The traffic was horrible. The hospital is way too large. We were lost most of the time. Two trips was enough for me....
I went to Hopkins and had an MRI a couple months after finding out I had cancer. I went up there twice. I'd rather die than to go back to that horrible place. The MRI showed low grade disease,...
I found out I had prostate cancer four years ago last December. I had a twelve core biopsy performed and only one core showed 5% cancer. I started taking finasteride and Flomax. I quit the...
"I REALLY feel badly for the guys whose post-surgery pathology analysis found no PC....wouldn't that suck, Foxbo54?!?!" Sure would. I feel sorry for anyone diagnosed with PC. I know it's tough to...
I've ben on AS coming up on two years in December. My stats are similar to yours in that only one core was at 5% cancer. I've been taking finasteride and Flomax since the onset. My first biopsy was...
Thanks for the well wishes. AS it is for the time being. I wish the first biopsy had not shown the 5% in one core. It has caused me a lot of grief and learning about prostate cancer is no fun!...
Well, there you have it. My first biopsy last December was positive in one core at 5% and the second one last week resulted in all twelve cores being negative. The UR just called and gave me the good...
Checking in again to update my progress. My UR up at Hopkins was in Norway, but did answer my email. After realizing that I just had a biopsy in December, he suggested to wait another three months...
Thanks for the replies fellows. I plan on following up with Hopkins to do another biopsy. " When used with active surveillance in PCa patients there is no need to double the value of a PSA test...
I found out last December that I had prostate cancer. A twelve core biopsy revealed only one core at 5% cancer with another one suspicious. I had the slides reviewed at Hopkins for a second opinion....
I found out eight weeks ago, seems longer, that I'm 3+3=6, only one needle core out of twelve with 5% cancer. Panic set in for most of the first two weeks, then depression. As I read and learned more...
Di, sounds like a very tough situation. I'm so sorry for you and Pete. I do appreciate you posting and it does help me with any choices I have to make down the road. I'm still reading the book,...
You guys are absolutely fantastic! Coming here is like someone just turned on the lights for me and I am so grateful! My wife downloaded "Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers" on her kindle for me and...
Thanks so much guys! At least I don't feel like I have to jump the gun and do something I may later regret. I've been reading everything I can get my hands on pertaining to the PC. I'm much better...
Is the finasteride 5mg the same as Proscar or Avodart? When I saw the UR in November, I told him I was almost out of the finasteride and he gave me some samples of Proscar and Avodart to hold me over...
Thanks Jim and clocknut for the responses. This is the only direct interaction I've had since no one I know has ever had PC, with the exception of an older guy at work who had radiation and seeds,...
My name is Ed and I live in Central VA. I found out on Monday prior to Christmas that I have stage 1 PC. I'm 59 years old and turn 60 in March. I had the usual 12 needle biopsy and only one sample...