What does his Docs say about this ??...
Mark: No sore butt for me ( after two ). Just a bit uncomfortable, for a short while. More anxiety during the procedure, than anything else. I don't like anyone fooling around back there !! The...
Greetings Steven: It's been a long while since I have been on this forum, but I just have to tell you that I think you did the right thing to cancel your surgery to reconsider your situation and...
142 said... Jav, You said: I'm on this forum to advocate CK . The forum rules forbid open promotion. Refer to rule 4, which speaks to links, but would cover this. You can talk about your treatment...
Yoop: You forgot to give a link to the entire article. Dr. Katz has some interesting things to say. New technology is sometimes hard to accept, especially when money has already been invested in...
Ok guys, time to be brutally honest. IMHO too many patients opt for treatments that are way too invasive, especially surgery and I bet many of them regret it. I ran into a guy at the blood lab and...
Congrats, Steve !!...
Congratulations !! Stay away from the extra sensative PSA tests. I think they can cause more worry than they are worth....
Purg : The book sounds like it should be a good one. All the best in your effort and completion....
Go to drugs.com. They should have that info. Or ask your local pharmacist. He/she should be able to look at the package insert to answer that question. Please keep us posted....
kingeagle: I had a slight burning during urination for about 7-10 days after CyberKnife. No meds were required. That was my only complication ( if you want to label this as a complication) so far. I...
Dave: Sorry to hear about you losses. Condolences to you and especially your wife. We had to have our Collie put down this last year, so I know how that feels. We had her cremated and she is on the...
IM(non-medical)HO , I think an elevated PSA will probably happen before a nodule is felt during a DRE, but there may be a rare instance where the oposite is true. Seems like most guys report a stage...
Berdoo : Here is my post on the Accuray ( CyberKbife ) Forum and a response from an experienced CK radiation oncologist : Joined: 10/29/2010 Posts: 391 I just read a post on the HealingWell Forum...
Berdoo: Who told you Medicare won't pay for CyberKnife ??...
I would try to relax. This isn't much of a roller coaster - very shallow rises & dips. When measuring PSA down to +- .01 , I think psycologically, the variations look bigger than when measuring...
Mel: Good to hear you are feeling better ( my interpretation of the tone of your email ). Sounds like you had a good consult with Dr. Lam....
Almost : I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record on this forum...... Please look into CyberKnife if you decide on treatment. IMHO, anything else (especially surgery) is not worth the risk...
TC-LasVegas said... Great post, Bud... HT is no walk in the park. But it is quite largely a godsend. There has been one Nobel Prize in prostate cancer research by Charles Huggins at the University of...
Update on 1/17/2013 : Saw my R.O. today. Of course he is pleased with my latest PSA result of 0.4 ( see original post ). He also did a DRE since it's been a year since I had one. He said the walnut...
My advice is to definitely cancel the surgery and either do AS or look into CyberKnife. Your numbers are similar to mine before I had CyberKnife back in April 2011. A Gleason of 6 and the two...
C.C. - I'm a relatively new poster and don't know your husband's story, but your post certainly touched me. I am sorry for your loss. I'm sure you made his journey so much easier to bear. I think you...
I wouldn't worry about the blood in the urine, for now. As for the constipation, are you drinking plenty of liquids and moving around?? Inactivity can cause constipation. Try taking some short walks....
Ironhide: Take a deep breath and Please don't be offended, but you may be confused on a few of your numbers. A testosterone level of 2.5 is an extremely low number for any man and especially someone...
A "Do Not Tip" sign is there so the cheapskates won't feel guilty ( they probably wouldn't, anyhow). No way a sign can prevent me from tipping. Just palm a few bucks to the attendant discreetly, with...
Water Guy : Uh, I'm not going to get my hopes up about a < 0.1 result with CK. But that would be cool, for sure. I still have the walnut, even though it may be roasted now .... My PSA may decrease a...
Depends on how expensive a car you are driving and if you will be back to park again in ther near future ......think of a tip as cheap insurance. Seriously, Tip the poor SOB that is hardly making...
Mel: Interesting how even the experts can disagree. Medicine is an art as well as a science, as they say. Good thing the patient is in charge and the decider. But to make an informed decison one has...
Berdoo: Sounds like it went very well !! Can't beat that sedation, eh. Congrats - you aren't a virgin anymore ...... /community/emoticons/shakehead.gif Sorry, I couldn't resist !!...
Berdoo: Be thankful for the internet. This was all a big learning experience for us all, unless any of happen to be uros. , radiation oncologists, etc. Even a FP Doc. would need to do a crash course...
RapidArc does CtScans every 10 minutes or so. CyberKnife has two built-in XRay machines that take a picture every 20 seconds or so. So theoretically CK should do a better job tracking and...
Mel: What I take away from all of this is that you DID have the consult with Dr. H and got her opinion - that was useful. Are you talking about Dr. Maha Hadi Hussain at U of M ? If so, she is a BIG...
Thank You, All . JAVGuzzi...
You can break down the radiation machines, (I think) into two general groups. Traditional and SBRT machines. Traditional machines are used to give many, low dose treatments ( 35-40 treatments in 6-7...
Ziggy: Godspeed - My prayers are with you. JAVGuzzi...
Purg: Thank you and good point. We can't count our chickens before they hatch -just take whatever we are dealt, one day at a time and hope for the best. My heart goes out to those who are dealing...
Thanks, Yoop ! My wife is a happy camper, too. She had a colonoscopy this morning that was negative....
Heard my latest PSA result - 0.4 ( 21 months after CyberKnife treatment in April, 2011). So I broke through the "magic" 0.5 level. Ideally, my Uro. wanted to see < 0.5 after 24 months, so he...
Berdoo: The report of the biopsy is generated by the pathology lab that produces and reads the slides, not by the urologist. It is the job of the urologist to place each "core/sample" in a container...
Look into CyberKnife. 5 high dose radiation treatments , non-invasive with low side effects....
As the Moderator has said, you are entitled to copy of the pathology report AND the radiology report from the ultrasound that was done at the time of the biopsy. These are you records - you have an...
I was planning on doing AS for awhile since CaP is very slow growing. But my second biopsy came back a 7 ( up from a 6 ) three months after the first. It was probably a 7 to begin with, but a biopsy...
Big Mac said... Todd, Glad you found a doctor that is now working for you. In the future, try to keep a copy of "Your Records". I have PSA results from back to Jan. 2000 to refer to. I have had...
A FP doc. can order a PSA- no uro. required. A nodule may indicate a poorer prognosis, statiscally, but that doesn't mean it will for any individual. The Gleason, PSA and # cores, etc. are the main...
Compiler: Good question to ask him. Worth a shot - never hurts to ask ... but I won't see any of it. I'm only an altruistic CK advocate because I want to see patients on this Forum receive effective...
Good news, Mel. The PSA is puzzling, eh ?...
John T: Dr. Katz has a few patients that have had CK done 8 years ago and they are doing fine. And it's been about 10 years since U.S. Patient "Zero" was treated (the neurosurgeon). IMRT became...
There is a lot of misconceptions in many of the above posts about CK. CK is not a targeted therapy - it covers the entire prostate when used as a monotherapy- that's a fact. I'm not sure if that's...
worried: A PSA of 0.33 is absolutely nothing to be concerned about. Have you Dad take a prgnancy test. If he has testicular cancer, it would show positive ( really). That way you don't have to worry...
tdnjam: If you are interested in minimal down time for treatment and maximum effectiveness with low side effects, don't forget to check out CyberKnife. From start to finish, you are looking at 2...