Jim, Absolutely, drinks are on us. Sharon...
Teds wife, Good luck with your husbands decision. My husband is very happy he went with LDR Brachy. The side effects were minimal. He had fatigue for around 3 months and frequent urination, but now...
Hubby's PSA still trending downward. Currently at 0.1. Plenty to be thankful for. He is still very pleased with his treatment choice....
My husband hit 0.17 at 18 months....
Congratulations, your experience really helped my husband make the decision to have LDR Brachy for his treatment. He too could not be more pleased as well....
Suz, My husband had his Brachytherapy performed by Dr. Jon Prescott at Lake West in Willoughby. He is someone that my husband's URO works with. He is a radiation oncologist that specializes in...
My hubby is also from Cleveland and he had LDR Brachytherapy 2 years ago. He is doing great and very happy with his treatment. His urologist recommended it even though he is a surgeon....
Oops I meant to say 0.16. That makes a difference....
Still trending down. PSA is 1.6. 2 years post LDR Brachytherapy. Hubby is still very pleased with his treatment choice. He still takes 1 tamsulosin pill every day. If he misses a pill he has trouble...
Mrsgfm, My DH was diagnosed at 57 with Gleason 6 and his URO recommended AS with PSA checks every 3 months. He also wanted him to see a RO to discuss LDR brachytherapy. He ultimately chose to go with...
My DH's RO told him they could do cyberknife if there was a failure....
Thanks for all the congratulations. We feel very blessed. Doc said he can't declare him cancer free for 10 years, but things are progressing nicely. I don't think he even thinks about PCA anymore....
Hubby's PSA 18 months post brachy is 0.17. Things are still looking good. Drinks on us. Sharon...
Hubby went in for his 1 year post brachy PSA. PSA dropped to 0.2. So far he feels great. No side effects and PSA has continued downward. Needless to say, he is very pleased with his choice of...
GeetarMan, My Hubby was diagnosed at age 57 and his URO recommended AS. His process would be PSA every 3 months and repeat biopsy at 1 year. He initially was going to do this, but opted for LDR...
My DH has the same experience as you. His URO did not recommend surgery. He recommended AS or BT. Like you my hubby couldn't do AS and went with BT....
Hank, It is good you decided to consult with a brachytherapy expert before making a final decision. My hubby is 9 months post brachy and couldn't be happier with his decision. His stats were similar...
Great results and choice of treatment. My hubby just got similar results from his seed implants as well. He too is very happy with his choice of treatment. Best of luck for continued success. Sharon...
His URO actually recommended AS, but after meeting with the Radiation Oncologist, he decided to go forward with Brachy. He doesn't regret that decision. He feels perfectly normal 6 months out....
Drinks are on us!...
My hubby got his first PSA 6 months post Brachy. It is 0.3. URO said he will do a PSA test every 6 months for the next 10 years. We are very happy with that result. Sharon and Mike...
He is going to be on the Dr. Oz show today discussing this. Perhaps there will be more information....
Hubby is 3 months post brachy and he is very happy with his choice. He had pretty minor side effects. Currently everything feels normal. His first PSA isn't until November at the 6 month mark....
David, My DH and I have recumbent trikes that provide a very comfortable biking experience. I don't know if something like that could work for you. They have a wide seat as well as a back that is...
DH is on Lovaza, a prescription omega 3 for his tryglicerides. It lowered them by 300 points, so I think he better stick with them. I don.t want him to have a stroke or heart attack. Hopefully the...
My hubby is 7 weeks out from his brachy. He is experiencing loose stool and some burning. He isn't having any urinary issues. Occasionally he has a day here and there where he feels very fatigued but...
Hubby has been on flomax for past 7 weeks. He takes one before bed. He likes taking it because he sleeps thru the night now without getting up to pee. He hasn't experienced any side effects....
Our PCP doesn't like multi vitamins. D3 and a low dose aspirin is all he prescribes....
My DH was taking testosterone injections once a month for 6 months and his PSA went from 2.3 to To 4.7 during that time at age 57. He had a biopsy which did test positive for Pca. While testosterone...
Great news. My DH's URO waits 6 months before doing 1st PSA. I hope he has a good drop like you did....
My hubby is 5 weeks post brachy. So far no urinary issues. He takes 1 flomax at bedtime. I hope your hubby's URO can help resolve his issues....
Great news, your journey helped my DH decide on brachy....
Sorry for your loss. My mom only lasted 3 months from her lung cancer diagnosis. She was miserable throughout her chemo and radiation treatments. I don't think it was worth it for her. Sounds like he...
I went to the CP forum last year because hubby was diagnosed with frozen shoulder. I found a few threads with other folks that had this also. They were all experiencing the same pain issues. He had...
My hubby was also diagnosed as Gleason 6. His Uro recommended AS or brachy if he couldn't handle AS. We met with RO who convinced him he should move forward with brachy. He did hold off on brachy for...
My hubby is 3 weeks out from his LDR brachy. He is not having any issues with urinating. He takes flomax before bed each night and drinks a lot of water throughout the day. He started feeling very...
Day after update. Razor blades are gone. He was up about every 45 minutes last night to go to the bathroom, but he drank water pretty much non-stop yesterday. He says he just feels sore which is...
Hubby went in this morning for brachy. Surgery was scheduled for 9 am. We had to check in at 7:30. Uro, RO stopped by to see him prior to procedure. He was taken back around 9:00 and at 10:10 Uro...
Good luck. My DH is having his a week from today....
When my DH got his diagnosis, we had a rough week until we met with his Uro. During that time we found this site, read Dr. Walsh's book, cried a little, and did a lot of research. After meeting with...
My DH's RO said cyber knife if there was a recurrence....
My DH's URO recommended AS but after meeting with the RO he decided to schedule Brachy. He was afraid to stick with AS in case he wasn't really a G6....
URO recommended AS or Brachy. Hubby decided on LDR brachy. It's scheduled in April....
My DH's RO said he could have cyber knife if brachy failed down the road....
I'm having the same problem on my new HP that is running windows 8 and Norton security. I have to access the site from my android tablet....
Looks like AS is working out so far for you. My hubby's URO recommended it to him but he is too nervous so he is going to have brachytherapy in April....
Thanks for all of the responses. He just got off the phone with URO. URO said he would "probably" be in good shape by then, but if it was him, he would postpone until we get back because after all,...
Hubby is scheduled for his Brachy on Jan 14th. We have a 14 day cruise scheduled at the end of March. We are driving to Florida from Ohio so we have 20 hours in the car each way which we will drive...
My hubby takes the same things you do and he started taking them again the day after the biopsy....
akai, He was going to go with AS, but decided to go with seeds after talking to the Radiation Oncologist. I also read Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers and according to the recommendation in that...