Wow! I am a believer and supporter of the potential of cannabis oil for many ailments. However, the actual concrete proof of beneficial impact on most anything being claimed, except possibly...
Thank you to all for your well and encouraging wishes. This board has to be the very BEST on the internet, not only because it has a significantly sizeable membership but also because the members...
Hi Ken, Hi lovif, My oncologist is Dr Leonard Appleman at Hillman. I highly recommend him. BTW: my uro, is Dr Ralph Miller at Triangle Uro on Federal St....
Hi ISU-CycloneFan! Thank you for the encouraging words supported by your own journey with prostate cancer. I see that you have been consulting with Dr Kwon, who is regarded by many as a genius....
Gunner34. thank you for clarifying!...
Tall Allen, it is too late to send the biopsy for a second reading (surgery in 6 days) and there is no time to see if the nodule shrinks (which could take months) as the Lupron takes effect. I wish...
Hi Special Lady! Thank you for your response. I will answer your questions as I have gone through a lot of stress in making my decision to go with surgery. I just edited my original post....the...
Hi Tall Allen, I appreciate your questions and will answer them as best I can. I am seeing an oncologist specializing in prostate cancer at UPMC Pittsburgh, who, contrary to the lung surgeon,...
Cryoablation 2006; pca slowly growing since...until Sept 2016, where it grew from 7.9 in Feb, 2016 to 13.4 in Sept. Bone scan showed two small spots; one on a right rib and one at the back of left...
Gregz263...while electronic records are now fully upon us, back in 2010, not very much so. I highly recommend that you keep the paper copies of both your 2009 and 2010 psa readings in a safe place,...
Wow! I guess the policies that require physicals go to the "down and dirty;" that is they deny contracts on anything that appears threatening. There are term policies that you can more easily get...
Ahhh... the subsequent sentence confirms my belief...."Patients in the studies underwent EXTENDED pelvic +/- retroperitoneal salvage lymph node dissections (sLND)."...
"All patients had evidence of biochemical recurrence (BCR) after RP associated with nodal recurrence detected on either (11C) choline PET/CT scan or with conventional imaging." I do not know if...
After reading the attached article on URO TODAY, titled "AUA 2013 - Session Highlights: Utility of salvage lymph node dissection in men with recurrent prostate cancer following local therapy," I...
Great news but I would think the insurance companies would still consider such limited approvals as still being "experimental." Nevertheless, a drug company that was trying to expand its trial base...
English Roger....at 0.04, your PSA doesn't have much lower to go. Hoping you are blessed with that reading (or lower, if that is at all possible) forever! That being said, without going into the...
We're not far from each other. I also take fish oil...4800-6000 mg's/day. Can't take pomegranate because I take statins for cholesteral. I see you are holding your own after cryo. May you have many...
Reachout...that is entirely possible. I still have tissue there but not a lot....
Hi Robert. I am 60. I was 54 when first diagnosed in late 2005. My PSA journey since nadir (0.2) in the summer of 2006 had been rather unremarkable until late 2011. With both increases in PSA and a...
Hi, I am not new here. Been here off and on for several years. I do have a question. Before asking, please let me summarize my situation: Cryosurgery Apr 2006: PSA before 12.6; after (Aug 2006) PSA...
Todd, I really really am feeling for you right now. Kaiser Permanante is probably the worst insurer in the United States and is an example of the REAL death panels that each of us face. Rather than...
Looks encouraging, except for the cost. Perhaps if the label use becomes more universal, J & J will lower the price so that it could better compete with Lupron, etc. BTW: I am not a new member;...