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You're very welcome. I should tell you that as you learn more about PCa, you always have question marks floating around (they just attach themselves...

@DjinTonic Thank you very much for your very clear explanation. Even after reading several books on PC, there were a lot of question marks...

Thanks DJIN, I have told my best friend to join the forum and post tomorrow as there are more people qualified to advise that me. I have comforted...

Thanks I will research the TULSA. I'm originally from Bartlesville OK just near Tulsa, it must be a sign right? 😀

Duck2, I need to update my signature. The 7.21 psa was a result--presumably--of the biopsy. It was retested in June I think and was back down to...

Thank You Doug for asking. I appreciate it very much. 1 small polyp, no cancer. So relieved. First bowel movement post colonoscopy, excellent. A day...

Hi Sammy! Just to be clear, there are five Gleason Grades or patterns. Grades 1 and 2 are abnormal cells, but not cancer, so we are concerned with...

Hey bigal. Sorry about your friend! It's good he has a self-made expert handy to guide him through his journey! How old is he? What was his...

I really understand where you are. I finished two years on ADT 6 weeks ago, and there's no doubt of the side effects. The plus has been having an...

You do need treatment, and because of your age most would recommend surgery. You can have radiation if the surgery doesn't do the trick, but it's...

My BPH (which required medication for symptom relief) and rising, fluctuating PSA led to many (negative) biopsies over the years. In 2013, because...

I believe you might be a candidate now. Surgery will solve the BPH issue. The big PSA jump may be a warning. If your cancer progresses, a very...

Proton therapy is radiation, and basically radiation cooks the patient's prostate. Do medications like Proscar or Flomax work on a well done...

Gary, You are quick to make pronouncements, but you should know by now that I never make statements without documentation. Please read: ...

I would sure like to read those studies. Non surgical failed primary RT treatments are far from proven, have no long term result evaluations, and...

First of all, secondary cancers from RT are much less of an issue now than 25 years ago. I think I have seen studies showing about a 3 percent...

My doc said he was starting me one Bicalutamide (Casodex) and Lupron. I've read on this forum that Lupron can cause an initial spike in testosterone...

Would it be completely premature for me to be worrying about all this? :D

On the other hand, with your radiotherapy, you'll be getting a fair amount of rads, and the seemingly unnecessary scans at this point will just...

Climacturia could cause Chuck's girlfriend, and my wife, to go on diets! :cry:

Thank you Doug for the information, that does help so much. What you describe is exactly how my husband is feeling the only difference for him isn't...

Duck2 ... I had some loose stools too and after cutting out the dairy (which I am intolerant to anyway) and stopped eating hot peppers and hot sauce...

Early detection early treatment.

Heart disease (weight and diet) and cancer are the leading causes. I'd include poverty, lack of education and depression limiting personal health...

Get the scan. Better safe than sorry. It is a low probability of useful info, but you have a concern. It could be something else or nothing at all....