Susie, I want to send you love and strength in this experience. My dad also has prostate cancer. I am just so devastated for you, and while I am nowhere near as educated as those who have already...
Thanks for all of the help!...
Thanks Andrew :-)...
Just FYI he had a colonoscopy six months ago and they didn't find any polyps or anything. And the bleeding started after his radiation so seems to be a side effect of that. Not sure how common that...
No, he's only had surgery and radiation....
Hi everyone! I posted a few days ago about my dad's PSA levels. He had surgery to remove his prostate in fall 2014, then radiation in spring 2015. He had a remaining PSA after surgery, and last year...
Thank you, InTheShop!!! I wanted to add this info. He had positive margins after his surgery, meaning there was some tissue left. He did not have any cancer in his lymph nodes, though. The fact that...
Hi everyone. My dad was diagnosed in fall 2014, initially with Gleason 9 and a PSA of 66. He had surgery which I worried was the wrong choice. It was his choice, though. After surgery they downgraded...
Thank you SO much to both Rigby and John! I am so glad to hear that there's a great close by oncologist that I can recommend....
Thanks Peter, I appreciate your post more than I can express. While I wish I could keep my dad from any unneeded suffering (or any suffering at all really), it is a huge relief to hear about how...
Thank you for the reassurance Jim, it means so much. It is hard for me not to be able to control the situation, so knowing that I'm doing all I can presently and that the information I'm gathering...
I think I am going to step away now from this discussion, but I will check back and see if anyone has recommendations for oncologists in the Portland or Seattle area. I have been talking to my mom...
My parents are in Seattle and Portland - they could do either. Suggestions for oncologists in either of those cities?...
Thanks for your response John T. It's hard to read a "dissenting opinion" but for me the priority is to be as informed as I can. Above all I want to support my parents but I agree that at the least...
I can't thank you all enough for your informative and caring responses. :-) I love my dad so much, he and my mom are the best people I know and my heroes, and I know I'm incredibly lucky to have...
PS Fairwind, the book you recommended is the one I sent to my parents! I hope they both will read it though I feel more confident my mom will - my dad hopefully at least in part. I guess I should get...
Thank you both SO much. It's my intuition (and I think my parents' as well) to do the surgery because it just seems logical to get the cancer out. So I am glad to see that there is a basis for the...
Hi there. My name is Kelsey, I am 28 and my 59 year old dad was very recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. What I know: his PSA was 66, he had 9/12 cores positive, one with a G9 (4+5), and I'm not...