Sometimes only time can cure us of our problems. Given enough time, it cures us of all of our problems. ChrisR….I don’t see anything to suggest all of your problems will be cured anytime soon. Hang...
Been there, done that. PCa (alone) won’t be my demise, IMO. 😊...
It’s not too late. See what your body’s doing or not doing. There’s still chapters to be written no matter your circumstances....
That’s great news ANB....
76. I’ll be darned. “You’ll be fine 😊” is right. 😊...
Dj, I have to say how lucky you are lol. I can’t believe it man! I tell ya, I thought there might be some rose colored glasses on my end as well. But, let me just tell you this…when I said I hoped it...
Good luck with your uros....
I miss my GP. He was a cool guy and I liked him a lot because he just had a way of calming me down no matter the reason for my being there. He was soooo cool about all of my concerns. He seemed to...
I hope it levels out. Fwiw Dj, I’ve seen tertiary 5 on this forum where no further tx was ever necessary. It went up and stopped at a bit higher than yours. Back in the day SRT was standard of care...
A lot of this stuff is the one of the newer “big deals” in medicine. Targeted Immunosuppressant. I was on one for 2 years for a gut condition. (Cohns/ulcerative colitis). While rare, it’s no joke....
I remember the brain fog. I remember the denial. It took several weeks of “lurking” here before I joined. In my mind, by joining this forum, I was conceding that I had cancer.. Joining the forum made...
Cialis causes unacceptable thigh pain which, for me, makes it unusable. Viagra causes headaches but it’s better than the thigh pain. Tylenol helps with the headache. I use the lowest dosage possible...
My MRI was done in NYC. It was in E. TN where I found a radiologist to explain it to me. It is empowering to look at it with your own eyeballs. It took it out of the abstract and made it more...
My stricture was opened with metal rods (“sounds”). No catheter was needed. It wasn’t caused by radiation. It was the result of the sutures coming loose that were used to sew the urethra back to the...
A radiologist went over my MRI films on the computer with me in person. When I first laid eyes on my prostate it looked like a piece of Swiss cheese. I think I even told him before he spoke, “My God,...
I second the viagra or cialis route. See what happens. Remember, you need to be “in the mood” for ED meds to work. Within one week of my operation with the help of my g/f I achieved an erection...
I’m so sorry for your loss....
Inspirational yet grounding. Thank you Todd....
I just realized im coming up on 10 years. (If I make it). All that anxiety, and what has it gotten me? Nothing....
In threads like this I post mine. You get used to it lol Good luck 😊...
I deleted my post about the shrink as I am very depressed today that made me write something out of frustration....
It would be interesting to know the ages of the physicians he bullied. I’m a member of a private Ferrari forum which also serves as a de facto physicians forum. (It seems there’re are lot of doctors...
I have penile cancer. It’s rare. It’s so rare, no one really knows how to treat it. My urologist told me this was the first case he’s ever seen in person. Only pictures of it until now. @Casey: I’m...
What makes people feel as if their type of cancer needs to be a secret? I’ve never understood what that’s about....
Im not normally one to publicly interject my feelings in conversations that don’t involve me. Having said that, when I do, I try to “go with the flow” as much as possible. This normally means a “one...
I lurked on this site a while before joining. Joining would have made it real. And I didn’t want it to be real. I’d have to look at my signature to see what year that was. A lot of water has flowed...
Those spikes are worrisome when they happen. So, I can relate to that. The “not patient” part is me to a tee Tom. Here’s how much… …on one of my spikes I did not wait 3 or 4 months to see what my...
Sounds like it was defined by someone off of an X-ray. I’ve found that when certain doctors and/or radiologists are aware that the film they are looking at came from someone who’s had prostate...
Thanks Pratoman for posting this. Much needed reminders. Very freeing advice there. 😊 Thanks again buddy....
I was going to post my recent PSA here and ask a question about it. This nips that in the bud. I might find myself on the wrong side of the isle if I did....
I did not use the term “fake news”. I made the point that one news strory does not make a reality and gave an example of how it’s not. I wait before jumping. “Fake news” is a political insinuation....
Trigger happy much Mel? I read the same article. You put an awful lot of faith in the media. 😊 The funniest thing about this whole thing is…Dollars to doughnuts Dr. Epstein doesn’t even know what...
I think so too. But she doesn’t return my calls....
I could never announce anything. Too much commitment either way. This site is unique in that one never knows what tomorrow brings… Sometimes I’ll go on a lurking spree. There’s something about this...
I’m enrolled in the JH pancreatic cyst program. Every 2 years they make sure there’s no change. That’s the closest I’ve got to a spot on the liver. Someone asked Dick Cavett how it feels to be old…...
I often wonder how he’s doing. If he’s even still alive. Somewhat of a polarizing figure…his posts helped many people, including myself. His writings were were many times written in code. Once that...
It’s amazing what fear and Google can do. When I found out I had prostate cancer every one of those symptoms began. Heck…I was so convinced that it had spread, I started to limp! I don’t normally say...
My hope is we never find a way of measuring it. It might would leave some guys by themselves. I was an outlier as far as RALP’s go. And no one could relate…although the support here was still...
Thanks Sara. Pain is absolutely my worst symptom as well. (2nd on the list is constipation). My gastroenterologist mentioned something about the Pred masking the problem. However, he wrote me a...
Began taking prednisone 5 weeks ago. Started with 40mg/day but I’ve tapered down. Went as low as 5 mg last week and pain returned. Went back up to 20 mg day and it seems to be controlling it.....
Lots of good input here. Mine may be a bit simplistic but… I live alone and don’t work. Many times I can find myself sitting in my recliner…thinking about my problems. When I do something I truly...
azroadrunner… Here’s my PSA’s. No TRT but a pretty good size margin. Life’s mostly back to normal now cancer wise. Still get the heebie-geebies around blood draw time. He doesn’t know it but...
I’d call Dr. Epstein at JH and talk to him about this. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/jonathan-epstein Who did the final pathology on the prostate? I wonder if those slides are still...
I agree with Mumbo. I believe the first thing I would do would be to get a another biopsy soon. A regular biopsy for me would be enough to continue to the next step. My thinking would be, “You can’t...
Not qualified to comment on the hormone therapy. But, what I can tell you is we ain’t what we were 20 (or even 10) years ago. That fact isn’t always obvious to our brains. Acceptance of physical...
CASE COMMENT: The descending and sigmoid biopsies show evidence of chronic colitis, including mild archectural distortion, variable expansion of the lamina propria by mononuclear cells and some...
Diagnosing pathology report from 2021… A. ANTRUM BIOPSY: Reactive gastropathy, involving gastric mucosa primarily of antral type, present in a background of mild chronic superficial gastritis. -...
Dx’d 2 years ago. Colonoscopy. Had pain one year ago. No sign of UC w/ colonoscopy. Never had radiation treatments in my life. Surgery only for prostate ca....
No. I’ve never seen blood come out in my life. Red or dark....
This is only Thursday. I can get the report tomorrow. I brought up to my new GI about doing another colonoscopy and endoscopy before more meds. He boo-hooded that. Said he likes to do colonoscopies 6...