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... By CommunityMember3381 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 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... By CommunityMember3291 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 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... By Vikraman pillai1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 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... By Radioman2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 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... By CommunityMember791 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 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... By Hotrodlarry1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 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... By CommunityMember1231 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 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... By mtnpop1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 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... By Duster1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 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... By TomMaloney1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 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... By Mikewine991 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 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... By CommunityMember1441 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
MikeI serve on the USS Intrepid cvs11. From 1966-to 69 Stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam. I was exposed to Agent Orange and end up with Prostate cancer. Many... By donuts19451 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
My experience with PSAAt the age of 60 In January 2006 I turned in a "high PSA" of 4.7. I chose to follow the path of regular monitoring. Over the next 6 years... By frb11 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Hard JourneyMy husband was really good about having his DRE and PSA every year early on because his father had died of prostate cancer. In 2009 his PSA started to rise... By lcrane52701 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Eating Healthy and good supplements keeping PSA dosnAt age 83, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I've been on Dutasteride for years and my PSA was at 4.2 (Doctors double the count because of medication, so, theoretically... By JerryG1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
PSA, MRI, Radiation (SBRT)I had my PSA taken every year since I was 48. My numbers started out around 2.0…gradually my number went up to 3.4 in 2019. Somehow my PSA was missed... By Bbmistah1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Sex is nothing but a memoryThe surgeon told me I would recover my ability to get erections and orgasm and the severe incontinence would disappear in a matter of months. Four years later after trying... By danny1151 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Voyage to hellI was found to have PSA5 .5 in the Summer of 2019. Referred to Urologist. Referred by him to hospital for Biopsy of Prostate. Frightening episode, no pre-OP sanitation precautions... By Duster1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Gifts of Prostate Cancer1. I experienced and continue to experience a flood of love and good wishes from family, friends, and colleagues. 2. I returned to therapy, and I deepened my self-understanding. 3... By Climbing Forever1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments