Just a quick update to say that my latest PSA from this week just came in, 0.4! :-) So the last few tests: 8/17 0.8 8/18 0.7 4/19 0.9 9/19 0.4 I must say it was a relief to see another significant...
HitchHiker - self explanatory as a phrase unto itself really. It applies from several different interpretations as follows: 1. I come and go over time - having no real internet "home" - hitching a...
I'm an HDR-BT guy so not identical to SBRT but SBRT was modeled after HDR-BT so in the same league at least. I just saw a slight rise from 0.7 8//2018 to 0.9 4/19 just over 36 months out. My next PSA...
I'm an HDR-BT guy, but yes I've noticed an increase in Cowper's gland fluids when aroused since treatment in 2016. It is definitely not urine since I still have my prostate gland, albeit largely...
Actually I'm just over 3 years out now, hence the heightened concern. PSA bounce from 18-24 months is not unusual. Past 36 months it's not unheard of, but it's more of an outlier from what I've...
Most recent PSA came back at 0.9 April 2019. I'd be lying if I said I'm not a bit discouraged that it went up 0.2 from the last test, but also recognize it could be transient at a moment in time....
Agreed not a bad number, was simply hoping for a larger drop than 0.1 over a year, but it could have been influenced by sexual activity within (just within) the 48 hour window. I will take it...
My last PSA came back at 0.7 in August. Follow up appt with DRE felt nothing unusual. I did have sex about 48 hours before the PSA draw. We are upping the PSA tests to every six months now just to...
Plateauing is very common with low carb diets like Atkins and Keto. This is why jumping in and out of ketosis is recommended on occasion. If you stay in ketosis you will eventually break the...
Which phone app do you use to track your intake?...
Amen brother! :-)...
I pretty much am doing the same thing as you. low carb works for me, it's really the only diet that I've found works for me especially over the longer term. I was down about 25lbs as of late June,...
This reminds me of the triangle of project management. Time, Quality, Money. You can choose any two, but not all three. Want to do the project with less time and better quality? Pay more money. Want...
Thinking of you Stan! Hoping to hear back from you soon! All the best! :-)...
Agreed - if you've still got it flaunt it! :cool: You aren't damaging things doing what you're doing, in fact it probably promotes a better long term outcome for you on multiple levels staying...
Got it, hope the consultation today went well! Sounds like you have everything well in hand and are taking all of the required steps....
Ditto, I've seen this same thing on rare occasion two plus years out from RT, and have actually correlated it with times of increased sexual activity and frequency. Nothing to see here...move...
I would add that IME surgery is typically a younger man's game, whilest RT is typically recommended for older men that don't have as long a life expectancy and cannot tolerate major surgery as well....
Sure thing, feel free to click on the email icon and message me privately if you need anything. The decision making process IME is the most prolonged and difficult part of this endeavor. Are you...
I had HDR-BT monotherapy in Feb 2016, so a little more than two years out now. PSA at 0.8 and falling. See sig for details and a link to my thread. Feel free to ask questions. Two procedures a week...
I've used HitchHiker or variants as my handle for over 20 years now, basically ever since online forums started up many many moons ago. I tend to come and go over time, as time allows, so the handle...
I've been tracking a high PSA (due to family history) from age 30, underwent several biopsies over the years between 30-40 years of age. Finally chose to go to JH for a consult, and was diagnosed...
http://www.ascopost.com/News/18642 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1507136706710665 Couple of links that have other links to studies embedded within. There's a fair amount of good...
There's a lot of words used like "often" in that article when referencing cure that are too general in nature IMHO. It's great progress but as others have said, testing in mice vs humans often has...
Congrats on becoming fully baked and welcome to the post HDR-BT club! Here's to hoping both your handicap and your PSA head in the same direction! :-)...
Best to wait until you get PSA test results, and get through the initial URO appt. N did a great job of saying what I was going to say, that at least here in the U.S., treatment for many men after...
As TA said, you are now half baked! :cool: Welcome officially to the HDR-BT club. It will be over before you know it. The burning will subside within a day or so, felt like a bad UTI to me, having...
I love your thinking here. I would humbly submit, that in the theatre of war, and perhaps especially in submarine warfare, to study and know one's adversary enhances the chances of winning both the...
Scott, very sorry to hear about how your URO both handled your initial case and how he continues to react to all of this. Honestly, at least based upon the information you have shared, I would...
It bugs me as well, this coming from a guy who won several spelling bees in the primary and secondary education years, so no surprise right? :-) But I also know folks who cannot spell to save their...
Hello Scott and welcome to the club no man wants to join. I had a similar circumstance to you with 6/18 cores GS6 via fusion MRI mapped biopsy, with volumes as high as 75% however I also had a strong...
Denis, enjoy your ski trip with your son! :cool: As I'm sure you have figured out, the toughest part of this whole process is coming to a treatment decision. IME it really is mostly downhill from...
Sounds like you could have a UTI from your description in your most recent post, and it's not unusual to also have prostatitis stemming from a UTI. Your Uro will probably perform a DRE and have you...
Your argument here is exactly why getting a MPMRI is worth consideration, especially before jumping to surgery as a potential solution. MPMRI uses the PIRADs rating system, and any significant PCa...
ITS, Always difficult decisions, such as these. I've not been posting much either since about six months post treatment, for various reasons. I still read quite a few posts here, but am already...
Sorry to hear of your continued adversity in the health department dude. My uncle, also a VV and career army helicopter pilot, has very bad tremors due to exposure to AO during the war. His docs...
Psychologists have long been aware of this. They call it the principle of Recency/Primacy. The last message heard is seen to be the most important or most applicable.[/quote] IME from what I've...
Happy HDR-BT experience here. My story thread is listed in my sig. My only sig update is my PSA dropped to 0.8 in 8/17 - I just updated my sig now....
I had two implants a week apart, one fraction during each implant. The urinary catheter was inserted under anesthesia, but removed in the post op area after I was awake. It definitely wakes you up...
I chose HDR-BT monotherapy at FCCC with Eric Horwitz in Feb 2016. Two implants a week apart, a single 13.5Gy fraction during each implant (Feb 17 and Feb 24). If you are concerned about travel to...
TA, thanks this is great information and precisely the type of new research on salvage treatment modalities what I'm counting on in the event I ever have to face recurrence and secondary treatment....
Denis, Sounds like you're pushing all of the right buttons so far and performing your due diligence. I agree that you're definitely a candidate for AS at age 65. Curious, why do you say that JH would...
My journey started at the tender age of 30 from a PSA testing perspective. I had no symptoms to speak of really, except for some pain during and after orgasm, which I've had for most of my life so I...
Getting ready to head to my follow up appt at FCCC on Wednesday of this week. PSA test from my PCP came back this morning at 0.8 1.5 years out from HDR-BT. 6.6 --> 6.0 --> 2.0 --> 0.8. Continuing a...
Beth, I don't really know you but felt moved to post as I haven't experienced such a wide range of emotions reading any forum thread as I have reading your EOLJ thread. We have all laughed and cried...
Others will come along with more specific advice on salvage treatments in the event of primary RT failure. I was 44 when I was treated with HDR in Feb 2016, so not that far off from your age, and...
Any procedure undertaken has risks as we all know. One of the things I really appreciated about Dr. Horwitz at FCCC where I had my HDR-BT procedure done, was that he was very straightforward in...
UTI's can be difficult to detect sometimes so it's not surprising. Sometimes there are little to no symptoms especially for men. Did you get a urinalysis done as part of your last batch of recent...
MrBaseball, Hang in there. Could be lots of different things causing those symptoms. Off the cuff, sounds like it could be crystalization in your urinary tract or minor kidney stones that you were...
Beth, thanks for beginning our online journal here to map your journey. May the Good Lord be with you and carry you and yours during this journey....