Thanks, TA and George. My RO at Lahey will do the SBRT. Just need to fight Blue Cross for authorization. Tony...
Thanks. Can you point me to some references for treating load-bearing bone mets with SBRT? Tony...
TA, a number of times I've seen you say that treatment of oligometastases won't extend survival. But what if survival isn't the only issue? I have metastases to my sacrum and to my L3 vertebrae. My...
Thanks for the support. I've been investigating treatments for the PC metastases to the sacrum and L5 and came across Radio Frequency Ablation. From the literature, it looks like it's used to treat...
Okay, survey says... Repeat PSA was essentially the same: 4.5 CT scan was negative from the neck through the chest and abdomen. But they noted a sclerotic area on the sacrum. Bone scan of the body...
Lets see if my signature updates...
Sorry for the confusion. RP was 12/15, ADT was 3/16 to 6/17. SRT was 5/16 to 7/16. Thanks for the help....
I was so looking forward to another undetectable PSA today, but it wasn't meant to be. SRT was back in 2016. It's been 12 months since I finished an 18 month course of Lupron. My testosterone...
Congratulations. I start SRT next week. Fingers crossed for an equally great outcome....
So the stage is set and consent forms signed. I start Lupron injections next week and will start SRT 8 weeks later. The area of treatment is the pelvic floor and prostate bed. Time will tell. Tony...
Thanks, TA. I'll contact Zietman. Tony...
Thanks, Allen. You're making me nervous. Up until now, it seemed like there was been no rush... no pressure to be aggressive, but you just said, "do it quickly". All of a sudden, there's a rush? Why?...
Thanks for the support folks. I would prefer to avoid radiation because I had colon surgery for diverticulitis several years ago and the anastomosis is right next to the bladder. I've also had...
Just got the report that my ultra-sensitive PSA is 0.19. :( As a reminder, I'm 10 weeks post-op from DaVinci RALP with clean margins and 1 positive lymph node out of 15. I don't want radiation......
This is a good time to revisit this post. Last week was about 8 weeks post-op. I was excited to be using the Depends Shield for the first time. Last Saturday, I decided to experiment, and used the...
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but welcome to the group. Ask your urologist to get a second read of your slides from Jonathon Epstein at John's Hopkins. He reread mine and I went from GS of 9 to...
It'll take a few more days for the swelling to go down. Use a towel between your legs to elevate your testicles while you're laying down... and lay down a lot. What you're looking for is called a...
Get a referral to a urologist soon. He is best equipped to tell you what might be going on. My PSA was 6 and jumped to 8 on the retest with a different lab a couple weeks later. Good luck Tony...
Hi Krg. I'm 4 weeks post catheter and 7 weeks post-op. Until I learned how my bladder was going to function, I used a depends pad inside the depends brief and slept on a CVS equivalent of a chux...
Hi Joyce. Sorry to hear that you and your husband are going through this, but welcome to the club. My DaVinci surgery was 12/17/15, and someone here posted about having two ruby reds between his...
Island Time, I'm 31 days post-op and 13 days since they pulled the catheter. Right now, it hurts to pee and I get random stabbing pains in my penis. Not enough to call the doc, but enough to let you...
Thanks all. Step 1 - deep breath Step 2 - patience Step 3 - kegels Step 4 - never pass a functioning bathroom Tony...
First, I wanted to thank everyone who contributes to this site. It's really helpful to have access to such a helpful support group. I'm 22 days post-op from the DaVinci RP. Because of a pucker in the...