1. < Prostate Cancer
Profile picture for jneylon

Husband disgnosed stage 1: Should he wait 5 months for second opinion?

Posted by jneylon @jneylon, Aug 13 4:12pm

My husband was just diagnosed with prostate cancer grade 2, 3+4=7, stage T1c. PSA 5.7. He wants a second opinion, but he can’t get in until January. Is that too long to wait?

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Prostate Cancer Support Group.

Profile picture for Jeff Marchi
Jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 5 days ago
In reply to @jneylon "My husband got an earlier appointment at Johns Hopkins and saw a surgeon today. He wants..." + (show)
Profile picture for jneylon @jneylon

My husband got an earlier appointment at Johns Hopkins and saw a surgeon today. He wants to do surgery, and he basically said that is his bias. He is sending him to a Radiologist oncologist that he says is the best at JH, and if he thinks radiation is the way to go, he will agree. We asked about Tulsa Pro and he quickly dismissed it because he said any treatment that’s only been around 5 years is not the way to go. We are feeling so frustrated, and confused.

Jump to this post

@jneylon
That is the urologist/surgeon Opinion on focal therapy. You should request that you be given an appointment with the person that’s doing focal therapy. Husband has a very mild prostate cancer case and Tulsa Pro May be appropriate for you.

Not sure which radiation oncologist they’re having you see but this guy is really good.
Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr., MD

You don’t have to depend on that surgeon for who you can talk to.

REPLY
1 reply
Profile picture for jneylon
jneylon | @jneylon | 5 days ago
In reply to @jeffmarc "@jneylon That is the urologist/surgeon Opinion on focal therapy. You should request that you be given..." + (show)
Profile picture for Jeff Marchi @jeffmarc

@jneylon
That is the urologist/surgeon Opinion on focal therapy. You should request that you be given an appointment with the person that’s doing focal therapy. Husband has a very mild prostate cancer case and Tulsa Pro May be appropriate for you.

Not sure which radiation oncologist they’re having you see but this guy is really good.
Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr., MD

You don’t have to depend on that surgeon for who you can talk to.

Jump to this post

@jeffmarc He got an appointment with dr. Goldstein who the surgeon said was the best radiologist oncologist at JH, but I had seen information on Dr. Deville and wish that’s who he was seeing. Also, his urologist where we live had sent a referral to JH for him to see Dr. Pavlovich. That’s the appointment that wasn’t until January. I saw that Dr. Pavlovich does Tulsa Pro. I really wish he could’ve seen him.

REPLY
1 reply
Profile picture for Jeff Marchi
Jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 5 days ago
In reply to @jneylon "@jeffmarc He got an appointment with dr. Goldstein who the surgeon said was the best radiologist..." + (show)
Profile picture for jneylon @jneylon

@jeffmarc He got an appointment with dr. Goldstein who the surgeon said was the best radiologist oncologist at JH, but I had seen information on Dr. Deville and wish that’s who he was seeing. Also, his urologist where we live had sent a referral to JH for him to see Dr. Pavlovich. That’s the appointment that wasn’t until January. I saw that Dr. Pavlovich does Tulsa Pro. I really wish he could’ve seen him.

Jump to this post

@jneylon
Tell you your urologist or your radiation oncologist that you want To speak to the Tulsa Pro doctor. If you say you want to, then they should give you a Referral.

The doctor doesn’t get to decide for you.

REPLY
Please sign in or register to post a reply.