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Testosterone replacement after radiation and Orgovyx?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 15, 2024 | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
Ouch, after 15y from surgery it came back?? How is this possible? Where the hell the devil can hide and survive so long? I dont understand. I had surgery 2,5years ago and PSA went 0.2 after two years. I have Orgovyx 6months and my radiation 33x ended two weeks ago. Gleason was 3+4 and negative marginals. What are odds that im free after my rad and ADT?
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It didn't come back without any warning. My PSA was undetectable for a year or so after surgery, then started creeping up very slowly using the ultra sensitive PSA. But it was too low to do anything about and there was no way to determine where the PSA was coming from ("low and slow" as my doctor put it). It reached 0.2 after 15 years, and the PSMA became available (I'm a UCSF patient and they co developed the PSMA). It was detected in the prostate bed so they were able to target the radiation.
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I'm not sure if it ever goes away completely. Mine came back after 11 years. 36 proton radiation and hormone therapy during that period and my PSA is forever creeping up again. Last test it was at 5.25. After 5 years and 4 PET scans, there is no detectable cancer. It's somewhere I'm sure. Just wait and see until it raises its ugly head.