Dreamer, I read this as one core of 12 in March, 2012 and then zero cores in October, 2012. Only one core if less than 50% certainly puts you in anyone's AS protocol. toyoung, I would keep my BMI in...
Eric Small at UCSF or Primo Lara at UCDavis are other names I hear around Sacramento....
Fairwind, sorry to hear the news. You might consider the C11 Pet Scanning they are doing at Mayo Rochester. He likes to get men recurring with PSA between 1 and 2 preferably not on ADT. They may see...
Good recap, Mel. I thought it was very well manged, very hopeful. Of particular interest to me were discussions on imaging. Dr Eugene Kwon told of the success of C11 Choline PET scanning at Rochester...
Scans may show something but are not as reliable as you would hope. There are Prostate Cancer Calculators (type those 3 words to a google prompt) that will give you a wake up call, and with a Gleason...
You state his PSA has been flat with a .01 reading for a year or more since RP, though you don't state the when the last reading was, so I assume 3 months ago. Now he has risen to .13 . I would...
Has anyone become involved in this no cost/no placebo trial which is also available in Las Vegas and soon in several other states??...
Thanx for posting this. This version is newer than that posted at: http://www.urology.ucsf.edu/patientGuides/uroOncPt_Doc.html where there is other great articles...
I ramped up on Bimix until I reached 100 units (1ml) which my uro said was the max. He then prescribed Trimix which I found to be significantly more potent. Currently using 10 units (.1 ml) of...
Pursue the injections now. Start with Bimix and work the dose up until it's working for you both. If Bimix is not enough, ask for Trimix. Not suggesting you mix shots and pills but you can still take...
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I think you are from the UK, so if they measure it the same, you're looking sweet! PSA values in ng/mL usually in US, but this is equivalent to the SI units of mcg/L; that is, 4 ng/mL = 4mcg/L You...
Don't overlook the UCSF in that area....
I think you want to start from your surgery date and moved forward but your numbers are good. 11 periods of 3.15 days is like 35 days or 5 weeks from surgery...
You will always have some PSA, so undetectable is not equal to zero but really just the lower limit of the test. Theoretically, the halflife is 3.15 days, so if you know your PSA at surgery, divide...
Mine was 22 ng a year ago, and teh test said under 30 ng was low, so I have been eating 4000 units a day roughly and this month it was 48...
I worked the day after my surgery (home-office) but I seem to recollect a lot of napping, and of course the pads...lots of trips and changing pads. When those taper off you should be good to go. Also...
I believe Dr Reginald Dusing presented on this at the PCRI conference. He is at the University of Kansas. I hear the scans are often covered but the agent that is infused is not Please keep us...
Hence the term PSA anxiety. ... Having just received another <.01 I breathed a sigh of relief. I had one .01 (without the less than) at 5 months after surgery and got nervous. I think this may...
This was discussed extensively (74 emails)on the protatepointers mailing list [PCAI] in late July/early August where the Urologist Kambiz Tajkarimi replied to questions and explained their device in...
You had surgery. Now you have to recover, get dry and start your ED treatment. This is the most important thing you can do now. WALK WALK WALK, keep the weight down and KEGEL KEGEL KEGEL. At 6 or 8...
Mine was a similiar situation though I started at 5 months. My Uro started me at .2 Bimix and had me ramp up to a max dose of 1.0, which I did by increasing 10% at a time. I'd say get the 100 unit...
Cap, my 12 core biopsy done at a doctor's office was billed at $880 ($645) plus $150 ($130) several days later to deliver the bad news, plus $2280 ($840) for the Pathology at Bostwick in PHX. The...
Mel, sorry to see the increase. The engineer in me sees that you are not panicking. Use the early indicators to review your options, see what the docs say, and see how things look with work,...
Gleason downgrade is sweet! Keep walking and kegeling, and why not ask for an ultrasensitive PSA test at 6 weeks to better chart your "undetectable" !?!?...
This subject has been a hot button for me since deciding on surgery, and I was consumed with reading about what to expect and what might follow from various readings. This report was particularly...