Sidekick- I had a greenlight procedure early 2015 and a TURP in May 2016. At that time they found PC. Had a biopsy that showed me to be high risk, it then took a consider amount of time to decide...
Hi all, I had posted earlier about my decision to use SBRT instead of IMRT but now having second thoughts. My radiologist, Dr. King at UCLA, will not comment if SBRT is any more effective than IMRT...
Allan, Sorry that you are here but there is lot of info on this site and way more knowledgeable people than I. I started Lupron a month ago and should start RA in about a month. RP, I didn't believe...
Break 60- Thanks for the post it, really made me feel shitty. At first I really wanted to lash out at you like you did to me. But I didn't and glad I did not. If you have read my profile, you know I...
Hi everyone, Thanks for all the input and links to different studies. It did help me make the decision to do HT over RP. I have chosen to do SBRT with Dr. King at UCLA. While Dr. King did not...
Redwing thanks for the encouragement, so glad to hear of a fellow G9 doing well. I have decided to do RT. Now the decision is SBRT or IGRT. Not sure if insurance cover SBRT but will find out...
I may have answered my own question about RP with RT and HT. Read an article in Science Digest Review." The best indication for initial RP". To summarize because I type slow and may not have all the...
Max Vision- the support group I went to, my first meeting, meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday at the Goeble senior center in Thousand Oaks. I may go to the one on 3rd Sat. Allen not sure what you meant when...
Allen-Dr King did offer SBRT but not the clinical trial.In the trial the cancer has to be contained in the prostate I'm not sure mine is. I guess he needs apples and apples and I may be an orange....
Allen DR. King did say the outcomes were the similar with RP and RT. Maybe because he said I'm not a candidate for BT. Because the extent of cancer in prostate and my two prior prostate surgeries....
I met with a radiation oncologist today, Dr. King at UCLA. He had the unfortunate task of informing me of the details of my pc. My UCLA uro did not go into many details or give me the reports of my...
Again thanks for the info. I feel utterly ignorant about prostate cancer and my diagnosis. I'll have to work on my getting up to speed on my actual diagnosis, I think t3 is what the doc told me....
Thanks everyone for the info and encouragement. Saw my UCLA urologist today to try to clear up some questions. He was very positive about his ability to do a successful RP even after my specfic...
I glad I've found this site its so informative and most people posting have been upbeat and positive in their comments. I've had arising PSA since 1998 when it was 4.8. I had an 8 point biopsy in...