I saw my MO and RO this week and here is the plan: 1. Meds will be Lupron and Zytiga (plus prednisone) and 2. radiation therapy to all pelvic nodes. I got my first injection of Lupron yesterday; a...
So, after prostatectomy in 2013 and SRT in 2015, my psa continues to climb. The last 6 month rise was from 0.82 to 1.80. A bone scan found no mets; an abdominal/pelvic CT scan showed "some small...
JNF; what MO do you use? I'm about 2 hours south of you in east central AL. I have an appointment with an MO with Urology Clinics of AL in Birmingham on Monday but don't know much about her....
I got another PSA draw done yesterday and it went from 0.82 last August to 1.80. Prior to the draw, I met with the doctor and he said when it hits 1.5 that they would do CT and MRI's (maybe insurance...
Don't know why the signature is not showing; I just updated it and still there. Here it is: 65 YO Rising PSA-1.3 to 3.7 over 3 years Biopsy-4/9/13; Gleason 7 (4+3) w/ ter. pattern 5; 6 of 12 cores...
After RALP in July 2013 and radiation treatments in November-December 2015; my PSA is still rising (see profile signature below). It was 0.82 at last week's blood draw, which is a doubling rate of...
I thought I'd give everyone an update. I decided to have my radiation treatment done at Urology Center of Alabama in Birmingham. I started Nov. 3 and will have 38 sessions. I have finished 9...
Update on the update!!! After talking to the RO's at the local hospital and Urology Centers of Alabama in B'ham, I've decided to go with Urology Centers. Both use the same Varian Clinac machine. What...
I had partial nerve sparing (took most of left side; leaving right side) two years ago. From about 3-4 months post surgery, I have had maybe 70-80% normal erections, enough to get the job done....
Hi Scott, thanks for the post; my email is in my profile. Hope things are going well with your treatment....
Mpac1, my surgeon was also Scott Tully....
Which imaging systems are best for my case?...
The local cancer clinic (East AL Med. Center) doesn't list their machine but issues this statement which sounds pretty much like the Varian Clinac: "We have a state-of-the-art linear accelerator (the...
I found out that the machine in Birmingham is a Varian Clinac iX. From Varian's website: "the Clinac system offers advanced features to facilitate state-of-the-art treatments including IMRT, IGRT,...
Update. I posted back in May that my PSA had risen from 0.03 to 0.05 and the surgeon rescheduled my next test for 3 instead of 6 months. Well, I had the test done last Wednesday and learned Friday...
I'm in. I go for my next PSA check on 8/5/15; 3 months early after increased numbers of 0.03 and 0.05 on previous visits. Hoping for the best!!...
I'd be interested in the "elsewhere" also. Either viagra or cialis....
I'm nine months post Da Vinci. Everything has gone well; very little incontinence, but still no firm erections. However, since surgery when having orgasms I feel some discomfort/pain in my rectum...
My bucket list: -retire next year and just enjoy being with my wife -live long enough to be a grandfather -live long enough to see my son get married and settled -buy a bigger travel trailer and...