Stories

Please note: This story is published as a three-part series. The author is @patrick-boland, a ProstateCancer.net community member. So I spent a few months carving out a decent set of...

Please note: This story is published as a three-part series. The author is @patrick-boland, a ProstateCancer.net community member. I was facing incredible pressure from all sides, and at that point...

Please note: This story is published as a three-part series. The author is @patrick-boland, a ProstateCancer.net community member. It started with a routine physical, "you've turned 50, time to do...

It was a Saturday evening in February, and our son took his nine-year-old daughter and his girlfriend up to Renton, WA, for three or four hours. We were chilling watching...

PSA had been going up for several years. PSA reached 10.5 in June 2019. Major life and diet changes made. Sept PSA 9.6, Dec PSA 8.8, March 2020 PSA 8.4...

60 years old. Diagnosed in 2017 with aggressive prostate cancer. PSA 13.5 , up 12 in one year. Prostate removed 1 month later and found it had spread to lymph...

I previously shared my story 13 Years and Counting here. I just wanted to give you an update. I got my PSA today and it is still 0.00 for 2...

I was finally at the threshold of retirement, working less and transitioning into my second act that was supposed to give me the time and freedom to travel, dabble in...

I have the prostate cancer stage 4, multi focal high grade Intraductal carcinoma. If someone has experience or any advice with this particular cancer please let me know. I would...

By CF, 2012 They say, good things come in threes. Something like that - Three’s a lucky number! The first time it came to call. I thought Well, at least...

I am a 63 year old man and have no family history of cancer; so I was one of the people who say, wow that's bad, I'll pray for you...

Feeling down! A year ago had robotic surgery for stage 4 prostate cancer and after 1 year my PSA is at .02. Original PSA was .7 (4+3 I believe) and...

This story was submitted by a community member and reposted here with his permission. I reside in New England; I am in my mid 70's, and in mid October, 2017...

I've been battling this prostate cancer for 6-1/2 years now. I'm basically on my own. I have no family here in Michigan. It gets really hard and sad. I have...

I was 52, it was 2014, stage four, metastatic to lungs, GL 8 with no good prognosis. I realized quickly on that I could not deal with chemical castration. So...

I knew my family history of prostate cancer. This past April 2019 my oldest brother was on his death bed from lung cancer. Ron was and still is the Shepard...

Hi, my name is Tim, moved down to Florida 4 years ago. When up in Connecticut, my PSA numbers were always very high 20/24, but they never told me I...

I had a PSA done in 2010 and it was a 4.7 - looking back, it was probably PCa back then. Fast forward to 10/13/2014, the day after the Long...

Over the last few years I noticed my urine flow become increasingly slower, more urgent while feeling complete fullness in my bladder. In the past year my PSA level kept...

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer 3 years ago. Just the announcement of this was sobering. Here I am a single dad raising 3 girls and on top of handling...