Dr. Strum covered many of your questions in his book, Prostate Cancer:Essential Concepts for Survival. He has a chapter that discusses the importance of bone integrity and why it is so important when...
TA, Thanks for the reply. I really shouldn't be surprised at the recurrence since the MSK nomogram only gave a 25% chance of success....
My PSADT was 36 months 2 years ago. It dropped to 18 months last year and just recently dropped to 9 months. I had RP 10 years ago and SRT 7 years ago. I had a large volume of G5 cells in one lobe....
I had SRT at 75. I haven't had any issues until this year. SE's from SRT were hematuria and occasional stress incontinence. I am 80 now and my primary care Dr says I can easily make it into my 90's....
I have had problems with hematuria and clots over the last two months. I had two small lesions causing all of my problems. My uro fulgurated the lesions inside my bladder and stopped the bleeding....
I started having some problems with hematuria a couple of months ago. Uro took a look inside the bladder and found several radiation damaged blood vessels. Labs and some imaging did not reveal any...
SRT in 2010. Three small ink marks and used a Varian rapid arc....
James, thanks for bringing this topic up again. Do you know if there is a written procedure that describes the proper way to perform a dilation? I had surgery in 2008 and have had 6 bladder neck...
Green, I had surgery at 71. I Developed a bladder neck stricture a year or two later. I had four dilating procedures that helped a great deal. I had my 4th dilation in 2009 and then started SRT in...
OK Mel,you win. Medicare makes a distinction between PSA screening tests and diagnostic tests. The lab assays may be identical but the coding is different. Screening is allowed once a year but...
Thanks for mentioning the update (I think). I entered my numbers and it says I have 0% chance of being BCR free 6 years after SRT. And, I guess they are right. My PSA is almost to 0.1. This only...
Here are some comments from the New Prostate Cancer Info link with their position about when to start ADT: Here are some really important facts that are worth remembering about the use of ADT: • It...
Thanks for the replies. I realize the small changes in my PSA over the last few years haven't reached statistical significance. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can before I meet with my...
I really like the latest ideas suggesting no ADT until absolutely necessary. But I still have many questions. What PSA level to start bone scans? What about soft tissue scans? Should one wait until...
Steve, My situation is similar to yours. Unfortunately, I have more questions than answers. Allen mentioned surveillance for mets. Is this something readily available at the local imaging center or...
I had ED problems long before PCa came along so it wasn't an issue. I probably would have gone with an implant had I been in my 60's rather than 70's....
Dx at 71, now 78. You are right about the age distortion. Very few of my elderly friends use the internet....
Tony, are there going to be any transcripts of the presentations? I really would like to see the Dr. Scholz presentation on Treating PSA Relapsed Disease....
I noticed that the study excluded men if they received secondary treatment such as salvage radiation. That probably includes a lot of us on the HW site. RalphV also posted a contradictory study in an...
Mel, My office visit similar to yours was fully covered by Medicare Part B. Medicare usually covers all costs for meds administered in the docs office as well as all lab costs. Carlos...
Baptista, Thanks for your comments. I met with my onco yesterday and we covered most of my options. The plan at this time is simply to test my PSA for a couple of 3 month cycles to get a better feel...
TA, thanks for the info and the links. I meet with my onco this afternoon to talk about my options and will mention SBRT. I guess the real problem is the inability to detect mets that may be out of...
Sonny, Yes I saw your report and found it very informative. I'm really not inclined to try any more radiation at this time. I have a good quality of life and don't want to ruin it. My PCP said I was...
Purg, There was no intent to radiate areas previously targeted. He simply planned to target lymph node areas that were excluded in the original plan. Carlos...
My last PSA went up a little and has me looking at my options if it turns out to be BCR. My RO did not recommend whole pelvic radiation with SRT. He said I could always come back and target the...
My PSA has taken a turn on me. It had been in a downward trajectory for 2 years but changed directions and doubled over the last 5 months. It is still a very low 0.06. So now I'm back to 3 month...
Here is a link to an NAFC article that has some good info on pelvic floor exercises. If you skip on down towards the end of the article you will find a section on incorporating pelvic exercises with...
Thanks for posting the link, it is very encouraging. Good luck on your next PSA. Carlos...
Yep! I am 77 and plan on getting tested until I turn 90. Carlos...
Here is a link to some good info on Kegel exercises: National Association for Continence http://www.nafc.org/uploads/pdf/Pelvic_floor.pdf . I found the various floor exercises to strengthen the...
My PSA just dropped to 0.03, 5 years after surgery and 2 1/2 after SRT. I increased my veggie and fruit intake and increased my exercise level about 6 months ago. These are about the only things I'm...
Dr. Brian Lawenda has published some good info on nutrition and exercise. Tony(TC Lasvegas) originally posted this link to his web site:...
Kdeinv, I had frozen section pathology at St. Vincent's in Birmingham. The surfaces of resection were negative but I still had BCR 2 1/2 years later. In my case it didn't make any difference....
I had to have several dilations and chose to have the "in office" procedure with the sounds rather than the surgical procedure. I avoid hospitals and anesthesia when possible. The actual dilation...
Yooper, Thanks for posting the study. Tell me if I have interpreted it correctly for my situation. I am 76 with high risk disease but don't have any other health issues. Although I may have ARCD (Age...
Dave, I started out with 500mcg of sublingual cyanocobalamin B-12. My B-12 level continued to drop. My PCP recommended I change to 5000mcg. I also changed to the methylcobalamin type as I had read...
Dave, both my red and white blood counts have been below normal since SRT. My PCP thinks this may be my new normal. She is not recommending blood transfusion at this time. My B-12 was also very low...
Yooper, I found the link to the longer 64 page article and included it with the other link above. It does have a lot of detailed info about vitamins and other supplements. Here it is again....
I believe these are the links that Yooper was referring to: http://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/nutrition_and_prostate_cancer/index.html [u]http://cancer.ucsf.edu/_docs/crc/nutrition_prostate.pdf...
Medved, thanks for posting the article. Information like this helps with the motivation to keep on keeping on. Carlos...
My Eligard (same as Lupron) was covered by Medicare part B. My Medicare booklet says that a limited number of drugs like injections you get in a doctors office and certain oral cancer drugs are...
My PSA has remained stable since finishing SRT about 2 years ago with latest PSA 0.07. It has been about 5 years since surgery with no SEs at this time. Still trying to get at least 3 hours of...
Dr. Sartor had this comment about using Megace (megestrol acetate): " But in prostate cancer, Megace may interact with the androgen receptor, particularly mutants, and cause excessive cancer growth....
Dr. Myers is also a big believer in optimism and made a great observation: "Not only do pesimists do worse medically, but they're absolutely miserable while they wait for bad things to happen. For...
robert, The article seems to imply that off-label prescriptions are against the rules. Yet, Myers, Scholz amd Lam have no problems prescribing Avodart off-label against cancer. Are there any...
HD_Rider Here is a link to the abstract of a study that compared Early PSADT (values <0.2) to standard PSADT (values>0.2). The author concluded that there was a low correlation between the two....
Very interesting Mag. I think this may be the same study about mushrooms and soy that robertc posted several days ago. Here is a link to the Science Daily article:...
Week 4, Friday. 40 Minutes treadmill, 2.5 miles. Two sets of lower body exercise glutes, legs, etc. Quote from Dr. Myers: "While exercise does not appear to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, it can...
Week 4, Thursday. 39 minutes treadmil, 2.5 miles. Upper body exercises, 1 set of chest, back, arms and shoulders....
Len, here is a link to a Feb. 2012 thread with some good info on HIFU outcomes. http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=2339304 . Just enter HIFU into the HW search function and...