My husband has been passing mucus in his stools and sometimes some is present when he passes gas. It has been about 10 months since he finished his RT and his Lupron. Has anyone else had great gobs...
Hey all, Hubby just had his first PSA test after his RT in the spring and ADT (last Lupron shot was in April, 2018). Happy to report PSA = 0.01 and T = 11. His last 3 month Lupron shot was in April....
Hey Gary, Did your MO say anything about your T-levels? I am not familiar with Casodex, but my husband's T-level went from 560 to 9 in four weeks on Degarelax. He just got his Lupron shot last week....
Sky, Thanks for the well wishes. My husband will be 57 late this year. I added his age in the profile signature. Hey Gary, I hope things are going well. Nice to see the PSA number going down....
Hi all, My husband just got his first Lupron shot, 4 weeks after his Degarelix injections. His persistent PSA went from 0.52 to 0.16 in the past month. He had liver tests done and his Alanine...
Hubby just got his first Degarelix shots this past week. RT will start sometime in February. I hope to learn from you all. RO told hubby it wil be tough in about 3-4 weeks and "do ANYTHING you can to...
Allen, yes, I totally agree about the MRI. I really want him to get the PSMA PET scan from NIH or anywhere for that matter. My husband has called and left messages for Yolanda McKinney, at (301)...
gary, sorry to hear about your tumor. It is good to know what you are tackling though. I added my husbands information in signature. As of now, just a full body MRI scheduled in a few weeks, but...
Gary, I added my email address. Thank you for your help....
gary, how did you get signed up for your clinical trial at National Cancer Institute? I would love to hear what you learned!...
@Fairwind, what is considered and "appreciably increase" in persistent PSA? My husband had a 0.41 (7 weeks post RP) and just got a 0.50 (12 weeks post RP)....
With Pesistent PSA right after RALP, especially one above 0.3, I have read a number of people saying "hit it fast and hit it hard" and "throw the kitchen sink at it". What is the consensus about the...
Thank you Peter. "What is done is done." Ain't that the truth! We have bigger fish to fry at this point. ...
Thank you all for the recommendations. My guess is that the high PSA is coming from the bladder neck invasion as well. I just spoke to my husband and he said, "why did you report good recovery? It is...
Hmmm, I have all the information in my signature, but sometimes it shows up and sometimes it doesn't. Anyway, I added it! TIA...
Is there a place to look these things up? Looking for recommendations in upstate New York (maybe Rochester area or NYC, but that would be a little more effort). History: 8/2011 PSA 1.0 7/2013 PSA...
SkyPilot, good luck with your treatment. I am quite concerned with my husband's PSA post RALP already at 0.4. I really hate this downtime just waiting for appointments and no plan in place....
Tall Allen, thanks again!...
How soon after the RP can my husband's radiation treatments begin? They made an appointment for him to see an RO in December! His surgery was the beginning of August and he just had his 7 week check...
Tall Allen, I will look again at the report, but the cut line was positive and I assume some was left behind? So if the surgeon could see the cancer and tried to "cut wide" can I infer this is why he...
Thanks again! Tall Allen, what do you mean " I assume the surgeon did not spare the bladder neck and he got a negative margin there." The pathology report indictated the bladder neck was positive for...
Also meant to ask if we should request a bone scan or CT scan at this time. ....
Thank you for the replies. I will encourage him to get the PSA retested next week. If the PSA of 0.41 is correct, would the bladder neck involvement cause that high of a number. Do I understand...
My husband just received this PSA result 7 weeks after his prostatectomy and it is 0.41. Advice was to wait 6 weeks for another PSA test. Seems like this is fast growing, but hoping some of you could...