Stories

Prostate Cancer is not my first rodeo. The median survival for that cancer was 3.5 years at the time for someone who was stage 3 like I was. Dealing with...

This story may not get published, but someone will have to read it. This surgery was life-changing for me. I had it on 3/1/2018. I have had surgeries and salvage...

Hi, I am 63 yrs old I was diagnosed with a BPH prostrate 5 yrs ago with a PSA level 7.5 to 8. My urologist doctor told me to have...

I was first diagnosed 2013 Gleason score 4+3=7. I had MRI to substantiate the findings. I was sent to an oncologist, he suggested the watch and wait approach. I was...

I went to my urologist for my scheduled 6-month Lupron shot. Was feeling kind of good because I thought this was my next to last shot. That would make 3...

I’m a 2-time survivor. In 2006, I was 56 years old. I had an annual physical and discovered I had Prostate cancer. The Gleason score was 7. I was in...

My PSA went from 1.3 in September 2018 to 4.51 in January 2020. An MRI found 2 lesions PIRADS 3 and 4. A needle biopsy on 2/24, found 12 cores...

I have prostate cancer, and I have been trying to get treatment for over a year. I've had two hospital stays - one for unsterile instruments and a blood infection...

I am one of the unusual cases of high PSA but so far no cancer. I have had two biopsies the last few years and my last PSA was 70...

After 5 weeks of external beam and brachytherapy, urination was like torture. No one warned me this could happen. Now I am told it will get better. Well, I am...

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...