How many patients get a diagnosis without an explanation of what lies ahead?Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesTips & AdviceDiagnosisSupportive Care
Was your prostate cancer diagnosis delayed? Sometimes a diagnosis comes later; misdiagnosis happens, tests are put off, or poor guidance is given. Whatever the cause, sometimes it feels like diagnosis should have come earlier. Were you...Reactions0reactionsComments21 repliesAwarenessDiagnosisTips & Advice
How have your friendships changed? The prostate cancer journey can have an impact on many of our personal relationships. Have your friendships changed since your diagnosis?...Reactions0reactionsComments10 repliesAwarenessFriends & FamilyTips & Advice
Diagnosed in October, PSA 97, Gleason 4+3/7I just found this site this week so I guess I'm already 6 months behind. :) I'm 66, healthy and active and in October I learned my PSA rocketed up...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTreatmentTips & AdviceDiagnosis
How did you feel making a treatment decision? There are many options for treating prostate cancer. There are just as many, if not more, emotions associated with our treatment decisions. Tell us: What treatment did you decide on?...Reactions0reactionsComments18 repliesAwarenessTreatmentTips & Advice
Gleason 6 treatmentHi, I had a biopsy and it came back with Gleason 6 (3+3). The urologist first told me it was extremely important that I have a biopsy done every 12...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTips & AdviceTreatment
How long did you have the urine dripping after your surgery?Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTips & Advice
Has everyone here had a TRUS Biopsy ?My father recently had elevated psa at 18 and the doctor advised MRI and trus biopsy my question is , if MRI shows something is the biopsy still necessary because...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosisAwarenessTips & Advice
55 and looking for some insightI was diagnosed two years ago. Have been doing active surveillance since. 3 biopsy’s -1 MRI—multiple Psa tests Latest biopsy revealed 3 areas of concern one (3-3) and 2 (3-4)...Reactions0reactionsComments30 repliesDiagnosisTips & Advice
Androgen therapy may not be needed for intermediate prostate canceri did a check of research papers on pubmed and quickly found several studies with large numbers of patients followed and saw two startling conclusions. 1. there is no consensus...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesTips & AdviceTreatmentHormone Therapy