I joined the PCa club in November and thought, no not again. In 2001, I heard the words you have a benign brain tumor (which is fatal by position) - it grows and then paralyzes you. Until 1975,...
I'll share my reasoning for surgery (scheduled for January 8th). I"m in the Gleason 8 club, 3 positive cores (4+4, 4+3 and 3+3). All in the base mostly on one side, leaving open the possibility of...
I was offered Brachy high dose (which is a direct 15 Gy ) then 45 EBRT. The concern was the ongoing BPH symptoms - which will be made worse by Brachy. 3 of 4 EBRT guys advised to go surgery, which...
ddyss: amazing return to full continence. At age 67 I"m in pretty good shape (workouts 5d/week, trainer 1d/wk). What do you ascribe your success?...
Thanks for the comments. Yes, I anticipate that this will not be one and done. While the Memorial Sloan Kettering nomogram projects probability of cancer specific survival after surgery at 99% (10...
In the final interview process and ready to pick a surgeon. One mentioned he does IFS during robotic surgery to ensure he doesn't miss a margin and another experienced surgeon says he does not due to...
Given my pre-biopsy MRI that shows a Prirad 4 lesion, I expect I will be shopping for a treatment strategy in the coming month. I understand there is a ~30% chance the lesion will be other than...