FeaturedPSA jump 5 points in 90 days...Start up my journey October 2019. Failed Prostate removal in February 2020. Harmon shot March 2020 .Radiation breaking therapy June of 2020. November 2020 PSA bottom out .0.PSA levels may...reactionsreplies
FeaturedWhat's Recovery Really Like For Prostatectomy? < 60 yr old and fit, Retzius Sparing Robotic Surgery...In a month I've got a Retzius Sparing Robotic Prostatectomy with Lymph Node Dissection coming up. I'm 53, lift weights and bike a lot and am in great physical shape...reactions8replies
FeaturedMistakes...How much can your psa rise in three months? New to this forum , please forgive my bluntness....reactionsreplies
Cancer Says Hello Again....Not me this time, but my daughter with pretty serious breast cancer. She is going full speed. Breast removal, chemo, port, hair falling out-more surgery and maybe radiation in a...reactions8repliesAwarenessCaregivingFriends & Family
HOSPITAL-ITY...Growing up hospitals were always scary to me. I’ve always seen them as a building that was dark, dreary, cold, and smelly. You see, I looked at hospitals like a...reactions1comment
FeaturedNo longer a newbie, but with an even more urgent question...I was recently asking Richard Faust, the administrator of this website, about multiparametric MRI-guided biopsies and in his answer he linked me to this article about it from the Cleveland...reactions9replies
FeaturedPSA continues to rise...I had a prostectomy in 2014, radiation in 2016 because of an increase in psa. In the last 2 years my psa has been increasing again, my doctor ordered a...reactions9repliesSurgerySide EffectsTreatment
Praise Reports...One major aid in my treatment plan, I must confess, was discovered completely by accident. This particular habit started innocently enough. A great many of my family, friends, neighbors, colleagues...reactions3comments
FeaturedSurgery or Radiation therapy treatment...Hi, colleagues! Let me explain shortly my story: I am 65 years old. During the last 20 years I have the prostate adenoma which slowly increased in size ever Year...reactions4replies
FeaturedJust diagnosed update ...Hi just an update on my husband's journey...he is having his prostate biopsies on Friday 29th. APRIL as consultant phoned yesterday and he also said that we would get ct...reactions3repliesNewly Diagnosed
FeaturedMedicare declined PSMA test bill...I had the PSMA test last January 4 at Genesis Cancer Care in Jacksonville, FLA. At my first contact with them, I asked to be sure that Medicare was going...reactionsreplies
My real problem...My real problem is my incontinence. I had my robotic surgery 5 months ago and I don't have any amelioration,I am still incontinent. The surgeon make a mistake he use...reactions10comments
Post Operation...The operation of my partner went well, he went at 6 am, and by 11 am the doctor called that it was done and was satisfied with what he saw...reactions2comments
Not The Same Old Man...I found out at the latter end of 2021 that I have prostate cancer and it's aggressive. Wow! Hearing that changed my life in a way that's humbled me in...reactionscomments
FeaturedA question about the IsoPSA test...Hi! I have an appointment with my urologist tomorrow, and I badly need to know if the IsoPSA test is available in New York City. From what I've read, it's...reactionsreplies
Dodging Cancer...Finally, the side effects are starting to fade away. It had been 18 months since my last hormone therapy shot and the hot flashes have almost completely disappeared. Body hair...reactions2comments
1 round of antibiotics - PSA fell from 8.7 to 6.4...Hi guys I had a routine medical which showed a PSA of 8.7. I went to see a urologist, who gave me the "standard" treatment - take a round of...reactions15replies
51 years old starting my journey...I had a physical in October and my PSA reading was 25 and was referred to a urologist. I had another PSA reading 2 months later and it was up...reactions9replies
Whose Loin is it Anyway? Improv and Prostate Cancer Part 2...As mentioned last time, my six rules of improvisational acting and living are The second rule, “Listen,” makes the other five possible. Maybe it should be the first rule, because...reactions1comment
FeaturedSalvage Radiation and AUS...My uro has suggested either a sling or an AUS (artificial urinary sphincter) to help with my incontinence. I waver back and forth but before making a decision I wonder...reactions3repliesIncontinenceSide Effects
