How old were you when diagnosed with prostate cancer?
Prostate cancer can happen in both younger and older men. How old were you when you were diagnosed? What was your diagnosis experience like?
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I was 64 But I anticipated it come since I had enlarged prostate problems for almost 20years.And Also,It runs It My Family.So I wasn't startled when I Got the News.
yes, I have been on watch and wait. Get violently ill from biopsys and most meds. Doctors don’t seem to get that, just give me another pill. 7 uti’s after last biopsy. Still have it. Ebola infection. ( that is the type of UTI. Very very hard to get rid of. I decided to give up. My brother was misdiagnosed at 49. Died a few years later. Poisoned by radiation and chemo. But, for the life of me, I can’t find a doctor who takes this into account.
My current doctor told me I didn’t have cancer. He didn’t even look at the previous diagnosis. His nurse had to call me and tell me oh yes, you do have cancer and this was from North Shore hospitals, which are pretty fancy so my resolve is to make the most of my time being the third doctor still working it’s a downright shame. It took all I had not to send an opinion on that note. Why bother? I am relatively young. Any suggestions?
ThanksHi
. Your frustrations and concerns are certainly understandable. I think the spell check may have turned E. Coli into Ebola on you. E. Coli UTI is fairly common with prostate cancer patients and, yes, difficult to treat. I do want to share with you this article that discusses research into the best treatments specifically for E. Coli in prostate cancer patients (note: the best ones are not the same as the treatments for non-PCa patients): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11416007. I thought this information may be of use if you want to discuss the treatment with a doctor.
Also, surprisingly enough there is research that found that E. Coli infections actually ended up boosting the effectiveness of immunotherapy because the inflammation produced by the infection, "enhanced the ability of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in prostate cancer:" https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2018/06/06/rare-bacteria-boosts-immunotherapy-in-prostate-cancer. I don't know if this would be an option for you, but want to share the information.
I also found this article on prostatectomy with E. Coli in which the patient had the surgery prior to finishing the treatment for the infection because there was a benefit for treating the infection after the removal (see: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3148397).
Hopefully one of these avenues can be helpful in getting you an effective treatment - as you noted, you are too young for there to simply be no answers. Please feel free to keep us posted on how thing are going. Best, Richard (Team Member)
I was 68 and had been monitored many years with rising PSA. Over previous 16 years I had 6 biopsies and 4 MRIs. I told my urologist I felt like that guy who speeds all the time but only gets caught years later. He said that because of the aggressive monitoring and testing, that my thoughts were incorrect. He said it absolutely could not have been caught earlier. The strict monitoring wasn’t fun, but the ultimate early detection is why my recovery has been so uneventful. That, plus a team of medical geniuses.
my PSA was 15.47 and I was on finasteride which suppresses PSA by roughly 50%. I did not have genomics testing. Current PSA is 0.07, still on finasteride. I was at 5.53 PSA reading at age 55
I was 64
