I understand what you are saying Allen and I am still looking for that information to make that decision. Dr king did not say the cure was certain..he said there was a 30% chance of failure. I am...
My frustration stems from the fact no 2 oncologists agree on what to do with my condition. Ive been reading Dr Myers blog lately he seems to be highly esteemed and has more tricks in his bag to treat...
Allen my frustration is that no two oncologists/urologists agree on how to approach this problem of cancer treatment. As mentioned before Dr Gross would just assume wait till the numbers are higher...
oops my mistake my most recent psa done 1/22/15 is .38...
HI Allen, I made that appt and met with him the other week. I did mention your name. To summarize he felt, or rather seemed pretty certain that my cancer was confined to the prostate bed, 70% chance...
Will do. I have an appt scheduled for tues. He works out of the santa monica ucla which is quite close for me. Dr Gross agrees I should explore radiation perhaps with adjuct 6 mo of hormone therapy....
Allen, I just finished the signature hopefully it will appear. In case it doesnt I will cut and paste it below. I fully plan on talking to Dr king about radiation awaiting a call back at this time....
Allen and others,I have a problem in that the doctor who did the RP on me is diametrically opposed to the reccomendations of my oncologist, Dr Gross. Even to the way of measuring doubling time. Dr...
Dr Gross is an interesting guy, He said he is doing a clinical study using a drug called Phenelzine. Says it works great on rats. He downplayed the side effects though which I read can be severe and...
Hi Allen, Yes I am considering it. My oncologist Dr Gross suggested radiating prostate bed/lymph nodes as one alternative but that I wait till the numbers are higher. Your article leads me to believe...
Hello Allen, Read the article and am looking for an RO in the Los Angeles area. Do you know of any you could reccomend? Thanks, Damon...
Yes you are right of course. The wait till now was to find the right doctor and the right procedure. The mri was taken when I was considering radiation. Ive abandoned that idea but I still would like...
well a bit of good news from City of hope. They reviewed my biopsy slides and according to them that one 4+3 is a 3+4. Not sure about other details of the pathology report numbers only so far the...
Hi All, Ive been to about all the doctors I want to see for now. I am at this point leaning toward surgery. Looked into radiation but I don't think that's for me. In my case it would require getting...
Hi Joe and all, Thanks so much for your comments I haven't had time to respond to all been so busy with doctors and so forth. What I have done is talk to everyone from oncologist to surgeon. Im...
Tall, I made an appt with Dr Demanes thanks for the tip. I want to know what he has to say. Im lucky that all these fine doctors are not that far from me. By the way, have any of you on extended...
How long has it been since you were treated? do they take out those temporary seeds? I am more concerned about long term affects of radiation like, 5 years later something happening. Does it get into...
Thanks for your input it is all valuable to me and helps me in making a decision. Im one of those guys that needs info and someone to bounce ideas off of to decide things. Ive just had bad luck with...
Well you see why I am so confused as to what to do...I am seeing another urologist today for another viewpoint.When I got that first high psa reading after a physical I found the first urologist that...
Thanks again for all the info. I am 58 years old. This is the kind of information my urologist doesn't tell me. He says I have a large tumor but that's all. That I have a 70% chance of a cure but...
yet more info sorry for so many posts. The urogram was negative as was the bone scan using that radioactive stuff they inject. so that much is good. But Dr Lam said that doesn't mean much as cancer...
Oh I think I found some other info..the urologist said I was a gleason 7....
Hi and thanks for the welcome... Not sure how to indicate the numbers from the biopsy. rt side has three 3+4, one 4+3 (100%) one 3+3 and one benign. three 100% cores, one 70%, one 85%. Left side 3+3...
Hi to all.. I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. Its been about a month now since that first psa result of 15.3. Found the first urologist that could see me...he seems quite good..and he...