What was your diagnosis like?
Did your diagnosis come as a surprise? Share what it was like, and what stage of prostate cancer you were diagnosed with.
I had been monitored very closely for years so when cancer was finally confirmed it wasn’t a big surprise but it was still deeply disturbing. As I learned what was going on and that the disease was stage 2, I realized I had options and my fear changed to resolve. 2 years after SBRT my PSA is 0.04 and side effects have been minimal. To say I'm grateful doesn’t begin to describe how I feel.
Thanks for sharing
. It is always great to hear success stories. Mind if I ask you also had to do hormone therapy and if so how it went? Wishing you the best. Richard (Team Member)
Hi Richard. No, I did not need hormone therapy. Bone scan was clean and cancer confined to the prostate.
I am a retired professor in Management ; my age is 74.
Very recently I was diagnised as stage 4 prostrate cancer patient. I never had any health problems during my life time .
All it had been like this .I got urine problem and was peeing too frequently. Casually I got tested my creatine level on my own, It was 1.4 slighlty on the higher side.immediately I consulted a urolgist who immedaitely oordered for PSA which came about 55.( elevated figures_ I was surprised.
Other tests fallowed ;like the pet scan etc. It has spread to one rib bone slighlty.
Doctor was surprised and termed it as "luck" .This is another surprise!
Instead of going for medical castration I opted for surgical castration of both testicles because Ido not need them at this stage of life, doctor told me that it was a "gold standard" to prostrate cancer for total remission
It was done and now nine moths are over, My PSA came down to 0.020 which is simply neligible, the doctor added.
Now I am on Mono therepy of Becalutamide 50 mg once a day.
No other complications by the gace of GOD, hay, healthy and agile as usual.
Prof. Subhash
Dear sir
thank you for your informational response.
iI would like to share some more experience of archierectomy as a patient, because it may help you as you are a medical reviewer.
It is not a cure; nor it is not an antidote for proatrate cancer (PC). but it will axtinguish the supply of testerosone a harmone which is a prey for this cancer,
It is cheap and once for all it reduces this supply ; more oever there is no danger to the patientif he is a bit aged .It is cheap as well. side effects are there but they are easily bearable better then the chemo sufferings which have many side effects of permanent nature,
it reduces many chores of visiting doctors and hospitals several times savig time and money for travel and other things.
i strongly advise aged patients to opt for this operation,as many hassles can be avoided,
Prof. SubhashHi
. I do need to stress that we are not medical professionals, although I do have a background as a researcher and spend a lot of time reading up on PCa.
Thank you for your willingness to share information. If you want to potentially reach more people you may want to write in our Stories section (https://prostatecancer.net/stories) or a new Forum post on the topic (https://prostatecancer.net/forums). This way if people search on the site they will be more likely to find the information. Best, Richard (Team Member)
After a DRE and steadily rising, but still < 5 PSA at age 60, my PCP suggested consulting a urologist. The urologist recommended a biopsy which was done. The shock was a routine email from the hospital saying I new lab results. So I logged in and opened it. It was the pathology report. All I saw were the first three words: "malignant carcinoma". Talk about shock sitting alone at your computer. The following week, I met with the urologist (and my wife on speakerphone), already knowing what the report said. The next step was an MRI-guided biopsy. After that the discussion of what to do. We decided on the radical prostatectomy. Thankfully the margins were clear and my PSA has remained "undetectable" for five years now.
Hi
. Wow, that is quite a way to find out about the diagnosis. Unfortunately, we hear more and more of this as things have become more technological. It seems that medical offices forget that the technology is supposed to make medical care better, not simply reduce their workload and make medicine less personal. So glad to hear things have gone well since then. Best, Richard (Team Member)
