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Bike Riding with Prostate Cancer

I have a question about bike riding and what might happen to my PSA scores because of it. Before my diagnosis I was always told to refrain from bike riding...

Cabazitaxel (Jevtana) and Carbo (Carboplatin)

I get them together every 3 weeks. All that happens is that I sleep for four hours after. They drove my PSA from 14 to 0.08 Love you all...

Chronic Radiation Proctitis

I had stereotactic radiation treatment after my Gleason score rose from 6 on diagnosis to 3+4 after 2 years. My PSA at the start of treatment was 4.2. The treatment...

I am in remission but the urinary and bowel are intense!

I am still on Bicalutimide after radiation and brachytherapy along with Lupron infusions. After I had the initial radiation I began to have burning when I went to the John...

Among the awful side effects of PCa…

…the worst is total impotence. I’m an old man, so nature may have taken its course, even without the PCa, but I’m told normal testosterone starts at 140. Mine is...

Patience, new activities

Get hot flashes, tire easily, muscle weakness. Taking XTANDI daily and LUPRON shot quarterly. Still sleeping all night. Brain seems a little hazy in the morning but clears up after...

The Aggressiveness Factor

After robot-assisted radical prostate surgery three years ago, my pathology report contained good news: clean margins, no lymph node involvement (pT2N0). But there was bad news: primary tumor was Gleason...

Prostate cancer diagnosis

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer after a biopsy when my PSA got to 10. I had previously done MRIs of the prostate four years in a row but they...

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Quality of life

So how do you decide which takes precedence…..your own quality of life or the quality of life of your caretaker and family? I’m not dying ( yet) but I do...

After prostate surgery, how to replace pleasure of prostate stimulate?

In my mid-20s I discovered that prostate "massage" produced awesome orgasm. But after prostatectomy in mid-70s that's no longer possible. Anal stimulation still produces some pleasure, but not near enough...

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