Forum: Prostate Cancer Forum

If prostate specific antogen has two possible sources... 1) prostate cancer cells Or 2) the prostate itself then, does it follow that a...

Yes, I was told yesterday my PSA was 18.7. (Sorry, title saying 17.8 is wrong...transposed). My last test was 12 months ago and it was normal 2.1....

Hello again everyone, My Dad has just completed week 5 of radiotherapy for gleason 8 prostate cancer. Before this he was on HT injections for over a...

I had my biopsy a week ago. Came back positive 3- 7's & 1-8. Go in for my CT scan tomorrow, bone scan Thur. Will see the Dr. this Tue. to discuss...

So. It's been 3 weeks since my surgery, and a week since I had the catheter removed. Yay! Right now I have ZERO bladder control. I was expecting...

Just finished 44 days of IGRT. Now the three month wait to see if worked. Hardest part of the treatments was having to drive 50 miles a day. Do have...

I would like some opinions. Husband has chosen Davinci Rad Prostatectomy. I agree with this, but keep reading news articles about overtesting and...

PSA 25-27 My Gleason score has been reduced to 7 from 9 out of 10. Very good. Bad is seminal vesicles heavily involved. Update 16 May. Choline...

January 7th I got the results from the biopsy 3 out of 12 cores with 5% or less with a GS of 6 and a PSA of 1.9 | Nearly 3 years ago I started to...

Hi all. Found this forum by accident today, searching for help with my bladder issues, so I registered right away! From what I have read so far,...

I had a DaVinci prostatectomy in January, 2008 (5.5 years ago). The surgery was successful, and the pathology showed negative margins. ...

I am in the process of picking a surgeon to perform my robotic surgery for gleason 7, prostate contained cancer. I have talked to a surgeon at a...

Hi. My Dad was just diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. His Gleason score was a 7 and it is all in one prostate. The second one is fine. He...

Just wanted to thank all of you that have been helping me on this journey. I am so happy I found this website it has been a tremendous help to me...

First off, thank you for sharing your experiences! My dad has had prostrate issues cor many years. But in February was experiencing leg edema. His...

Catharsis. This is why I am posting this thread the cocktail of influences in my life and the destruction of my intimate life because of prostate...

I am 60 years old. At age 51 I had a PSA of 4.1, DRE was normal. Three years later it rose to 6.7 and the DRE was normal. At that time my Doctor...

Hi, I'm 53, just had a dre, my doc says it's enlarged, about the size of a lemon. PSA was 7.2 a year ago, he sent me to a urologist when it dropped...

Can someone tell me what TE1 means? I was looking at my husbands biopsy results and saw this after each diagnosis. His Robotics surgery is next...

Hey guys I am very sad to inform everyone that my father has just been diagnosed with "aggressive" prostate cancer:(. My family and I are so...

Warning and apology: this turned into a long post. Didn't know how to do it otherwise, wanted to explain my whole story. The thread by Skizman, on...

Just diagnosed...My doctor recommends surgery...I'm new at this and was wondering what kinds of things others have done at this point...I've had a...

Hello. My biopsy report has me a little confused. It's the Left Prostate report and sounds like it's about my colon??? Prostate, right side,...

I was just wondering. If you get one form of cancer does that make it more likely you will get other forms of cancer ? Haven't seen any stats on...

My doctors office called, path report came back. The cancer was confined within prostate capsule and none found in margins or lymph nodes. Gleason...

My most recent PSA Post RRP (surgery performed 12/11) shows an increase from .02 to .06 over a six-month period. I am 45 and was diagnosed...

Cath is out and no problems. Peeing good and minor incontinance so far. Now to finish the heeling Yay!!!!!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-08/genetic-tests-help-identify-aggressive-prostate-cancer.html New expensive tests to anallyze...

i have been told to get my diabetes under better control before i can have any radiotherapy treatment,i have been taking Zoladex for 3months but...

I am seeking additional input from those who have far more knowledge than I on what my PSA should be after 5 months with testosterone below 20. I...

I'm two weeks out of Di vinchi, one with cath out. Been feeling really good so i started to walk more and do so yard work. Yesterday a little more...

Greetings, I got the news from my urologist on Monday. This was my second biopsy in response to elevated PSA levels. I am about to turn 49 and my...

I having thought to much about prostate cancer until my PSA was high last Dec. I know (or think) they have come up with better ways to detect it but...

Hello again - I completed my first course of hormone therapy in mid-October 2011. This consisted of Suprefact injections every three months. My PSA...

Having choline P.E.T. scan Thursday 9th. Have spoken to surgeon and radio-oncologist - Plan is tentatively to have DaVinci, then radiation, and...

Any suggestions? My husband also has alzheimers! He is 69 with gleason 8. Already had renal cell carcinoma! Will the radiation effect the alz?

Just thought I'd see if anyone has any feedback on this one. After having my cath removed yesterday I went home just fine. On my first attempt to...

Can someone explain this pump thing to me in better detail. I've seen a few discuss it but not sure what it is or where to get it. I'm having surgery...

Hello. I am from the UK but I am currently in Florida for a few months. My husband had a prostatectomy 3 months ago in Scotland and his surgeon...

I had my prostate removed July 2007, and have/had constant urinary dribble (no control) ever since. Kegels and Bio feedback therapy didn't help, and...

I'm now on my 6th day after surgery and finding recovery slow. I had the open type and my incision is 25 staples and causes pain when going up or...

I did not catch it all but NBC news said there was new data about who and who should not have the PSA test. All I remember is the part about old...

Hi folks, my first post. I had a radical prostatectomy 6 weeks ago Thursday. I had the catheter in for two weeks then it was removed. I went home and...

Hi I am the wife of a 56 yr. old man that is going to have robotics surgery on May 24th as time gets closer he is getting very quiet I am really...

PROSTATE CANCER. 1st biopsy showed 0.5 Gleason 6 in right apex. Went to Sloan Kettering. Got MRI which shows suspicious area left apex. Got 14...

I am here in LA and preparing for my surgery on Tuesday. I had my appointments on Friday and met my surgeon, Dr. Finley who briefed me on the...

I'm a 24 year old male, and I had been to 2 different gastroenterologist recently because of some 'discomfort' I've been having for the past 6-7...

My Dad is two rounds into chemotherapy after hormone therapy and radiation proved to lose their effectiveness. PSA levels have ranged from within the...

My psa last dec was 5.9 up from 2.2 a year ago. Saw the doc and had the finger test which he felt something so decided to do a biopsy. All 12 samples...

Hi guys, did not want to return to this forum - even though everyone seems absolutely wonderful and incredibly helpful. Makes me nervious going on...