April 2023 - 11 years after treatment PSA< 0.1....
Thank you, Jim! Wishing you the same. It seems like it was yesterday... :) https://bit.ly/3OKDoRD ...
2022 update (10 years after treatment). Doing fine. I take tamsulosin to help with irritation, once in a while (after certain spicy foods or hard drinks). https://bit.ly/3OKDoRD Month => PSA -54 =>...
2019 update (after 7.5 years after treatment). Doing fine. https://bit.ly/2t1Pel8...
2019 update (7.5 years after treatment). Doing fine. I take tamsulosin to help with irritation, once in a while (after certain spicy foods or hard drinks). https://bit.ly/2t1Pel8 Month PSA -54...
Hi Mr_G, I have taken a break from this site more than a month ago, so when I read your post your I related to your questions . I was called during a meeting that my PSA is high, and like you, I was...
Cannuck1964, I totally understand your situation and how difficult it is to cope with it right now; time is on your side and things will get better. If I would be you, before selecting the...
Gleason6, overthepond, qualityoverquantity, FoxRun, I appreciate your messages; I have not visited this site lately, as I got busy and my life returned pretty much to normal. I am adding my one month...
Gleason 6, That is good news and the trend is your friend! The PSA decrease is not linear and, from what I learned, we can even experience a bounce back around one year. Not everyone has it, but, if...
Going for brachy, Jim, I appreciate your supportive thoughts and may your wishes come true. Today is the sixth day after the brachytherapy and the side effects are almost non-existent: no urinary...
Following, I detail my experience with the treatment so far. Preparation Three days in advance of the brachytherapy, I started the usage of 0.4 mg tamsulosin (Flowmax). I was advised not to take any...
Hi Caring Wife, First of all, I hope that this turns out without a cancer diagnosis. However, based on PSA alone, which is not the best to predict cancer, if there is, it is still in an early stage....
Mike, I am about the same age, was diagnosed in December with T1c and will have the treatment in about a week. I am in Michigan and I requested the Pathology lab at the University hospital to send...
Laurie, I will post after brachytherapy to let you know how it went. Joe, I hope your prediction comes true. Jeff, It's just funny how you've said it that you wanted to get it out as soon as...
Sippman, I agree that for 21 century the treatments are still lacking non-intrusive means... However, please do not rush to a decision, as there is no need to have it in a week. You may want to...
Im_Patient, Thanks for your kind words. I am at peace with my decision. The brachytherapy is scheduled for the 30th of April. Your pseudonym caught my eye, as I can be judged an impatient patient. I...
Zufus, Overthepond, Gleason 6, Jim, Thank you for your kind words and thoughts. In about four weeks I will have the treatment. I am an engineer, who emigrated from Romania, more than 20 years ago. I...
First of all, many thanks to all of you who have shaped my approach to confront the new challenge in my life and I wish the best outcomes for everyone seeking support via this site. According to...
Hi John, I am not a physician, but based on what I learned about brachytherapy and external radiation (IMRT), their combination has proven to be effective for cases like yours (surgery probably will...
janem123 said... Hi newdiag My husband is 46 and just had radical prostatectomy (24 Jan). He had gleason 7, and 9 out of 12 cores of the biopsy tested positive, mostly at the highest grade of cancer....
I just feel that will work out for you, but be persitsent! Hang in there, good toughts are directed toward you....
Here are some of the obstacles I encountered with this cancer: 　 There is no good way to determine the extension of the cancer for T1c diagnosis, as the biopsy is not precise and the imagining...
Many thanks, Paul. I had a contrast MRI done and sent my biopsy slides to Dr. Epstein for a second opinion....
Bob, FoxRun, My sincere thanks to you and all who responded. I value your information....
I joined this fine support group, not by choice, but by need, this past January. I was overwhelmed in December when I found out, just before Christmas, about the diagnosis; sleepless nights followed,...
Steve, Joe, Jim, Greg, I appreciate your help. Victor...
Ufortunately, the site is temporarily down. It's working now: [color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][2]http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3W83YBL [/color] 1. When did you have your treatment? 2. What treatment...
55 yo - I am still searching for the treatment that will suit my case. I have seen two surgeons and three radiologists (the brachyterapist being a medical oncologist, too). Two of the radiologists...
Thank you very much for the info, JT. I will contact Dr. Lee....
Thank you very much, Sonny. I updated the post....
55 years old still evaluating options. I had my biopsy on the 15th December (without having any symptoms at that time). There are more than four weeks since and it seems to have some discomfort from...
Sonny & Lynn, Although I have not met you, I do remember Sonny's encouragement when I joined this group, which indeed feels like a brotherhood. May Providence guide you through every step of this...
Hi Jim, I appreciate your message; I will meet with the radiation oncologist tomorrow and I'll ask about all type of radiation therapies. Ziggy did provide his input and a link as well, for which I...
Thank you to all of you who already provided invaluable insight and support in my new journey. At this stage, I feel that there is room to more investigations to pinpoint the extent and...
Although the responsibility to choose the treatment for my prostate cancer belongs 100% to me, I do listen to people close to me, as well to those of you who have gone through this experience. Many...
I appreciate your messages… My biopsy was performed by a professor of urology, who referred me to the surgeon and radiation oncologist (all associated with UofM), stating in the pathology report...
Thanks, again. After I will consult with the surgeons and radiology, I will post my impressions here. Has anyone experinced CyberKnife rad treatment at St. Joe/Ann Arbor? Based on Dr. Walsh's book, I...
I live in Ypsilanti twp. I called the urology institute you've mentioned today, and they are closed for the holiday. At UofM, it was dr. Wood, I believe you spoke to. I was told that he is...
I appreciate your replies, jazzman 1 and compiler! I got Dr. Walsh book, and I agree that is very informative. I will see dr. Weizer (oncology surgeon) and then a radiation specilist....
On the 20th of Dec 2011, I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer T1c, Gleason score 6 (3+3) with 2 (left lat and left med) of 12 biopsy samples having adenocarcinoma with no perineural invasion...