Traveller58 Yes, I am taking 80 mg of Casodex daily. I have been on monotherapy with Casodex since late March 2016. Since then, my PSA went down rapidly from 2.0 to <0.1. I cannot be more precise...
I just started monotherapy here in Japan in March of this year. Dr. Charles "Snuffy" Meyers mentioned using monotherapy with Casodex on an elderly patient who he thought would not tolerate the side...
Allen Thank you for your quick and most helpful response....
Dr. Patrick Walsh, on page 492 in his book "Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer (3rd Edition) admits that hormonal therapy prolongs life and eases the symptoms of advanced prostate cancer. But he...
Pratoman It is going to be a while before you can declare yourself pad free. I stopped wearing pads after about two months, but occasionally I would get a spurt after urinating. Very irritating as I...
Two weeks!? Come on, you have got to give yourself more time! I was trying to go without pads at four weeks after surgery and forgetting to tighten up a bit when getting up from the couch. Getting in...
Pratoman Hang in there. As for the waiting, there is always going to be something...waiting for the dx, scheduling the operation, waiting for post-op biopsy results, and then the results of the PSA...
John T, and once again Andrew, thanks for your input. Indeed, great information from all of you, just what I needed. I wish all of you the best in this holiday season....
Definitely "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis. I am a sentimental guy....
Andrew, Gator, Allen: Thanks for the prompt and positive input. Deeply appreciated here. Allen, from the beginning my Dr. has been fixated on the possibility that there could have been a remnant, due...
I am trying to get a handle on PSA behavior after salvage radiation therapy. Halfway through a 6-week course of radiation therapy my PSA dropped from 0.3 to 0.2. This was encouraging because it...
Casper Believe people when they tell you to take your time before you make a decision about treatment. If you choose surgery they cannot operate until at least 8 weeks after your biopsy. (Your rectum...
Melanie A hernia that large can strangulate and cause an obstruction. If the area around the hernia becomes discolored (resembling bruising), get to an emergency room as soon as possible. I have no...
Melanie This sounds like the hernia that I had just above my navel at my da Vinci incision. Mine developed about 3 mos. post op. The surgeon wanted to repair mine as soon as possible to prevent the...
Hi, Tarawa I have an issue similar to yours. I am still waiting for my PSA to drop to zero. My surgeon believes some benign tissue may have been left behind, due to the difficulty in removing my...
RCS This is the second time around for me. In 2007 I developed a hernia at my navel and had that repaired with no mesh. Going into da Vinci surgery this year, the doctor was concerned that he would...
Thanks, all, for your comments. And, Peter, good luck with your surgeries....
I have developed a hernia at the da Vinci scar just north of my navel. I had my operation in February. In May I became concerned about a noticeable bulge just above my navel. Dr. assures me that the...
RCS - Your comment is helpful and much appreciated. Thank you....
Bob, thanks for the input. Your history gives me some hints about what I should be reading about and researching. Good luck!...
Inspector 13, congratulations on your cure. Sorry, though, you have to settle for second place in the weigh-in. AZ4Peaks, thank you for the clarification on the differences between tests. I have some...
Sorry, sorry, gentlemen, for the confusion. "dmlvt" guessed correctly. In my post, if you replace the ">" with "=" this should be clear. The test results were indeed equal to 0.1, 0.1 then 0.2...
I had a radical prostatectomy with the Da Vinci robot in early February of this year. So far I have taken three PSA tests at 4, 8, and 12 weeks which scored: 0.1 > 0.1 > 0.2. From what I have seen on...