... for me, after reading loads of studies, seeing percentages thrown around by oncologists, urologists and patients, chances of living five years, 10 years, 20 years ... there's only ONE 100% truth....
If it's any solace, it's "normal" for men over 40 to have prostate cancer. Sounds odd, but true. With those Gleason scores, there's lots of time to research. Lucky for him, he has a concerned wife....
After meeting with a radiological oncologist today, I'm pissed. Just pissed off. He turned around my entire plan to wait 6 months. I was going to write something tonight here as an update, but...
With only 4 of 11 cores positive, and a 3+4 = 7 Gleason, there's no rush, i.e. DON'T PANIC. I've had guys here tell me I could do ACTIVE MONITORING. My vitals are below and much worse than yours. Did...
Thanks Tony. Really appreciate the time this morning. I'll call Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang and will see him at your speaker meeting later this month. Ok, so my next step is to ask my primary doc to test...
Just got off the phone with Tony Crispino. Nicest guy, took 15 minutes out of his day unscheduled to give me some information. He knows both my specialists (Dr. David Pomerante and Dr. O. Alex...
Thanks men. I spent a lot of time reading last night, many things from links here. Yes, I'm in Las Vegas. My next stop is to revisit my primary doctor May 19, and I'll have a lot of questions for...
I'm new here, and was just diagnosed with PC today, but someone posted this link and I found it answered some questions for me. Especially read the part about men in their 70s and why NOT to do...
So, it seems I'm not the first to be here for prostate cancer. That's good news; I've got company ... and those posting are still alive, also good news. OK, I can get through this, right? After I had...