We sure could use a little good news today... It's a simple blood test!...Anne Murray once recorded a song titled "A Little Good News." "We sure could use a little good news today..." I got my good news this morning when my latest...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Prostatectomy 2013, Biochemical Recurrence (BCR) 2023...Initial diagnosis late 2012, biopsy showed 8 or 9 samples positive, Gleason 7. Radical prostatectomy Jan 2013. 8.5 years PSA undetectable (<0.01). In the "old days" I'd have to go...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Seriously Discouraged...Following robotic prostate removal, recovery has been disappointing if not devastating, to say the least in several regards with no improvement in 2 1/2 years. Even given the alternative, I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Afraid of the unknown...I was diagnosed in 2016 with prostate cancer and a Gleason score of 6. My doctor decided to do the active surveillance and now I'm stage 3 prostate cancer. I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Hopefull...In March 2014 I was diagnosed with stage IV Prostate cancer. I chose to go to a major medical facility for treatment after our local Oncologist offered a pessimistic view...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
William Clyne...I have learned to hate the people who steered me into castration. My GP told me nothing except push me to a Urologist. A Urologist who never mentioned that what...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Early detection...All men should have a PSA test once a year after they turn 50. My PSA test was very good a lot until I turned 74. That’s when my PSA...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Stage 7 diagnosis...Three years ago on Christmas Eve afternoon, I had 14 samples taken from my prostate. The morning after Christmas I was called to my urologist's office to be told I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Watching for Prostate Cancer Recurrence After Surgery...Some of you know about my father’s prostate cancer journey and how we have dealt with it for 18 years now. To those who have been with me during his...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
FeaturedCaring for someone after surgery ...Hi, My dad is 71 and undoing a radical prostatectomy at the end of the month. He currently lives alone in the middle of nowhere about and hour away from...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCaregiving
FeaturedJust need to talk to anyone in the same.place...Hi, I have stage 4 menostatic prostrate cancer. I just want to talk to anyone....Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Cancer pain...I have been on Orgovyx for the past year and a half constantly dealing with hot flashes pains, in my neck and especially my bilateral lower extremities, especially at night...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Biopsy...As some have stated, "this won't be a problem". Well after a very loud scream and almost passing out. I had 4 nurses in the room keeping me from falling...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Stopped intimacy at 49...I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. Biopsy revealed it was contained in the prostate. Doctors told me the minimal risk of nerve damage from a radical prostatectomy. Had...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My father...I inherited about 5000 dollars from my father... and prostate cancer. There can be no anger and hatred as strong as that which I feel for the idiot who created...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
An update from 2020 story, Still upright with...A recap of my saga, In 2010 a PSA came back at 4.7, which was probably PCa, and I did not follow up on it until October 2014. It was...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Reactions to a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis, and the Heroes Who Helped Us Through it...Very few pieces of news hit harder than finding out you have cancer. Fear and anxiety are quick to set in. But so, too, are thoughts of friends and loved...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Trying to Dodge (But Also Deal With) Health Issues and Aging...Thirty years ago (can it really be that long?) I was working at ABC News and was a frequent visitor to Sarajevo during the Bosnian conflict. You may recall all...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
FeaturedAcute Urinary Retention and HoLEP...Hi, Had Biopsy last week. Peed immediately....but then developed AUR (Acute Urinary Retention). So, Off to Emergency 10 hours later for a catheter. 3 days later, cath removed....peed great for...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Alfred Samuels...In 2012, Alfred Samuels' life was drastically changed by an untimely diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer. For over eleven years, he has lived with the disease and advocated for those...
