I was given option of Lupron also, however Med Oncologist wanted to wait till psa reached between 5.0 and 7.0. All scans showed no metastasis. When we reached the number of 7.8 we started with...
DR. Daniel Petrylak Yale New Haven, Smillow Cancer center...
HI Boys, Wondering if anyone else has had some strange side effects from Firmagon. I have been on therapy for 6 mos now and it is working (psa .1) aside from the noted side effects of hot flashes,...
total therapy is 7 months then will monitor psa, studies have shown that 7 month treatment with Firmagon has kept psa at bay in 10% of patients indefinitely. Fingers crossed...
HI boys its been a while Started on Firmagon injections in April and has dropped psa from 7.8 to 0.10 after 2 injections, all scans clear. Radiation oncologist wanted to start Hormone therapy in...
Wanted to get back to everyone on what happened at visit with oncologist today. Cathy and I went back to Yale and met with Petrylak and got some good news for the time being. His thought and...
Back again boys, Thought we had this thing beat but after 2 1/2 years psa began to rise. Salvage radiation was unsuccessful and psa continues to rise. Going to see an oncologist on Monday at Yale New...
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Well its been almost 3 years of good blood tests after prostatectomy and all of a sudden this past August psa jumped to .49. Went and did 39 treatments of radiation. Oncologist thought it would take...
Hi guys, Everything is going well, PSA .05. 16 mos post robotic op. Have had a problem with a damp scrotum area. Its not urine it seems as though it is always sweating. developed a rash on vacation...
Went back to uro last week after another surgical center visit for stricture issues. Told him of burning pain in lower abdomen and inner thigh on one side only. Didn't see any thing in bladder and...
Well went went back to the surgical center on Monday for this darn stricture and the surgeon dilated and cut a very small amount of scar tissue from the anastomosis site. He seemed pleased with the...
Well hello again boys, its been a while but I am coming up on one year post op and things are going great except for this nagging stricture. I have been having regular PSA tests and all have been .01...
Hello all, Well the cleaning out last week of the scar tissue and undissolved stitches worked well, only problem is it has set me back a bit with the incontinence issues. Was down to one Depends...
Well I didn't think I would be posting until after my 3 month psa test but some strange things have happened. I am 11 weeks post op and finally got rid of a stubborn UTI a couple of weeks ago. Cipro...
Pathology was great, contained in prostate 40% of gland cancerous. Back to Surgeon at end of July for PSA test> PSA 3.0 9/12, 4.0 9/13, 5.0 1/14 DRE.... Lump on left side of prostate Biopsy with...
Thanks guys, Doing Keagles 80-90 per day also lots of pelvic and core work. Biofeedback at therapist uses outside pick ups. Kind of like the ones they use on an EKG. I was beginning to wonder if I...
Well its been a few weeks since I last posted so I thought I would update everyone. We are now 8 weeks post op. Still fighting a stubborn Urinary infection although I have no symptoms. Doc said I...
The only thing I can say is that I am glad that I have regular health check ups. My story is this, At my last physical in September of 2013 my primary doctor said that my psa was beginning to rise....