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Is it ok to wait 3 months for my radical prostectomy?
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Well, here's my story
Saw my primary care physician Jan 1995. He felt a lump during a DRE.
Suggested a local urologist. Saw him immediately after. When he did the DRE he said he didn't feel anything and to wait a couple months and repeat the PSA.
PSA came back high and he did a biopsy. It was positive.
Don't remember any of the details. He scheduled the surgery for May.
After the surgery he said they didn't get clear margins.
Subsequently after 12 months I had salvage radiation.
Been dealing with this crapola for 30years now.
Thinking back I have always wondered if he did the biopsy in January and scheduled the surgery in February if they would've gotten clear margins.
No one knows but I sure have thought over the years about it
Hope this helps.
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@denkea I am so sorry to hear of your experience. I am still going through regrets for my husband, but for only about 5yrs. We let a local urologist put the fear of God in us and rush us into full-blown ADT which caused the very 1st symptoms he had ever had, such as anemia, fatigue, hot flashes, high blood sugar, anxiety, etc. David had been diagnosed with a mild prostate cancer 3yrs earlier, but this new guy diagnosed Stage IV with only a high PSA & CT that "suggested" lymph node involvement & rushed us into ADT. Since I am a retired RN, if I had gotten with a group like Mayo Clinic Connect, I think I would have said, "Hold your horses a minute," ha! My Christian faith teaches me not to retain my regrets, but it is the hardest thing I've ever done! Prayers to you for the Peace that passes understanding.