8Yrs in Dec...
Just got home from my 5 yr checkup and PSA at my onc. and my PSA is still 0.00.Time to celebrate, there is hope even for us G9s...
I am also a very lucky G9, originally a G7 but patholigy came back with 5+4. Coming up to 5 Yrs Dec 4 for open RP and had a PSA of 0.00 since surgery another one next month , fingers crossed. Don,t...
I,m on what they call super trimix. My uro told me to take 2 extra strength tylenol just before injecting. Seems to work for me, very little dicomfort, before i had alot of discomfot, hope this works...
Still rideing the wave, London, Ont...
4yrs pre op, just had my 4 yr check up, PSA still 0.00, Hopeing the shoe never falls...
My uro put me on a super trimix [regular trimix wasn,t working that well] and it has got Alprostadil powder in the ingredidents.Being it is made with the powder my medical coverage covers most of the...
Just had my 6 month PSA last week, another 0.00, 3 1/2 yrs post op, i get very nervous every time, i feel very lucky every time...
I am also a G9 , went in for open surgery a G7, have had no treatments , 4 yrs post op PSA 0.00. signture tells the story. There is hope for all of us fighting the demon...
After reading these post i feel i am one of the lucky ones.I was originaly diagnosed as a 4+3 and i decided on open surgery.When i got my patholigy report i was a 5+4, negative sv, ln - margins.the...
It,s the best Christmas present a guy could ask for. Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year, and many more undetectables...
My dad passed away in 2007 at the age of 91. 2 mths before my surgery he came to me in a dream and all he said was it,s going to be alright. I also lost a sister to breast cancer in 1995 and i had a...
Purgatory---I,ve seen the lab results every time and counted the zeros, i guess there is a true zero. Makes me a happy man...
Appointment with my uro today and got another PSA result of 0.00 3 yrs. post op as of Dec 4. Even my uro can,t believe with the grade of cancer, my gleason score, that i have required no treatments....
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My PSA test definately saved my life. I had a PSA test done yearly as part of my yearly medical.My PSA went up and my doc. took the immediate steps. My uro said if it had gone much farther i wouldve...
My cancer was found with my yearly medical, my PSA was up but my DRE was normal, took a second PSA, free PSA, firm believer in the PSA...
Very interesting read, i also went into surgery G7, came out G9, had the option of rt,but went for surgery, feel lucky i did, was very aggresive, invaded the L nerve bundle and bladder neck, all...
Congrats, what a great feeling. 0 s are always great...
pratoman--- I get tested adout every 4 mths, my uro said if it continues for another test i will be good for a year at a time...
Got my psa back today, another 0.00.I feeling very lucky, no treatments so far.Great feeling, Man i hope they find a cure...
Also a pt3a, doing great at 2.5 yrs. hoping for a cure...
I am also a g9er, 2 1/2 yrs post op, I have had 6 psa ,all came back 0.00,, lucky i guess but i never considered my self cured, i had negitive margins, pt3a cancer, no rad, no treatment. After my...
I have had 6 psa since my surgery in Dec 2012 and my uro has showed me my results and the first few[ at a private lab] said undetectable . I tryed a different lab at the hospital and they have come...
I was diagnosed with a g7 4+3 =7 before i had a RP in Dec 2012. After the patholigest report i was a G9, 5+4, a pt3a, high grade agressive cancer and microscopic invasion of the bladder neck,was i...
Thanks for all the congrats, i hope my good fortune continues and maybe there is always hope for all of us G9s. No military pilot just a old Ford retiree...
I don,t check on here much but i had to share this. I had a Rp 2yrs ago[open surgery] Dec 4, 2012. Pre surgery G7[4+3] after surgery patholigest report G9[5+4].The cancer had penitrated the wall of...
You are very young , but you will be glad you found this site.I was much older[65] when my psa went from3.-- to 5.-to 7.-- in 3 mnts. My 1st biopsy had 11 cores neg. ,1 suspious. My 2nd biopsy had 4...
After reading some of the replys i feel very lucky in a sort of way. I am 67 yrs old.In 2011 my psa went from 3 to 5 and 7 and free psa of 9. I had my first biopsy april of 2012 and out of 12 cores i...
Thank,s for the advice,i needed that. My uro is one of the top one,s in London, Ont,and i respect his opinion. He has done well over 1000 open prosectomy,s and seems like a very careing surgeon. He...
Started out in dec. ,11 with psa went from 3.23 to 5.7, 1 month later it was 7.5 and my free psa was 9, went for first biopsy march2012, one sample suspsious, another biopsy done by the surgeon in...
Thanks for all the great advice. I am new to this site but it sounds that there is some very knowledgeable people on this site. I do get excited when it comes to pc, i have two brother-in-laws that...
Iam 65 yrs old and fairly good health, not overweight and no pc in my family. I have had psa test for the last 15 yrs and it was always around 3.2 to 3.3. Last dec. i had my medical and a psa and it...
The latest write up in the paper regarding the psa test was published by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and on there web site the write up confirms that there is no uroligists or cancer...