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PSA wrong direction after IMRT - What do you guys think?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 8 1:07pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
> What was your Gleason score at the start of treatments (and the reason you were on doublet therapy)?
> Are you still on Orgovyx? (For as long as the hormone therapy is in your system and your testosterone remains suppressed, your PSA should remain nearly undetectable.)
> What is your testosterone level now?
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My experience —> I received 28 proton radiation treatments during April-May 2021 (@ 2.5 Grays per session). I had Eligard injections in April & July 2021; the hormone therapy remained in my system through January 2022. It was only after the hormone therapy left my system and my testosterone level began to rebound did my PSA levels increase and then somewhat stabilize. (I charted my PSA results.)
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T = 9...just came back, Brian.
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Hi Brian
> Gleason 9 (5+4) - (full Dx in my profile)
> Yes, still on Orgovyx which is why I questioned the PSA rise in the first place, but then realized it's only been 5 weeks and 2 days since radiation so what's left of my prostate is probably still pretty irritated causing the slight bump.
> Blood for T level was drawn this past Wed. but results not posted yet.