Stories

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...

Found out last week that I have prostate cancer, waiting now for results to see if it has spread. My Gleason score is a 9 out of 10, but my...

December 2018 I was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer metastasis in bones and lymph nodes I went to my primary doctor for my annual physical no idea my PSA...

In the 68 years I have been alive, no one has ever checked my PSA. Finally, a urologist that I have been going to for 10 years did one. Results...

I had prostate cancer. OK so I probably still do but it’s on its way out. Let’s back up to early 2018. During a routine checkup my doctor noticed my...

Stage 4, diagnosed May, 2018. One year on Zytiga and Lupron took PSA from 1230 to .32. The best advice I could offer is keep a positive attitude...

I am on my final week of proton therapy for prostate cancer and have had no side effects. Several others have just completed their treatment and they also have had...

My Dad had stage 4 prostate cancer at about 58. I have been getting regular exams since I turned 50 and at 58 I too was diagnosed but with stage...

Latest update 1/29/19 For me, it has taken a team of amazing doctors, each with different specialties. Primary Physician (Internal Medicine) who detected my elevated PSA at 141, then to...

I'm 69 years old and my PSA is 6.9. My 4k score is 46% Gleason score is 7. If I have a BIOPSY is there anything to do to bring...

Having been going to a urologist for over 10 years, he asked when my last PSA was. I said, in the 68 years I have been on this earth, I...