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Posted 12/1/2017 4:10 PM (GMT -5)
Happy to report my 1 month PSA came back .064. I can rest a little better now given positive margins. It’s not over yet, but hopefully the 90 day results will continue to be good.
Posted 12/1/2017 5:38 PM (GMT -5)
I hope you are recovering well from the surgery. Thirty days is sooner than I had my first post-surgical PSA test. Your reading might continue to drop for a while. With your pathology, your doctor may be talking about following up with radiation. Good luck!
Posted 12/1/2017 6:31 PM (GMT -5)
A-Aron, it is certainly heading in the right direction. I remember hearing in here that the half-life of PSA is something like 5 days, and you started fairly high based on your last readings. If we assume 6 halvings, then your initial reading of 12, would come down to 0.09....so, yeah, right on track for the zero club.

And, if you need Adjunct Radiation, Siteman is as good as anywhere in the world. Seriously.

How's the continence? Any news on the ED front?
Posted 12/2/2017 3:28 PM (GMT -5)

halbert said...
How's the continence? Any news on the ED front?

Continence is coming along. Some days better than others. If I don't let my bladder get too full, it's not much of an issue. More drips and dribbles than constant flow.

There is movement down under. I am taking 5mg of Cialas daily that has kickstarted recovery. I'd say in 75% of where I was pre-surgery.

So, all-in-all I am happy with progress so far. I go back to work Tuesday, so I'll be back to logging some miles. I normally average 20+ miles a week, so from what everyone else says, that should help my continence along.
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