JPS, I was diagnosed with G9 at age 56 (currently 61) with a PSA of 5.2. I had surgery followed by 2 undetectable PSA tests but 6 months after surgery, my PSA came back at 0.03 so just barely...
I lost most of my body hair but actually regained some on my head. Now that I'm almost 1 year past the end of ADT (24 mths), my body hair is regrowing but so is the bald spot on my head :( ....
Mark You are right to continue testing and agree with the others that 'cure' is too strong to describe your situation. You will need to remain on guard. PSA tests are a very cheap and easy way to...
My doctor performed a single port RALP. I didn't have any significant effects. The pain was mostly from gas in my shoulders though I did have some abdominal pain for 2 days when trying to use my...
In my case, I was wiped out the first week. At the time, managed a very large team but it was mostly a desk job. I could check a few emails from my phone towards the end of that week but otherwise...
Halbert is right. Do not let yourself get constipated. I made that mistake and was miserable for a few days. My wife got me an elastic abdominal surgery belt to put around my abdomen. I thought it...
Howard I just saw my MO this week who told me that next week will be my final injection (Eligard). I receive 3-mth injections so it should begin to wear off by April of this year which would be a...
56 at diagnosis...
I had a nurse navigator assigned to me and had a similar experience. Minimal contact or communication. The doctor at a major university hospital who diagnosed me wasn't much better. He called me with...
Hi Redwing, thanks for the welcome. I had updated my profile to display me background but it didnt post for some reason. I did have one positive lymph node as well as ECE and seminal vesicle...
Hello everyone- I've been reading the forum for about a year now but am just now getting around to creating an account and posting here. 1) How did you find out? My family practice doctor ordered a...
It would be very interesting to see a histogram of time to ADT failure. Has anyone seen such a study?...