Focus on the Positives...A friend who I respect and also has stage 4 prostate cancer challenged me regarding my article about living a very different life with this stage cancer, saying that he...reactions4comments
Radiation or not?...Contemplating Not to have radiation for my Prostate Cancer. Looking for info from those who have had radiation for prostate cancer and what they experienced after. Was it worth it?...reactions5repliesNewly Diagnosed
Mr. Mac...I'm recently supposedly diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Gleason 7,8,9. Projecting treatment with hormone therapy & radiation. Not sure I'm comfortable with the speed of things & treatment. Anyone have...reactions10comments
15 Years in. New treatment seems promising....I wrote my story some years ago here: https://prostatecancer.net/forums/reoccurrence-treatment-11-years-in-my-story Since then I faithfully tracked and plotted my monthly PSA tests as I took Casodex month on/month off. My quality of...reactions5comments
Six months after Brachytherapy family dog cancer....66 year old male. My recovery has gone well since this procedure with my numbers being less than half of what they were. I live alone and had a 4...reactions3repliesSide Effects
Surgery or not...58 years old. Had my annual checkup and PSA was a 10.3, 6 weeks later it was a 9.7. a month later it was 13.7. I had an MRI, and...reactions4repliesSurgeryAdvanced Prostate Cancer
Cancer prostate radiation caused a hematoma/tumor on prostate ...Been diagnosed having prostate cancer since 1992 when my PSA was 4. In a short few years it went up to 7.4, 9.6, 16.2, 21, back to 16 and later...reactionsrepliesAdvanced Prostate Cancer
Exercise before surgery helped me with incontinence....After removing my catheter one week after surgery I have had zero incontinence. I considered myself lucky but then thought of another theory that could help someone going into the...reactions1reply
Interview: Speaking Up and Forming a New Bond After Prostate Cancer...Following a prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, men often view themselves differently. The following is Dennis's interview with his fiancé, Lynda. In this interview, she openly discusses her late husband’s...reactions7comments
Erection...I have not had an erection in 2 years. I have tried everything and it doesn't work. What do I do? Thanks, DAN...reactions1reply
Biochemical recurrence...Had rad prostatectomy in 2004, had biochemical recurrence in 2017 that was overlooked by my doctors until 2021 at which time I was diagnosed with advanced metastatic prostate cancer with...reactions2comments
NePtune Trial and Surgery questions...Some background - last month (Dec 2024) I was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9 . I am BRCA2 positive which puts me in a...reactionsrepliesAdvanced Prostate CancerHormone TherapyTreatment
What topics do you want to see more of on ProstateCancer.net? ...Over the years we have covered most of the topics that our community has asked for. However, there's always more room for growth and we want to know what topics...reactions5replies
The Day of HIFU...It was 3:00 Monday morning when my alarm went off, and the day that I had been dreading for three years was starting. My arrival time at the hospital was...reactions4comments
What’s next?...So after only three treatments of Docetacil my oncologist canceled the remaining seven and switching me to Pluvicto. Scans showed new cancer lesions on bladder and liver. What is your...reactions1replyAdvanced Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer...My PSA used to rise & fall during nine year of radical prostatectomy. Now after nine years of radical prostatectomy my PSA has reached from 0.01 to 0.95. Average PSA...reactions1replyAdvanced Prostate Cancer
Prostate removal...Has anyone ever experienced an enlarged testicle a few years after having your prostate removed?...reactionsreplies
What one lesson did you learn today?...We all face many challenges with prostate cancer at every stage. Sometimes something just hits us and we say WOW that was a lesson for sure. What was yours today?...reactionsrepliesCoping
