Post prostate removalI'm soon to be 64 years old. Two weeks ago had my prostate removed. Due to complications in surgery (my lower bowel was nicked) I was a little longer in...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Two years later.2019..June..PSA 5.5..DRE 2019..Aug..Urologist Appointment..DRE 2019..Oct..Prostate Biopsy..which ,apart from scientific/Gleason 3+3 and 4+3, gave me UTI which lasted for 6 weeks of savage pain. Various MRI and forms of investigation followed...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Happy 60th birthdayMy second PSA test for prostate cancer on my sixtieth birthday. “I’m sorry I have bad news” you have aggressive cancer and it’s outside the prostate. I’ve been a paramedic...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The final challengeWhat is NEPC? NEPC is a small cell of prostate cancer. A different type from “normal” adenocarcinoma prostate cancer. It is more lethal. Where does NEPC come from? Under survival...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
keep it to yourselfI was too embarrassed to disclose this to anyone for a while. I did tell my girlfriend and she thought my not believing in God, that this was my punishment...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
YOU HAVE STAGE 4, PROSTATE CANCERPrior to meeting my Medical Oncologist, my wife and I met with the PA. After the pleasantries, she says: "Sorry that you have Stage 4 Prostate Cancer. My wife and...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Didn’t believe itLots of significant cancer in my immediate family: colon, and breast. Never expected prostate cancer - had heard little about it. Actually didn’t believe when I got first results: PSA...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Nothing is the same as it was, but there are positives.Living with ADT-modulated prostate cancer has changed virtually every aspect of my life, but with time it has become the new “normal.” Making love to my wife was often normal...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Saved My Life From Lung CancerI was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in February 2020. If Covid wasn't enough to worry about! It was determined that my disease was aggressive with a Gleason score of 9...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
I knew it was going to happen!My father had prostate cancer (late in life). My older brother was diagnosed at age 52, had a radical prostatectomy, and has been healthy at age 80. He has four...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Prostatic acinar adenocarcinomaAs usual my urologist asked me to undergo biopsy when my PSA increased to 29. Interesting thing is that this biopsy, PSA, etc were new words for me. Three days...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Very scary but I found a great doctor and now am curedI was in my mid-50s when I got the diagnosis. I failed an insurance physical because of having a PSA of 4.4. Not really high but over the normal level...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Cancer free ?Diagnosed in March of 2005. A da Vinci robotic surgery removed my prostate That month. My Gleason score was 4. A year later, I received 28 IMRT radiation treatments. Save...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Surprise...Prostate CancerHad a pain in my groin. Doc says get an ultrasound on testicles. That led me to a urologist. DRE was suspicious even though my PSA had little change and...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
A LIFE SAVED BY HAVING ANNUAL PSA SCREENINGSAfter having a continuous rise in my PSA level in 2018, my urologist recommended that I get a prostate health index blood test. The results indicated that I had a...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
short story longFeb 2022 PSA at 10.6 from 4.75 Oct 2020. Also, BPH problems so before doing a procedure on BPH. Had a mpm prostate (mri) 3/18/22 and found pirad 5 lesions...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Communication with R. ONCOLOGISTI was dismissed as a patient when I said that I felt that my Radiation Oncologist in Dublin "destroyed old men. By taking them off the street, fry their organs...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
I've been BlessedI have terminal prostate cancer, but I would like to share with you how my emotional relationship with cancer has progressed. Phase 1. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Acceptance is...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
RadiationAug 2021 psa 3.5, had MRI oct4 it showed a mass had 12 core biopsy 11/8 1 core was cancer 3+4. Did 20 radiation ebrt/imrt just got done on 5/13...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
PSA and MeA few years ago I asked my primary care physician if my regular testing included the PSA. He said that recent literature said that PSA testing had fallen out of...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments