As long as you are well informed and make a choice/balance that suits you and your situation, then it is the right answer for you Glen; and that is to be supported. I'm no MD, and certainly no...
Hopkins/Carter/Partin kinda wrote the book on AS. They operate PSA/PHI every 6 months, MRI/biopsy every 2 years for low grade at least, (I'm a G6 also). I managed to squeeze my confirmatory out to 3...
Interestingly, since Doc just called with my results I asked the same question and he concurred "flush baby, flush". My wife accused me of paying him to say that... ;)...
Well in other news... got my results and this biopsy showed no cancer (previous G6 10% one core)... So that's a result I'll take! Life now returns to PSA'ly 6 month chunks. ASAdvocate... looks like I...
Gents Five days post biopsy so tried my first ejaculation (that focuses the mind doesn't it!)... as expected... ugly. I have a question and a half for your collected wisdom/experience: 1. I can make...
Yep, I'm slipstreaming you ASA! The PP biopsy was done by Dr. Mike Gorin (apparently - I thought I was a tree at that point). However in pre-procedure communications I found him to be a good man with...
So, I had the aforementioned PrecisionPoint trans-Perineal biopsy last Friday at Hopkins. I was terrified leading up having had a nasty TR previously so had 4mg of Ativan on board courtesy of the...
Well it looks like I'll be the forum guinea pig in October! I'll report back on the experience for the benefit of all here....
Thanks folks, it seems that PrecisionPoint is very new and hence it's early days, limited reviews etc. It is however what Hopkins is now doing; I also note that Fox Chase is offering the same. It's...
Thanks Andrew, yeah I pushed very hard, Johns Hopkins flat out refused, I get an Ativan and local anesthesia and that's it, so says the Mighty John... Hence my question about experiences with it....
Yeah but no (I think)... I'm aware of the mapping/template biopsies but don't think this is that. Copying a link to the technology Hopkins has adopted below (if I can make it work)......
Hello Folks New to this great forum! It is an invaluable resource. My story is Gleason 6 diagnosed a couple of years ago at Hopkins, 5% one core on TRUS biopsy; now on AS there. They are now advising...