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Low, But Rising PSA--Wait for Imaging or Act Now?
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Everyone's cancer journey is unique. Do your research. Get input from survivors and experts.
My cancer journey started in 1969 when I was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. It appeared in 2016 as a small lump on an otherwise normal prostate. My PSA was 2.3. Gleason score was two 6s and one 7. Experts said it was stage 1. Upon removal four months later Gleason scores were all 10s and I was terminal, stage 4 with 1.5 to 5 years to live. Each treatment brought my PSA down this >0.05. I'm still alive. The first treatment after removal was radiation which worked for 16 months before the PSA moved up. Radiation was the only negative in all the treatments I had. I'm now dealing with Radiation Cystitis. Another large challenge.
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Semper fi, me too 1968 -1969 DaNang area for 3 months, An Hoa Valley, Marble Mountain, then through the pass North toward the DMZ , passing what was left of Hue, which was one of the most beautiful cities in Vietnam for something like a thousand years, now nothing but dust and rubble.
I think the agent Orange got me too but mostly near the DMZ very heavy vegetation until the spraying of Agent Orange particularly near LZ STUD and Khe Sanh during the major battle 6 month battle 1968 with 3 NVA divisions of over 20 to 40 thousand troops against a handful of Marines about 5,000.
Prostate cancer is just another challenge when you put in it prospective of war.