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Prostate cancer has spread to the C5 vertebrae
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 10 6:28pm | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
I needed surgery for the metastasis on my spine *because* it was paralysing me. I got 10 hours of emergency debulking surgery first, then 20 gy of post-op SBRT radiation a month later. It still took over a year before I could walk with out a walker or cane, and I'll never get all my sensation and mobility back.
Long story short: if safe and possible, fry that sucker with radiation now, before it grows and compresses your spinal cord. Mine went from a slight pain in my mid spine to complete paraplegia in just over 4 weeks.
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Hey my boyfriend is experiencing just about the same thing. He went from walking one day to being completely paralyzed in a matter of no time. The examined him and determined he was not a candidate for surgery. They sent him home to die on” comfort care” . We only have state funded medical insurance so he was put in a post Acute place. You know the nice name for a rest home. Now he is basically there to die. We went through radiation his psa went from 4.5 to 1.4. The dr. Basically said he would probably never walk again. ????????????what do we do
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Thank you...I am asking for my partner...I don't know all the medical language...just found out this morning about the C5 issue..probably should have made that clear