The medical bureaucracy enrages and tires meI’m about to walk over to a radiology facility to pick up the pathology reports from scans I had a week ago...reactionscomments
Another month of not knowing...Well, here we are some more, knew the cancer is there with Gleason scores of 7-10 on biopsies in April. So first...reactions1comment
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...reactions1comment
The final challengeWhat is NEPC? NEPC is a small cell of prostate cancer. A different type from “normal” adenocarcinoma prostate cancer. It is more...reactionscomments
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions3comments
Didn’t believe itLots of significant cancer in my immediate family: colon, and breast. Never expected prostate cancer - had heard little about it. Actually...reactions1comment
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.”...reactions1comment
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...reactions5comments
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...reactionscomments
Prostatic acinar adenocarcinomaAs usual my urologist asked me to undergo biopsy when my PSA increased to 29. Interesting thing is that this biopsy, PSA...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactionscomments
Cancer free ?Diagnosed in March of 2005. A da Vinci robotic surgery removed my prostate That month. My Gleason score was 4. A year...reactions3comments
Surprise...Prostate CancerHad a pain in my groin. Doc says get an ultrasound on testicles. That led me to a urologist. DRE was suspicious...reactions1comment
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...reactions4comments
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions4comments
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...reactionscomments
