My PSA was rising enough 12.5 years post salvage radiation, 0.47, that I got referred back to a urologist. I'm pretty confident that just a few years ago that would have meant immediate drug therapy...
I'll be 69 in November. My father was diagnosed at 52, me at 54, brother one at 52, brother two at 49 (He figured why wait?). I was T3b, which explains how we got here, but all the other numbers seem...
I had open surgery in 2009 and salvage radiation in 2011. My most recent PSA was 0.47. That gives me (checks notes) a two year doubling time and a referral to a urologist, my old one having retired....
One of the problems with this or any similar forum is that contributors are typically newly diagnosed or have long-term disease and are in it for the duration. Those with good news leave. They no...
I've been on this forum about ten years. I don't post much because I have little new to say. Thankfully, this post has nothing new, just an encouraging word for those with fairly advanced cases. I...
Spent a nervous couple of days waiting for my now yearly PSA test results. I'm 8 years post radical surgery. 6 years post SRT. T3b. Current PSA 0.02. I had about a 50% chance of being at this point....
I had open surgery seven years ago and SRT five years ago. I understood when I started SRT that I had about a 55% chance of being cancer free after five years. I went in this morning to find out if...
0.0 PSA today, 4.5 years post radiation. (7 years post diagnosis) If I'm still clean in six months time I move to once a year visits. Everything I saw, including my radiation oncologist, says I only...
My radiation cystitis showed up at year four. The excitement lasted about a week (or two) then nothing. I was just told not to over stress my bladder, whatever that means. I really haven't changed...
It took a year for radiation damage show up for me and it looks to be about one year for you. That's the thing about radiation, it's the gift that keeps on giving. I had about a week or two of fairly...
After years of nagging I finely relented and got a colonoscopy yesterday. I had a male RN doing some of the prep work and a prostate biopsy came up while we discussed unpleasant bum related things....
It depends. I didn't experience any fatigue. My wife says I was more snippy than usual....
I've had blood in my urine for the past few days. Everything checked clear. Just to be sure the doc made sure I got to experience a cystoscopy. Not nearly as bad as I feared. And, compared to wearing...
Just a bit of radiation damage....
I started peeing blood on Sunday. Four hours in same day care ruled out the obvious. No infections, nothing obvious in a CT scan. No visible blood Monday thru Wednesday. More blood today. Yesterday,...
It's been about four years since my salvage radiation and the only thing I'm fairly sure I got out of it was a case of radiation proctitis at about the one year mark. Even ended up with bloody...
I believe my dues are stamped "Paid." Surgery six years ago this Wednesday, SRT four years ago next month....
So now, if my dog gets obnoxious, I can just say he's a trained cancer animal and will get his nose out of your business as soon as he's done detecting. :smilewinkgrin:...
I (self) diagnosed radiation proctitis about a year after SRT. No one seemed terribly concerned other than my wife. (Blood running down my leg from my backside has that effect on her.) Other than one...
I found my great-grandfather's death certificate last night on Ancestry. (Not an ad; I get it for free so, what the heck.) Reading through it so see if there was anything I didn't know already, I...
Good for you. I had good news myself today. I'll split the tab with you....
My youngest brother put off his biopsy just so he could get one with an MRI. His PSA wasn't that elevated but he was high risk with two brothers and a father all being diagnosed with PCa in their...
Just got back from a visit with my RO. PSA 0.0 Happy dance. I got my office staff cookies to celebrate....
Got a text from my youngest brother last night that he's now diagnosed with PCa and will have surgery in January. So, I was diagnosed at 54; first brother at 50; second brother at 49. I am now out of...
My youngest brother just visited his uro and reports that his uro said, "You're kind of a big guy so I'm having a hard time reaching your prostate. If I could just get a broom handle in there...."...
One of the "nice" things about being T3b in your mid-fifties is that that second guess is the least of your problems....
My wife tells me I had a shorter temper when going through SRT but was back to normal afterwards. I'm not sure how that fits on a Likert scale...
Genetics My grandfather had PCa. My father had PCa I had PCa My brother had PCa My youngest brother complains that once they hear this history even his dentist has him bend over. (The magic age in...
Might I add stretching to the list of offending actions....
I have to refer back to my father. He got new PCa 25 years after his initial diagnoses and surgery. The docs figure a bit of prostate was missed the first time around and it, independently, developed...
My cancer was discovered after a heart scare that blew through my $5000 deductible in year 0. They discovered I had high blood pressure and some abnormally formed blood vessels on my heart. $18000 or...
I've sat in that back row chair by the door at the club meeting too. Sometimes you can't hear everything from the front of the room but at least you can make snide comments about the other members to...
My brother thought he was fully continent after surgery until he tried jumping on a trampoline with his kids. Apparently, this should be added to your do-not-try-this-at-home list. :smhair: The...
I was in the don't-add-radiation-to-the-mix-until-you-need-to camp. Still am, even though, after two years, I needed radiation. I want to do what I can to beat this disease but I don't want to suffer...
I've a doctor friend who is a pathologist at one of our local hospitals. (In fact it was he who checked in my prostate to the lab when I had surgery. "I didn't know you had cancer...") He told me...
You're a happy camper if it's less than 0.1 Mine was 0.03. Since then they just say 0. My doctor likes to talk a bit after that number but I stop listening once it's good news....
My father, diagnosed at 52 had a shiny spot on the back of his head but still had some hair when he died in his mid 80s. I, diagnosed at 54 have a shiny spot on the back of my head. My younger...
My insurance covered radiation but there was a weeks delay because their doctor needed to consult with my doctor and my doctor was in DC talking with congress critters. It was needless box checking...
Fractionated radiation therapy have been used for tumors since at least the 1960s with the Gamma Knife. Been there done that for an AN in 1996. I believe the advances we're seeing have mostly to do...
The problem seems to be that all generalities are false. My reading convinced me that I'd have no adverse effects by waiting. I waited but pulled the trigger on radiation as soon as the numbers said...
They tell me they are checking for scar tissue, abnormal growths, whatever with the DREs. I'm just glad I'm not the guy they had to learn on. Can you imagine? "Sir, you have an interesting nodule on...
Been there done that. I had my 2.5 year since SRT visit with the doc today and all I got was, "see you in a year." (I'll see my uro again in six months) One of the problems with this disease is that,...
I really like it when I get to reuse that forum topic Just once, though, I'd like a visit that doesn't involve a DRE....
There seems to be something wrong with just about every diet. I'm beginning to think that none of us are getting out of here alive. With that in mind I guess I'll stick with the...
My experience was different than anyone I've heard of. When the PA tried to remove the catheter he couldn't. It was stuck. The doc came in, verified the balloon was empty and led me around the room...
Interesting, a quick thumb nail sketch gives me a score that matches the nomogram I used before I had AR therapy. At least I'm on the good side of 50/50, but just barely....
My reading suggests that the longer the time between surgery and a "higher" PSA the more likely the problem is confined to the prostate bed. We decided I'd experienced biochemical failure at 18...
The nomogram gave me a 55% chance of a cure with SRT and my RO agreed that wasn't too far off. So far so good....
Using food for cancer awareness is well established. I dabble in competitive barbecue and one fairly successful team is Cancersucks Chicago. The guy started the team first as a way to help his wife...
We may be a long way from the fires in Idaho and Yellowstone but it's a long way down wind. The smoke was so thick here this past weekend that you could taste it. I'm beginning to look forward to...