Is a Prostate Biopsy Painful?...One procedure that helps diagnose prostate cancer is a biopsy. In a prostate biopsy, a doctor takes tissue from the prostate gland to study under a microscope. They remove the...Reactions0reactionsComments13 comments
Defiance in the Face of Cancer...I felt like a fraud! I was sitting in the cancer treatment center having my 12 weekly infusions of Zometa, that helps stop my bones disintegrating after seven years of...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
How often should one have a biopsy performed?...I'm currently on Active Surveillance with a low PSA & Gleeson of 3 + 3. My 1st biopsy was approx. one year ago. When should I have a 2nd one...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Can someone explain why treating Gleason 4+3 is a good idea when MSK's calculator shows low risk of death...I got my biopsy results and am Gleason 4+3 without spread but in both sides of prostate. The doctor recommends treatment. Memorial Sloane Kettering's life expectancy calculator, however, shows that...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Prostate question ...Ok I’ve been diagnosed with Prostatitus I feel it throughout the day however when I lay down it completely goes away after approx 45 minutes. Can anyone explain this...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Incontinence, Pads & Underwear...Hi, I had a radical prostatectomy about 3 weeks ago. I'm leaking some urine when I cough, sneeze and sometimes while standing up. Not major. I'm currently wearing Depends with...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
HDR Brackytherapy ...Hi All, Gleason 7, PSA 8.9, tumour contained with the prostate. Opted for HDR bracky as a mono treatment. Two ops preformed 1 week apart in June/july23. My PSA dropped...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesAwarenessTreatment
High PSA...My PSA was 3.8 in March of 2023. At my PCP on March 15, 2024 it was 5.5. Tested at urologist on March 25 it was 7.94 was retested yesterday...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
ADT & Osteoporosis...I am 66 and my biopsy came back + with a gleason 8. There was blood in my urine sample so urologist sent me for a cystoscopy to check my...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
PSA Testing – Saving Me Again and Again ...It is important to understand that there are men diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer readings (like mine at a Gleason 9) who can still have PSA levels in the so-called normal...Reactions0reactionsComments18 comments
Lessons Learned From My Husband's Cancer That Helped Me Navigate My Own...As we go through life, there are lessons for us at every junction, every turn, every corner. We learn from teachers, we learn from friends, we learn from experiences and...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
PSA up after 16 years...2008, prostate removed, follow with Radiation, now 16 years later number is high enough for doctor to order PET scan But??? Came back with no cancer? Why..number at 2.1...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
optional treatment...I am have been with prostate cancer for 3 + years. Have been on lupron for first 2 years and it kept the cancer in check. My oncologist took me...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Prostate cancer treatment?...I am 70. Diagnosed with a 4+3 score. A PET scan showed it had not spread out of the prostate. I am on hormone therapy and am due to start...Reactions0reactionsComments10 replies
Issue during biopsy...I've recently had a targeted transperineal prostate biopsy. When the first sample was taken I jumped at the noise - it was a significant jump. How typical is this and...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
PSA jump...My PSA number has been jumping around. 1.9 in August to 4.0 in December then 2.2 in January. 3.4 in February then it went from 3.4 to 6.9 in 21...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
The Will to Live...I have been a patient with advanced prostate cancer for more than 12 years. How people with cancer manage to live their lives despite their illness has always fascinated me...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
HIFU ...HIFU HIGH INTENSE FOCUSED ULTRASOUND is now paid by Medicare. Many of the lager hospitals are now doing it. LVHN Lehigh valley hospital network is now doing high school You...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
COLOGUARD results 9 months after proton beam therapy...I was due for my 10 year colonoscopy. The Dr told me not to do it within 2 years of proton therapy. So I did thr Cologuard. It came back...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
I'm absolutely terrified....Had an enlarged prostate for years. PSA went from 2 to 6 in a year. The urologist sent me for a 4k. 4k was 59 (so there was a 59%...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
