Thanks very much Jerry for your helpful reply. I'll be doing more research before I decide. All the best TWF...
Hi Trailguy Thanks very much for sharing your experience and I'm glad to hear radiation is working and your PSA is so low. Did you just have one radiation treatment or several? In addition to PSA...
Hi After brachytherapy in Mar / 2019 my PSA steadily dropped to 0.7. Over the last year it rose to 2.2 in June /22 and then dropped to 1.9 in Sept / 22 However I just saw my oncologist(s) last week...
Thanks very much JNF & Terry for your good advice. I'll check out the Vic Hardy post....
Thanks Mumbo - I appreciate your response:>)...
In 2019 I had HDR Brachy + 3 wks general beam Last week (June 7, 2022) I had a phone call with my oncologist. My latest PSA in June was 2.4 so it has now risen steadily since my low point of 0.73 in...
Many thanks Mumbo and JNF for your good advice. I'll be tracking my PSA again before June and if it's still rising I'll ask my oncologist to schedule a PSMA test. All the best...
Thanks Terry! My tests since 2020 have all been at the same lab....
P.S. I will be age 72 in March this year....
Hi I had HDR Brachytherapy in Feb 2019 with 3 weeks of general beam radiation. My PSA before the treatment was 6.59 and in June 2019 it went down to 1.34 after the treatment. My lowest PSA was 0.73...
P.S No I did not have ADT (as yet)...
Hi Thanks for your quick replies and supportive comments. Initially my side effects were urinary urgency which were not difficult to manage and went away about 3 months after my treatment. The other...
In Dec/ 2019 I just had my second PSA reading (now 1.19) since my HDR Brachtherapy + 3 weeks of general beam radiation in Feb 2019, which is good news. I was told by my oncologist after the HDR +...
Hi Thanks for your feedback. During my annual checkup my first PSA of 3.38 was diagnosed in July 2018. The biopsy was done Oct 3rd 2018 The most recent PSA of 6.59 was found on Jan 10th 2018 Thanks...
I had a PSA reading of 3.38 in July 2018 up from a year before which my doctor found and said to get my prostate tested. In October I was diagnosed with PC T2b Gleason 4+3 cancer with a PSA of 3.38...
This is very encouraging news about the PSA readings going down. I had a PSA of 3.33 in July 2018 up from a year before. In October I was diagnosed with PC T2b Gleason 4+3 cancer with a PSA of 3.38...
Thanks for the updates and great to hear it is working so well. JNF it looks like you had the IMRT (general beam radiation therapy) done before the HDR brachytherapy. The radiation oncologist here in...
I've recently been diagnosed with PC (PSA 3.8, Gleason 4+3). I'm looking to find advice about two treatment options I have been offered - HDR brachytherapy followed by general beam radiation or...
I've recently been diagnosed with PC (PSA 3.8, Gleason 4+3). I'm looking for active threads to find advice about surgery versus brachytherapy with general beam radiation. Thanks...