OK, a new update after one year for all of you that are worried after a really big PSA bounce. My PSA is now down to 0.49 in January 2019 after the last 1.16 reading in January 2018. I could not be...
I wanted to share a positive update on this (at least for now). As I said in the first post, in January 2017 my PSA was at 4.67. I had a number of additional PSA tests afer that: 2/2017 5.74...
(Quotes from Bolo's post edited out) Mm... second line in my post: [b]Newbie from Spain [/b] Just to be clear, I am certainly not happy and the radiologist is not happy at all. But on the positive...
Jejeje It must be that English is clearly not my mother tongue. Maybe instead of rebound I should have used the word "bounce". As in: "PSA Bounce After Radiotherapy May Be Associated With Outcomes...
I decided to open a new thread with this title since the situation has changed quite a lot. This is my old thread: Newbie from Spain I had LDR BT on February 2015. You can see the biopsy results and...
Time for a new update for those interested in LDR-BT experiences from outside the US. As you can see in my signature I had LDR Brachytherapy back in February 2015 (six months ago). Since then I had...
I am 52 and chose LDR Brachy for the reasons states above. Like Prato, I also want to stick around for 30 years or more! I also had a look at the possible secondary cancer occurrences, and was...
Winter is Sevilla sounds fine. But avoid August at all costs!...
I have been terribly lazy posting updates, but I have an excuse. There is really nothing to report until the next milestone: a CT scan to check the dosimetry and verify that there are no cold spots...
Time for another update. It's now only the second day after the implant and I have to say that right now I am feeling as if nothing had happened. The only reminders I have is that the flow of urine...
Yes, you are absolutely right. I don't know how the "few months" idea got into my mind. By the way, I'm already at home an letting my wife take care of everything, although I feel perfectly fine!...
Great news about the pathology, and also good news to have the catheter removed today!...
Thanks Halbert. It's only half an hour since the nurse removed the catheter now. It's been almost a non event and if I feel relieved after only one night, I can not even conceive the relief you...
I am already out. The procedure itself took only 2 hours but there was a lot of waiting involved. I will spend the night in the hospital (with a catheter in) since we finished so late. Right now I do...
Well, today is the day and in two hours I will be checking in at the hospital. I guess the procedure will start two or three hours later. Maybe I should be more nervous but right now all I am feeling...
Time for an update. After sorting all types of paperwork problems, I am finally scheduled for LDR-BT for next Monday February 23rd, two days from now. I hope I will getting the same type of results...
Casper, the same surgeon that will be part of my LDR-BT team told me in no uncertain terms that salvage surgery is an option if LDR-BT fails if it can be demonstrated with a biopsy that the failure...
Just a guess, but the blood from the rectum most likely comes from internal hemorrhoids or some small capillaries disturbed by the fairly big ultrasound probe they use for the procedure. Since you...
I guess by the answers so far it's not the same situation than in the US, but here in Spain the gold standard when concerning prostate cancer surgery is LPR, e.g. non-robotic laparoscopy. In fact the...
Thanks Allen. Yes there are two groups in Spain doing HDR monotherapy in significant volume and this is one of those. I have called and it seems they in principle recommend LDR for low risk patients...
Casper, my own implant will be February 2 so only a few days after you. I have already received the preoperative instructions and I won't be taking any medicine preop. In fact, aspirin in particular...
That's exactly my concern, Allen. It seems as they don't do anymore the CT scan one month after the procedure. On the other hand it's not clear to me what the strategy would be if they actually did...
I cannot aspire to tell my personal experience as well as Pratoman is doing (congratulations!) but I will give it a try by updating this thread. Maybe it will be useful for future Spaniard forum...
It's a shame that I don't have my history of T-levels and this is the first reading. But at the same time there is nothing that can be done about the past. What I have also read is that low T-levels...
Thanks for the reply, Allen. Yes, Spain does have universal health care and we have even "health tourists" from some parts of Europe that travel specifically to be treated in Spain (apart from...
I thought I would update the thread since I visited the RO last week. They don't do HDR Brachy for Prostate Cancer. In fact it's proving difficult to find a Center in Madrid where HDR as mono therapy...
Thanks all of you. Yes, I understand this is just anecdotal and it does not put me off Brachy at all. In fact SBRT is already out since my insurance thinks it's still "experimental" and they will not...
I guess all newbies here sooner or later develop a fever to read as much as possible on the possible treatments for PC. I was just doing that for HDR Brachy when I found this article summary in...
DX very recently at 52. As it turns out I had PSA tests done as part of routine medical checks from age 40, but I had no idea until now what that was for....
Thanks Jim. In fact your LDR Brachy journey is how I found this forum in the first place when it turned up during a Google search. Therefore it was the very first post I read and a real inspiration...
Congrats Prato, your decision process has been very useful for me in my own path. Please stick around so that other newcomers like me can benefit from your experience. /Francisco...
OK, I had my visit yesterday to explore the LDR-BT route. It was a very brief interview with a very experienced urologist (he is head of Urology for one of the best public hospitals in Spain since...
@Michael, yes, AS would simply not be acceptable for my wife. It's emotion what is driving her and I'm afraid that no amount of education is going to change that. But I will of course take my time to...
Thanks all of you for the warm welcome! @Pratoman, yes I have seen your path to decision until now. It's very enlightening and I feel you are getting close to the finish line. Good luck to you too,...
Hi everyone This is my first post and I would like first of all to congratulate all of you for this wonderful community you have here. It has already helped me a lot with the initial anxiety that the...