Thanks Zzarth, your situation is comforting to know although there are some differences. I took the test at the same place I've always done it and as far as I know the test type didn't change. Also...
Thanks Rick, that is great to know. I hope it continues to stay that way for you....
I took my PSA last week and got a bit of a shock. After being undetectable at <0.03 for 4 great years post RP surgery, I got a result of 0.04. I thought by this point I was in the clear so this...
Luvmussel - wow your outcome is really encouraging as I have not read about many Gleason 9's staying cancer free after surgery. Thanks for sharing that. Seems like my diagnosis, treatment and...
Thanks BillyBob@388. As for the sex, it has really surprised me. At first, I was not optimistic about what the future held in that department post-surgery. I think besides keeping 1 good nerve I had...
Thanks Djin. Regarding my post-RP specifics all 30 lymph nodes showed no cancer which was awesome. I wonder if there was some cancer in them previously and the Olaparib drug knocked it out. As for...
Thanks! So far I have had no ADT at all in this process and I'm incredibly grateful for that....
Hi everyone. I'm sorry I haven't posted for a while. I had a pretty bad prostate cancer diagnosis back in September 2018. At 48 years old I was Gleason 9 with a PSA of 10.1. I posted about it here:...
I was told at UW they will do brachytherapy for low risk prostate cancer so I assume that means they are open to doing it for other cancers. They have 3 radiation oncologists there that work with...
I saw a radiation oncologist at University of Washington Medical Center the other day who told me that they don't do HDR Brachytherapy + IMRT + HT for intermediate and high risk prostate cancer...
This thread is really timely for me. Thanks for starting it Pratoman. For those of you in this thread who are saying radiation is the way to go, are there any scenarios at all where you feel surgery...
Sorry it's been a while since I've updated this. I've been trying to be healthy and live my life. I have had a number of significant developments, mostly positive this time. For starters, the bone...
Hi Diva2014, I am the one who originally started this thread. Your uncle's situation is a bit different than mine but there are some similarities. It is definitely encouraging that his symptoms have...
Brothers (and sisters supporting brothers) with prostate cancer, I have run into a frustrating situation at University of Washington Medical Center. Can any of you tell me is this normal and just...
I am getting ready to meet with a radiation oncologist and then likely will have some type of radiation treatment soon after through that doctor. The details of my prostate cancer are in my signature...
Thanks again everyone for your thoughts and encouragement. The supportiveness, knowledge and different points of view one gets here are priceless. Can't get the same thing anywhere else. Past...
Another quick update. I saw medical oncologist Dr Peter Nelson at University of Washington / Seattle Cancer Care Alliance this past Friday. I feel good about the initial game plan we came up with. I...
Michael_T thanks for offering some hopeful thoughts. It is also really encouraging that you had a similar diagnosis with one Gleason 9 and seem to be doing well years later. Of course I almost...
I mentioned this subject in a longer post earlier, but I was wondering what some of you think specifically about this strategy based on your knowledge/experiences. A Fred Hutch/University of...
Thanks again for all the advice, encouragement and crucial insight. I am very, very grateful as I feel it may contribute to extending my life. I got the Pelvic MRI and Nuclear Bone Scan results....
Thanks all for the quick, thoughtful replies. It means so much to me. This forum is awesome and I hope to pay what you guys are doing forward (or back) as I learn more. The tip on the Dr. Epstein's...
A few days ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I'm in shock but am trying to get past that and then be positive, smart and aggressive. I am doing a pelvic MRI and nuclear bone scan his week and...
I got my biopsy results and unfortunately it is prostate cancer and it's aggressive. I'm going to start a new thread as this one was for trying to figure out if it was prostatitis or prostate cancer...
I had the biopsy yesterday and I'm glad to report it was not as bad as I thought it would be. Actually it wasn't bad at all, just not fun. They used lidocaine as the anesthetic. The urologist did...
I have an update on my situation and it's got me nervous. After a month of trying to use cipro against a possible prostate infection, I took another PSA test on 9/5/18. Instead of going lower it went...
Wow thanks so much for all the quick great replies. I really appreciate all the words of wisdom as I am stuck in this tough place (just like InTheShop said) and trying to get educated as fast as...
Hello this is my first post here after getting a standard PSA of 8.6 and having a free PSA come back pretty low (not good) at 8.4% last month. I'm 48 years old. My father died of prostate cancer at...