Crazyick or should I call you Technician In Depth? Couldn't resist. I'm retiriing in January after 35+ years as an ATCS at ZDC. What part of the country are you in? BooMan...
David, I pray that your surgery goes smoothly and brings you the relief you deserve. You are an amazing example of strength and resilience with all you have gone through. Good luck. Boo...
Now for the rest of my post. How insensitive that some of you cannot resist the opportunity to take pot shots at active surveillance when a member of this board has moved to another level of...
Optimist, Best wishes as you move into interventional treatment. I hope your screen name indicates someone who sees the glass as half-full rather than half-empty. Your move from AS is what is seen in...
Kuls, I too had a PSA increase after my first biopsy. After that, it went down slowly. PSA does not diagnose cancer. It can be an indicator of several problems, one of which could be cancer. If your...
Jim is sick, I've used Bostwick many times for second opinions. Unless you sent special instructions, they only received the slides your original pathologist used to analyze and write the first...
Jennifer, This link will get you information about how to send slides to Johns Hopkins for a second opinion. http://pathology.jhu.edu/department/services/consults/urologic.cfm Their phone numbers are...
Congratulations Uncle Harley and we'll hope for many more readings that don't signal intervention. There aren't a lot of us here following AS. How long have you been at it? It will be 3 years for me...
Optimist, Welcome. I am one of the few on this board in active surveillance. I don't post much. I got tired of hearing that I was in denial, playing russian roulette, or afraid to face the fact that...
I seldom come out from under my rock to post, but I visit this site daily. I believe active surveillance is appropriate for many of us. It is not necessarily, as suggested above, a state of denial. I...
drb46 - First off, congratulations on no cancer found! Regarding your question "has anyone ever had increasing PSA levels and not had cancer?" I would say that "anyone ever" is possible but...
Odysseus, I can't answer about Dr. Walsh, but I saw Dr. Partin at JHU and he doesn't take BC/BS either. If the billing department can't help, perhaps Dr. Walsh's office staff can. I called Partin's...
NRC, I'm in the D.C. area also. The appointments phone number for Johns Hopkins Urology is 410-955-6100. They can tell you if Dr. Walsh is still seeing patients. I have seen both Dr. Alan Partin and...
Hi Bill, Doing o.k. if you get a trip up this way let me know, it would be nice to meet. I'm still hanging in there and check the boards regularly. I know a lot of folks consider watchful waiting or...
Congratulations Bill ! I know too well how the flight surgeon can hold you up. That's great news. Cleared for immediate takeoff. Boo...
teb829, Our circumstances are similar. I wouldn't dream of giving you medical advice. Get that from a professional. The great value I see in this board is that from the individual "journeys" you will...
Walt and TonyB, I think one good thing you guys can do is get either the Patrick Walsh or Peter Scardino books on Prostate Cancer. Or better yet, check them both out. They're doctors, we're not....
Allan92 You might want to read Swimom's post again. I believe she's the only one mentioning nocturnal activity and it was erection, not emission. Those nocturnal erections are produced during REM...
Kevin, Most of the experts books indicate that there is no evidence of biopsies spreading prostate cancer. However, the "experts" also used to think that "bleeding" a patient to remove bad humours...
Swim, Thanks for the quick reply. None of the foci on my JHU report were positive so I guess I'll wait till Tuesday to see what happens next. Oddly enough I scheduled the appointment originally to...
Swimom, If you don't mind my asking, I'd like to know what happened after your husband got the "atypical" biopsy diagnosis and you spoke to Dr. Epstein about it. Was another biopsy required? My 2nd...
Thanks everyone for the comforting words. Looks like you remember well the panic and distress. Having read your other posts I know that this will pass but it sure is a wild ride now. Does anyone...
Bill, We seem to have a good bit in common. Gleasons the same, biopsies on the 9th and 10th of Nov., bad news on the 16th and 17th, and the chance to "talk turkey" with the uros on the 29th and 30th....
Hello all, Looks like my period of indeterminate biopsy results has closed and my lurking days are done. Luckily the word microscopic appears. Unfortunately so does prostatic adenocarcinoma and...
Jwife, Consult slides can be sent to: Johns Hopkins Medical Laboratories 1620 McElderry St. Reed Hall Rm 315 Baltimore MD 21205. They should be able to answer questions on their Customer Service line...
Sara, I intended to lurk unregistered until I saw your posting. I'm in biopsy limbo also and didn't figure to jump in until I knew something. It's not unusual that a urologist or gp might not be...