Thanks Phil for encouraging words < 3.

This morning we asked for further explanation of the findings since I was confused with wording of some other things also.
We got in contact with their pathologist. According to her words there was focal EPE on one spot at posterior apex and cauterization tip passed very close to the true margin. Because that edge is burned so close to tumor extension there is inked edge present as it should be but above that cut tissue is also burned and they could not see extensions there and they were probably burned IF there were any microscopic extensions there . She said that just for technical reasons they had to write it in that way, but that they are almost sure that nothing is left behind but burned IF it even was there. Looking at it as it is now it looks like there are no extensions on the surface that are out of ink but they have to disclose "close call" so there is more vigilance in follow ups.
BUT from the other side since they found focal EPE it is considered a breach and than cancer is now staged T3 even though there is nothing in seminal vesicles, blather neck, adipose tissue etc etc.
Gleason- it seems that it was upgraded since IDC was definitely observed and confirmed, and there is a small note that I missed in my panicky state that says- "IDC feature INCLUDED in Gleason score." That would mean that it became 4+5 just because IDC was confirmed and as aggressive structure pushed Gleason up. I do not see how it is a "new" thing when original biopsy stated cribriform and IDC, but you know what , this is all nuts anyways , this whole PC production , as we know. Perhaps the Full Moon phase will change outlook and future findings 😤 and some Oracle will now better then them what is happening with sacrificial gland. 🧝‍♀️
Big cribriform NOT mentioned, so I guess that part stayed 4 as it was.

We are now asking for somatic testing since we wish now to do things ahead and not always somehow fall through medical cracks 😡. I am so angry I can not even tell you 😖

Anyhow - thanks Phil and everybody else 💗 for listening to my venting and rambling , I am on the verge of exploding and /or crying whatever happens first ... 😢

hang in there surftohealth
part of the battle against cancer seems to be' find it and kill it' over and over again. I -like you and your husband maybe- have taken a stand against PC- throw away the prostrate and much of the cancer with it. If more emerges we go after it as best we can. The science is evolving which is really good. maybe down the line 30 and 40 year olds can get fantastic treatment that eliminates PC in its tracks. However, we are still way ahead of the generations before us. I think it is good that science is on the hunt for pc and has better tools to do this than it did a few decades ago.

a long road, hang in there

Ed