I'm at my 3.5 year mark after having 40 radiation treatments and 9 months of Lupron. First few PSA checks were 0.01 then slowly went up to 0.05, then 0.10, 0.18 and now 0.25 as of today. Steadily...
Redwing, Thanks for the extended explanation. I have found it difficult to find research on Radiation and hormone therapy like you mentioned. When I do it usually mentions Gleason scores of 7 or 8,...
Tall Allen, My reference to the apex being a bad place to have Gleason 9's was based on Dr. Partin's comment to me as whether to have surgery or radiation. You are confirming what he told me. He...
Thanks so much from everyone that posted on my concerns. My RO has always been one to paint a very rosy picture so I thought he might be less than forthcoming. I was unaware that 0.2 was based on...
My Gleason scores were 6, 7, 9 and 9 as I mentioned in my earlier posting. My doctor is my Radiation Oncologist, he does specialize in prostate cancer along with other cancers. I mentioned also that...
I'm not a person that has been posting regularly. There are probably posts that come close to answering my question but if so I can't find one. My biopsy was read by Dr. Epstein. I had 6, 7, 9, and...
Having just returned home from the PCRI symposium in LA where I met LupronJim and TallAllen I feel I know a lot more about my Gleason 9 score and what to do about it. I also met with Dr. King at UCLA...
Redwing57: I still do not know if cancer has spread beyond the capsule. After Dr. Partin told me he could say 100% that I would need radiation I just assumed that his long experience showed there...
I just read through the 8 pages of remarks. I am going to be busy figuring out all of the acronyms associated with these posts. I transferred over here from the newbie forum Redwing started for me....
TY to all responders. I will transfer over to Redwing post as recommended. I have many questions and expect to see answers someone else has received with numbers like mine....
My first posting. I'm still deep in the woods. Four of my cores were cancerous, a 6,7,and two 9's. One 9 was 4/5 the other was 5/4. My highest PSA was 4.4. DRE found a hard spot near the apex. I also...