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Good news! You're blazing a trail for me as I am considering salvation therapy. Thanks...
Thank you for posting, Your openness and positive attitude inspires...even a newbie ;) Being new to the world of cancer can be a rather lonely battle as it's difficult to find those who have some...
1) No 2) About 20% down from pre-surgery (<3 months from surgery- recovering) 3) No 4) Jury is still out...
Wouldn't side effects such as ED and incontinence be at a much greater risk since they are following a RP? Anyone have info on those risks? Thanks...
With permission from the doctor I recorded mine. My 02...
Pwallace, I recorded some of my doctor visits and wrote down questions beforehand... the first time I was so blindsided I didn't retain that much information....
Pwallace, To answer your question.... https://www.mskcc.org/nomograms/prostate/pre-op was not accurate in my particular case. However, it only gives you a percentage of risk and you may not be lucky....
Pwallace, Having been recently diagnosed and treated you will be overwhelmed with information. Some of it here is biased based on our personal experience and perspective and mine will be no...
Logislidat-no apology needed! "..eyes wide open..no sand...gonna live told I die....not the reverse forgive my virtues as well as my sins...." I like that!...
Welcome Kcheves, Although nobody wants PCa it's nice to be able to share with people who are on the same journey....
Mr Tall Allen / Michiganman: Thanks for the clarification, the nomogram gives me a 44% chance of success with ADT and 22% without. I'm weighing that against the side effects diminishing my quality of...
I was in the hospital for so long because I had fluid leakage around my bladder area area filling the cavity where my prostate was My intestines also stopped moving and swelled up (extremely...
I was only diagnosed 6 months ago and really didn't want to do anything but monitor. However, after my PSA doubled after Biopsy and the 5 doctors I consoled with (along with my own research) I moved...
Gemlin -"It looks that you didn't have extended pelvic LN dissection so you don'y know if it has spread to the lymph nodes? but anyway, spread to seminal vesicles and negative margins could talk...
As a newer member to the forum and to PC I've heard a lot of these "myths" already. Some from doctors and some from forums and websites. Each individuals cancer is unique and dynamic as the indidual....
Very useful site. I'm going to seek some second opinions and research as much as I can. Thank you...
I had a consultation with RO today and because of my hi Gleason score 9(4+5) she wants to put me HT for 3 years and radiation beam therapy. I'm seriously considering doing nothing. I had a tough...
Thanks for the advice, I'm learning as fast as I can. The acronyms are a little confusing at first. I will need to print out that a list of acronyms. I'm not doing too bad considering I didn't know...
i've been lurking here for awhile learning as much as I can. There is so much information to digest at times I just have to shut the prostate issue off before my head explodes! Due to my PSA level...