FeaturedMultiparametric MRI for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis...If your urologist recommends that a prostate needle biopsy should be done, ask your urologist about first getting a multiparametric MRI (mpMRI). This MRI (mpMRI) is a special type of...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
High PSA, Three Negative Biopsies. Now what?...I'm 58, healthy. From July 2016 to today my PSA has gone from 6 to 14. Can't remember my 4K score from 2020, but it was high enough that he...Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesPSATips & Advice
Pain Management After Prostate Surgery...Just after my father went through his surgery, the next step was to manage his incision and to make sure that he successfully recovered from it. Doctors gave us a...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
FeaturedActive 5 days agoMisconceptions and Myths About Prostate Cancer ...We are focusing on bringing awareness to the misconceptions that people hold surrounding prostate cancer. Respond to one of the following prompts or all of them! 1. What misconceptions did...Reactions0reactionsComments40 replies
My Nightmare...It all started in 2012, routine yearly physical, blood work showed PSA 5.2, doc gave me an antibiotic for ten days, and then it was like a month later tested...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Epiphany: I Ain’t Gonna Die From Prostate Cancer...I was diagnosed at age 55 in March of 2008. It's now 2022, and I’m sneaking up on 70, as of my writing this. Still here! Over the course of...Reactions0reactionsComments14 comments
Power of Poustinia...A prostate cancer diagnosis along with related treatments can create significant stress. Exploring "poustinia" may be one way to clear the mind while considering and deciding on treatment options....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Low PSA...In 2015 I had a CAT scan that showed I had prostate cancer. At the time my PSA was 2.7. So i opted for radiation treatment. As time went by...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Is it suppose to take this long?...We have been waiting 3 months for a biopsy to find out if my husband has prostate cancer. This morning on our way out the door to the appointment they...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
constipation horror...on 23 July 2022 I was admitted to Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford for a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). This went well and I 'came to' in the adjacent ward...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Grief and Physical Pain...I used to work in a nursing home. It was filled with older residents, many of whom had served in World War II. On some workdays, the nursing home was...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
A Giant Syringe...A man that I know and admire greatly has decided that five years of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is enough and is taking a treatment break. Given that he was...Reactions0reactionsComments18 comments
Six Month Follow-Up, 14 Year Survivor...This check up is routine. PSA been rising again since 2018. Now .332 ng/ml. No big deal. Did a PSMA scan this year -- found zero. Should be happy-trying to...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesCopingAdvanced Prostate CancerAwareness
Laughter CAN Be the Best Medicine...Recently we celebrated my oldest daughter’s 46th birthday. It was a birthday we weren’t sure we would see since her diagnosis of breast cancer in late 2021. This year has...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
FeaturedIncontinence ...I had my prostate removed 1 year ago and am still incontinent. What are possible solutions?...Reactions0reactionsComments6 replies
FeaturedJust starting out, wish I wasn't here, but so far so good :)...Hi, just found this site, courtesy of my new urologist. 69 y.o., family history of PCa on both sides, so have been expecting this my whole adult life. Took what...Reactions0reactionsComments9 replies
FeaturedOdds of cancer spreading to the bones...Had my prostate removed with lympnodes and seminal vessels , LN no cancer, vessels, found cancer, before operation I was a 4+4. 8. After finding cancer in SV. Changed to...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Seeing Blue on ED Meds: Vision Issues and Other Possible Side Effects...It was not long after my prostatectomy that my urologist suggested I might want to consider going on a protocol of Viagra, apparently one of the many phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5)...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
The Heartbreak of Prostate Cancer...Diane talks to a woman who lost her husband to prostate cancer. The woman shares the warning signs her husband experienced and how she tried to push him to get...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
Roulette of Pain...As I tell my wife very often, the only thing I seem to know is that I am going to bed with pain and I am waking up the next...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
