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Biopsy confirms prostate cancer in 12 out of 12 cores
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Thanks for your support. I'm just trying to keep it together by focusing on the clinical aspects and cold facts and not on what this might mean for me as a person and for my family. Part of me is terrified, but I'm trying my best to suppress that for now until we know more facts and have a plan and a path forward. As many have pointed out, a PSMA-PET scan would be helpful (I plan to speak with my care team today about whether that is an option for me), and in the meantime I know I am possibly getting ahead of myself in assuming it has spread - which we can't know for certain yet.
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@deku You will make good decisions, I'm sure. I am concerned, though, when you say, "I'm just trying to keep it together by focusing on the clinical aspects and cold facts and not on what this might mean for me as a person and for my family."
It's my belief that if you have a steady sexual partner and/or are in a long-term relationship (e.g., married), you should involve them every step of the way, meaning going to doctor visits, discussing treatment options, etc. As my wife said, "It's my penis, too."
This cancer, and its treatment will definitely "mean [something] for you as a person and for your family." Best to get working on that sooner than later, IMO. The support that family (and friends) provide, if only as a sounding board for processing everything, is invaluable, and WILL result in better outcomes for you.
Here’s my score card13/13 cores cancer Gleason 9/10 on Feb 2, 2022, with 2 pelvic lymph node involvement. Here I am today PSA < .01 taking ADT drugs. Gonna stop the ADT in Jan 2025 to see what happens to my PSA. Had 28 radiation treatments too. Side effects- fatigue. Age 76 now. Not dead yet. Hope this helps your mind. Lol
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Almost everyone who has a PC diagnosis is terrified and wonders how long they will live. Will they be around in five years? What’s going to happen?
The fact is most people who get prostate cancer live quite a long time after the diagnosis and die of something else. My father died of it in 2008. I remember when he told me Lupron stopped working. That was the only drug they had at the time. These days they have multiple drugs and treatments past Lupron. They make a major difference in life expectancy for PC patients
On top of that, they’re developing new drugs all the time, if your cancer reoccurs after many years, there will be plenty of new treatments so you can live even longer.