So hubby finished his 14th treatment yesterday and last night he began having severe abdominal pain vomiting and diarrhea. He couldn’t get comfortable lying down or sitting up. We are going to see...
Dear hubby started radiation last Wed. Three down!! We had a bit of a scare 2 days before as he stood up and collapsed. His bp had dropped significantly. They pushed iv fluids as his sodium was low....
Thank you for the comments and valuable information,. Mark had his scans and have his markets. His first treatment is Oct 5. Everything went well. He was nervous but the techs are so good with him!...
We had our consultation today. Next Wed hubby gets his simulation and Oct 5 he will start radiation. 39 treatments....
Our consultation with the RO is next Wed....
Got a call from the urologist today and he going to send Mark to a RO. I’m sure that will take a few days to happen but I wanted to let you know....
Thank you! In 2018 Mark had laparoscopic knee surgery to repair a tear and it ended up getting a severe infection which went septic. After 3 months of intensive antibiotics, he ended up having to...
It has run between .01 and .03 and Oct 2019 it went to .11, Jan .10 and these last two in Aug are .19...
Well the plot thickens. I did get a copy of the latest psa test and it was still .19. I will be calling the urologist this morning!...
Don’t get me wrong. We are happy with a drop, just confused with the ups and downs....
So I called for the results and the new test is .12. I haven’t heard from the dr yet. I just don’t know what to think....
Our urologist ordered another PSA to be sure of the increase. We will know what it is tomorrow....
Our urologist has been watching ordering psa tests every 6 mon. Have been around.1 until now. He has said that .19 was the number in which we should consider radiation. Mark has been thru so many...
Thank you! It’s quite the journey. Seems like there are so many twists and turns....
We are waiting on a referral to an oncologist....
My husband had his prostatectomy in 2015 with pathology showing it in the margins. His PSA has gone from .1 to .19 in 6 months. I’m worried!...
Thank you for the comments. I have a call in for a referral to the graduation oncologist....
His Gleason score was 7/10 Margins involved with invasive carcinoma Apical, left Staging pT2c...
My husband had his prostrate removed in 2016. The pathology showed that the margins were not clear. His PSA was .03 6 months ago and now is .13. He has had some major illness and many surgeries since...
Thank you for the comoments. Interesting article Allen. The biopsy results were right high infiltrating adenocarcinoma 3+3, right central high minute focus of infiltrating adenocarcinoma, left...
My husband had radical prostectomy 6/24/16. Final pathology report is the following: Gleason 3+4, margins involved by invasive carcinoma, perineural invasion present, lymph nodes clear. PT2c. PSA...
Thank you. Yes we are definitely going to talk to a radiation oncologist. Thank you, Halbert!...
We had our consultation this morning. They have scheduled my husband to get a Cat Scan and Bone Scan next Monday to rule out any spreading, however, he thinks that is highly unlikely. He recommended...
Thank you for your comments. We live in rural NE Oklahoma. As I said, we have our consultation Monday but he did mention sending him to KU Medical Center in Kansas City....
Thank you! We have the appointment Monday and of course I have jury duty! I called and asked them to fax me the biopsy results so that I could try to get out of the jury duty. Right high:...
The doctor called me this morning to say that my husbands biopsy showed cancer. I don't have any more information as he wants us to come in and talk. Pretty scary feeling....
Went back to the Dr yesterday. Hubby got along good with the biopsy and we were hoping for a report nutdid not get one. He said the biopsy was abnormal, however, they sent it to another lab for...
We just got back from the hospital. He got along good. The doc said there was a dark shadow on the left side (not sure what that means) and he took 18 biopsies. Now just wait for the results....
Thank you so much for the helpful comments. I appreciate you all so much. I have been reading and searching! Of course, I want to know everything right now! Lol! Hopefully we won't have to wait too...
Thank you. I will search for sure. Google is my best friend! Lol!...
We just got the call with instructions from the hospital. They are doing a TRUS with biopsy. So I did a little search and at least got some information on exactly what they'll be doing....
Thank you. You have all given me such good information and encouragement. I had not idea there were so many options even with a biopsy. I'm really trying not to be a worry wort!...
Thank you for all the comments. I truly appreciate your input. I'm wondering why they are doing his biopsy in the hospital with a general anaesthetic. It sounds to me that most of you have had the...
Thank you so much for the reply. I'm not very good at the waiting game!...
My husband had a PSA level of 4.9 a year and a half ago and it is now 6.1. He was referred to a urologist and he performed DRE. He felt something hard on the left side and has scheduled a biopsy for...