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How long did you wait for second (third) opinion ?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 15 hours ago | Replies (19)
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@surftohealth88

Chippydoo, tanks so much for giving me personal experience with cribriform. My husband has one core out of 14 with 4+3 and it is 40%. He had only 2 or 3 other cores positive for anything and they were 3+3.

Are you saying that your doctor thinks that there could be "too much treatment" in your case ? I had a feeling that our doctor was also somehow thinking that we should chill and not jump into treatments before we know all options *sigh. It is all so confusing OR maybe I have overload and should spend some time gardening or going to nature ... 🙁

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chippydoo | @chippydoo | 3 days ago

Surf, I reviewed my comment and do not feel the first sentence was clear. I waited 2.5 years to get a second opinion which was last week. I finished salvage radiation 6 weeks ago and have 11 weeks out of 26 weeks of ADT left to finish.
The Genitourinary cancer specialist I saw this past week stated that "you are at risk of having too much treatment for the level of cancer that you have." The short answer is, he is saying pause, take a breath and test in 6 months after completing ADT instead of 2 months. He told me to call him when/if my PSA gets to 2. Gives me a 70% chance of never having to visit this again. The real question is do I trust his judgement. The answer is yes.
So, what are you going to plant in your garden this spring? 🙂
Peace be with you.
Chip

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