By the way I worked from home on Friday and am going to the office today. I feel more or less normal. Jim...
I want to clear the air about my treatment decision. My father had aggressive cancer at age 73. Dad had a standard office biopsy with all 12 cores more than 80% involved and the smoothed Gleason...
Going for the seed implant on Wednesday. I'll let you know how I do. Jim...
LupronJim: I have been, in fact, a patient of Dr. Moran since 2008. I couldn't agree more with your observations about Chicago Prostate Cancer Center. Dr. Moran has done my biopsies and has been the...
In 2008 I began this journey. I've had three high density biopsies with about 40 samples each in 2008, 2011 and 2014. The last biopsy found one sample of 37 slightly involved and graded Gleason 3 + 3...
Scotty, I had a Stereotactic Transpareneal Prostate Biopsy. Basically it is a different approach to the 12 sample biopsy. Firstly you are under general anesthesia, which for me was good as I'm an...
Bill, I was very much against doing a biopsy unless there really, really was a specific indicator that it should be done. It is an invasive process and sounds very uncomfortable. I started a thread...
GP, I'm diagnosed pre-cancer (PIN) but Dad had the brachytherapy with Zoladex and Casodex. He had great results and did not have any lingering side effects. It was easy and worked well for him....
Hi Everybody, By far the MedlinePlus website offers the most comprehensive and complete link page I have ever seen for PCa (CaP). It is at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatecancer.html If...
You of course asked your urologist about this???? Talk to your doctor. Pain can be an indicator of many things, most of which are no big deal. Every time I've told my Urologist about a pain,...
Karen & Kitt, Thanks for your kind responses. I just don't know if I'm expecting too much from the meds or not. When I heard my sister say that she felt that good after taking meds for a short time I...
Hi everyone, I spoke to my sister over the weekend and this was a topic of our discussion. She said the meds she was/is on make her feel like she did "in high school". I know I'm a bit better on the...
BillSD, This is a great resource and everyone here is SO helpful. Keep checking in and stay visible. Please let me know how you are doing before and after the surgery. My PSA score is the same as...
Ellsworth, I can only agree with all that's been said and offer that you need to talk to several oncologists before you proceed. It is a very personal choice and you need to be as informed as...
My father had very similar prognosis and he did very well with brachytherapy. I'm hopeful that you father will respond well. Good luck with the treatment and please do keep us posted on his progress....
Karen - I'm sorry to say that I am personally familiar with your situation and my heart goes out to you and Larry. I will pray for you and your family in my daily prayers. The Lord will see both of...
I have had awful marital problems for years now. To just withstand the toxicity I turned to too much drinking. I never did become an addict but I did get into the dark hole. I can empathize with the...
Kit, I too am in the battle of prostate cancer and am a contributor to the forum here on HW. If I can help with getting you info on the PCa cancer treatment let me know. I have 2 web sites as well in...
Kitt, I am all too familiar with the loss of siblings as I lost my baby brother in an accident and baby sister to horrible, aggressive melanoma. I do personally feel your pain. Please know that there...
Hi mmllr, My father's PSA was only 10.6 but his Gleason score was 5+5=10 (very aggressive). His pathology showed that there was a very high percentage in all cores. By all reasoning he should have...
Shy, My wife seems to feel that I'm much "better" now that the Zoloft is working. To be honest I don't feel that much different. I mentioned to her that I was thinking about a psychiatrist and she...
I've only had a high density biopsy and I seem to have the same thing. Just a little leftover and it takes a bit of shaking to clear it. I also feel like there's something waiting to come out down...
Dan!!!! HURRAH!!!! I'm so very very happy that the lab or the office or whoever made a mistake and that you are safely in normal PSA range. This may have been an early wake up call to be diligent. Do...
Thanks Shy, I never really thought about actually shedding the depression. I am so happy that I am "tolerating" it now that resolving it never occurred to me. I've been seeing a therapist for several...
Temry, I had a large epididymal cyst about 5 years ago. Mine was 38mm by 29mm (about an inch around) and was at the bottom in the middle. I had an ultrasound and saw a urologist. There was really no...
Hi Joe, My sister started on Zoloft but could not tolerate it. She switched to Lexipro but had high anxiety with it, which apparently is one of the side effects. Her dotor prescribed Welbutrin and...
Hi everyone, I found HW when I was searching for prostate cancer information and that is my real current focus. Along the way I had high anxienty and depression so I asked my GP to write me a script...
KJM, When I started my journey with diagnosis for prostate cancer I started on Zoloft to relieve anxiety and depression. My mother has had great luck with it but my sister could not tolerate it due...
Dan, I'm very happy I could help. It is very stressful and since I've been though it I can offer my thoughts anyway. Stay cool, do some research but be sure not too much. I overindulged in the...
Hey Gumby, I was you just a few weeks ago. Look for a thread titled "Just trying to get the straight facts". All of the wonderful people here posted a lot of great info for me to get started. So...
Thanks Selmer, I agree that a whole dietary change rather than a magic pill is much more likely to be beneficial. From what I've read, there is no prescribed course of action to "cure" PIN. It is...
I don't see a whole lot of information out here for PIN so I thought I'd post a few links for everyone: Wikipedia [color=#0000ff>Washington] Clinical trials for men with PIN [u][color=#0000ff>What] A...
So happy the PSA is zero. I too am diagnosed with PIN. I'm doing deep research into PIN right now. If you are interested I have a bunch of info on my blog in my signature. Jim...
I agree with Kat. Get him to a urologist/oncologist ASAP. Waiting at this point seems scarey. Jim...
Here is more on PIN. There used to be 3 grades of PIN numbered 1 - low, 2 - medium and 3 - high. Now there are only 2 grades named low and high. If you have a pathology report that mentions PIN then...
Jim, Look, I know you wanted some clean line........cancer, no cancer.........but for most men, from age 40 to 90 the status of the prostate is really a continuum. At 40 very few will have PCa and...
Denny, FANTASTIC news!!! I'm so happy to hear your cancer was contained. Jim...
My Urologist called today and said that the pathology report indicated that Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia ("PIN") was found in my biopsy tissue. He went on to say that this will require more...
WHOO WHOO!!!! Hurray for the low PSA. My biopsy was clear now but with my family history I am on high alert going forward. I'll remember your post and check it out when/if I need it in the future. Jim...
Hey Jack, Glad you got through it. The anxiety is worse than the procedure. Here's hoping for a negative pathology report! I had my biopsy on Monday morning last week and had my pathology report by...
Dirtmover, Fantastic news!!! Glad to hear that you scored the big zero. You keep them coming now!!!! Jim...
My prayers are with you. Take it easy and be sure to be good to yourself as much as possible! Jim...
My first PSA test returned a 4.4 so I had to opt for the biopsy. I had 42 samples taken and there was no cancer detected. I never did a free PSA so I can't say what influence that might have had. The...
Jack, Don't count yourself out yet! I was certain that I would be diagnosed with PCa and SURPRISE the pathology was negative. The Valium is a fine idea. I would endorse that option. I'll be thinking...
I'll be thinking about you tomorrow Jack. Take it from me, I'm a "weenie" and I survived it. It is really not bad. You will be relieved when it is over and fine within a day or so. Do take it a...
Denny, You are an inspiration to everyone who is close to the surgery! Enjoy your family and appreciate everything. You will be just fine after the surgery and even better with the hernia repair!...
Jack, My doctor recommended this more extensive biopsy because of my family history. Since my father had very aggressive cancer at age 74 that was highly involved in the whole prostate, it was a...
Thanks for all of the kind words and wisdom Selmer. I'm at a different point in the "prostate health" journey right now. I don't really even know what my next steps could be. I've not investigated...
I had a high density biopsy that took 42 core samples. I was under a general and knew nothing about what was going on. With that many samples you really don't want to be awake! After that procedure I...
HURRAH!!!! The pathology report came back and there was no cancer detected! I am so relieved but so tired I can't really celebrate yet. I'll be sure to whoop and yell after I recover from the biopsy....