So I posted a couple of times on healingwell You men have given me lots of great advice!! Thank you! I have localized and confined prostate cancer, which was confirmed by recent PSAM PET scan....
Thanks Djin, Halbert and Jim. Very helpful information!! Appreciate all you men and advice John...
So I am planning to start treatment in the next month or 2. Most likely radiation. LDRT brachytherapy or SBRT. Anyone have brachytherapy done by DR Kurtzman out of Northern California. I guess he has...
I of course tend to over analyze things so even though I am planning on getting treatment, a couple people I know had genetic testing. Polaris, Decipher, etc Do you know what additional information I...
Thanks all for your good advice. The PSMA Pet scan was not approved by my insurance. Ugh Both my local urologist and dr I spoke with at UCSF urology department have said the scan is not necessary due...
Arthur Welcome to the forum. I just like you I’m starting my journey. I had a MRI that showed a PIRAD 4 lesion. I was able to get my biopsy three weeks after the MRI. There should be no reason you...
Had a prostate biopsy recently. This was after I had an MRI scan that showed a PRIAD 4 suspicious lesion. One lesion in the lower left prostate gland was identified. No extra-prostatic extension was...
TJ123 Thanks for your words of encouragement! glad to hear you are doing okay after 10 years! gives hope to all of us!...
thanks all for the replies. I am 59 and will try to relax these next few weeks. i will keep you updated....
Raising PSA, was 1.96 in Sept 2022 and then 3.27 in November 2023 Had a MRI that showed one small Pi-rad 4 lesion in the left posteromedial peripheral zone Prostate volume=25 ml Transition zone: no...
Thanks all I appreciate the good advice and humor. My wife will appreciate the giving up on the rough sex part. But only before any retest :) I think the hardest part is waiting to get retested again...
Saw my Urologist today. He did a DRE and said everything was normal. He also showed me my PSA scores since 2011. 2011=1.59, 2012 1.21, 2013, 1.31, 2014 1.32, 2015 1.92. So he said he saw nothing...
Thanks guys for your quick replies!! I live in the east bay of San Francisco so I have good access to great medical facilities (UCSF is one of them). I do not have a family history of PC but both my...
Hello new to the forum I am a 51 year old male. My recent PSA test come back at 1.9. Up from 1.3, 12 months ago. It has been at 1.3 for the last couple of years. I am freaked out that the increase...