1 when I...
My situation appears to be similar to yours. I thought I would be out of the woods with surgery but did not quite get there. I do believe (my opinion granted) that Da Vinci/Nerve Sparing surgery...
After salvage radiation what is the average period of time to psa nadir. I have read that it is between 6 and 18 months on external radiation to the prostate as the primary treatment but can't find...
Well, I got some good news today, my PSA dropped to 0.03 at the six week mark post IMRT. From what I have read there is a chance that it might go lower over the next few months and that of course...
Got the call while I was out of town on business; it was a shock. While I was waiting in the airport that night to get back home I got a frantic call from my wife letting me know the house had just...
[color=#0000ff>1 ] These results can directly inform our current debate only if the population studied is comparable to contemporary patients, and as these men were diagnosed in the pre-PSA era,...
Feb. 14, 2008 (San Francisco) -- A new blood test that measures a [color=#0000ff>protein ] prostate cancer could spare thousands of men from unnecessary biopsies and risky treatments, researchers...