I got a copy of my prostate MRI, with a goal being to 3D print a model of it. The CD is sitting on a shelf....
Woot!...
You'd have to be quite the medical tourist to knock all of those off the list....
I’d next ask what his PSA history was, and suggest a genetic test of the biopsy material. Also, prostate size to get PSA density....
It's bewildering to get two totally different opinions from competent urologists. It's a multi-objective problem. Objectives include side effects (near term & long term), mental anxiety, lifespan,...
I had an MRI and this time it came back with PI-RAD 5. I had a transperineal prostate biopsy done in January with four cores coming back as cancerous. Three were 3 + 3 but one was 3 + 4 although the...
You said you were 3+4=7, which suggests you are Intermediate Risk, but that splits into Favorable or Unfavorable Intermediate Risk. Do you know which you are? If Favorable, then you can likely skip...
LOL...
The MRI will give the prostate size (look for it) which will be a good sign of BPH or not....
If you have biochemical recurrence after radiotherapy, you can often give the hot spot another big zap of radiation via brachytherapy. It can be very localized....
To follow up on my other post (and confirm I CAN post :) ) here's an med study on the impact of breathwork (breathing practice) on folks with health conditions, to include cancer. Some excerpts:...
I just passed through Rochester for work, stayed downtown. Some nice restaurants and brewpubs, hopefully you were able to take a break and enjoy life a little?...
I highly recommend reading the book Breath by James Nestor. along with speaking directly to sleep apnea it talks about a whole bunch of super interesting stuff. A lot of it (stress reduction,...
I think it would be well received. Medical peeps are people too....
I am thinking (guessing) some kind of persistent infection. Tough times…...
Well, that sucks. A friend of mine caught anaplasmosis from a tick, was in a wheelchair for a couple of months, walks with a cane now, and has been incontinent and continually catheterized for six...
Sweet!...
I had a colonoscopy about a month before my Prostate biopsy. After the colonoscopy, they let me hang for a while, drink a soda, the doc stopped by and gave me verbal results. They called the next day...
The topic reminds me of what is said about the Piper Cub airplane in flying circles, a very gentle airplane. “it’ll just barely kill you.”...
On the dental, I was told it would have to wait until after the one year mark. I’ll get a medical review then, and if I still have cancer, dental is then available. If I was to get treated, I would...
I found out about a year and a half in that I am eligible for 100% disability due to my exposure to burn pits in Djibouti, Africa, 2009-2010. Kind of kicked myself for not knowing about it. Still...
Jim, no advice, just wanted to say I'm glad you're getting your ducks in a row. Sounds like you have a *great plan*....
They'll use a royal scepter, probably....
I have discovered so much music via the internet, that would have never made in front of me if I waited for radio to lay it. On YouTube, any “Live on KEXP” video from the from the KEXP radio station...
Open a theatre in Branson, MO or Vegas and camp out?...
The Hawaiian gentleman’s version is one of my favorite covers of any song by anyone. His YouTube video has 1.37 Billion views. Wow. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I ...
JPS1, you have a long life ahead of you. There will be challenges and tough decisions, but this is not an instant death sentence. It’s just time to roll up your sleeves. I would call your doctors...
This board is a wonder. Thanks so much for your efforts!...
Ok, you should have a copy of it too. All of my pathology reports appeared on my patient portal. I downloaded them, highlighted this and that, and showed up at my appointment with focused questions....
Are you at a major hospital? I’ve never heard of a diagnosis of cancer prior to a pathology report. Anybody else? Just seems weird....
He’s pretty damn important. By law… “Subject only to the orders of the president, the secretary of defense is in the chain of command and exercises command and control, for both operational and...
It doesn't sound like it, but you got "lucky" that they found the cancer with an unguided biopsy. They really should have done the MRI first, to help guide the biopsy. You don't want to rush the MRI...
Ouch...Infection from his catheter? Seems delayed. A UTI crossed boundaries into the abdominal cavity? My MIL had an infection from a botched endoscopic procedure, perforating her intestine, that...
Curious, is your PCa service-related? I had no idea mine could be until I saw that a law was passed relating exposure to burn pits and PCa. I'm now 100%, but left a year's worth of payments on the...
One interesting byproduct of the modern music industry is that artists struggle mightily to make money from their recordings. With streaming services they barely get paid for their creative efforts....
Definite history. One thing I'll note, the BPH symptoms are like the frog in the pot that is slowly heading for a boil. You don't realize how much they had come on until they were gone after my...
One thing I've done is printed out the NCCN guidelines and highlighted and marked them up with my specifics. They tend to hit the main questions I would ask the doctor, so in my visit I ask the docs...
JPS1, some other guiding questions… Do you know if your biopsy will by transrectal or transperineal? How many samples are planned? Will you be asleep, or just numbed? Where do you live? Near a major...
Sigh… When I had my biopsy, I had an MRI first. They saw a lesion of interest. In my biopsy, they took 12 samples on a standard grid, and 3 in the lesion. The 12 came up clean, the 3 targeted samples...
Sorry that you find yourself here, shipmate. Did you have an MRI first? You didn’t say in your post. If you haven’t, my rec is to TURN OFF THE BIOPSY, and find a new urologist who understands that...
So flash forward six months, and my test yesterday was 0.86, which is essentially the same as my 0.87 from six months ago, and definitely down from my 1.0 that was also taken six months ago. This,...
I was a carrier pilot in the Navy, and also an LSO (guy who stood at the back and talked to pilots landing on the carrier). Landing on the carrier was very unforgiving of error. We all had days...
Nice work, pluvicto!...
It took me a bit, but I got the MRI files of my prostate, and I am working on 3D printing a model of it. Promised my doc I’d make him one. Glad to hear things are working out!...
My diagnosis is you have a confused thyroid gland or something that lost it’s recipe. Making the wrong thing. Here’s to being a wonder of science!...
That's a bead off the worry bead chain....
Any time I hear “second opinion” I think “and you’re ugly too”...
I’ve always thought that for two pathologists to have exactly the same report, they have to have coordinated. There’s just too many ways to interpret things slightly different. That’s not a bug, it’s...
No matter what, a 2nd opinion is wise to get from somewhere other than your own hospital, I think. The decisions to be made are too important not to....
From the wapo article, my bold font. ...