PROSTRATE REMOVED PSA GROWING...PROSTRATE REMOVED 13 YEARS AGO. PSA READINGS STARTING TO INCREASE. LATEST .32 PSA. WILL BE GOING FOR BONE SCAN AND PET SCAN. I'M CONCERN ON RADIATION TREATMENTS. HISTORY I HAD...reactions5replies
Mourning and Remembering Life Before Cancer...A cancer diagnosis is life-changing. It’s bad enough when it’s a curable cancer, but so much worse when it’s incurable and the reality of a premature death hits you. Then...reactions2comments
Success Stories with Prostate Cancer ...Prostate cancer is not an easy journey; it's a path of challenge, perseverance, trials, and resilience. This is a space to share those things that went well in your prostate...reactions17repliesAwarenessCopingSurvivorship
Featuredbiopsy result...Hello, just joined this group today. Biopsy result shows 3 tumors, two are 3x3, and one is 3x4 for a total gleason score of 7. The report also says that...reactionsrepliesDiagnosisTips & Advice
Prostrate Cancer...Can anyone please tell me how prostrate cancer kills its carrier??? And what are the qualities of life that are affected at the end???...reactions2replies
FeaturedNewly diagnosed ...A couple months ago after a complete physical, my family doctor urged me to see a urologist as my PSA was around 17.. she said that number was alarming…. Had...reactions4replies
11-Year+ Survivor of Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer...It is my privilege to share my story as a survivor of advanced prostate cancer. I am Alfred Samuels, a 65-year-old British-born Black man. Gainfully employed in the security industry...reactions12comments
FeaturedSurgery or radiation ...I’m a 57 year old male diagnosed with prostrate cancer Nov. of 2022. My PSA is 6.2 and my Gleason is 3+ 4. I’ve been having major problems urinating and...reactions40repliesTips & AdviceNewly DiagnosedTreatment
FeaturedStage 4 prostate cancer...Greetings, A little background: I'm a 68 yr old married gay man with a strong homophobic Mormon background. 12 years ago today (5/5/2023) I met my soulmate and my life...reactions3replies
FeaturedLupron, what do you think....Talking to my oncologist / radiologist doctor s my PSA has risen slightly. Love my doctor. She's a hell of a doctor and very smart. I tlod her I really...reactions4replies
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...reactions3comments
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions4comments
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...reactions2repliesCaregiving
