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@azp52 Your doctors really missed it. When your PSA hit .1 they should’ve switched to monthly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1483846/

Discussion: Frequency of PSA Test

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 16 11:28am

@vircet The standard treatment for somebody that has radiation is to not do anything until their...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1482957/

Discussion: Slight PSA rise 9 months after radiation.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 15 10:59am

@csimadera1 oh, had a biopsy 16 specimens, 3 were GL 7 4+3, the rest were 3+3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1482155/

Discussion: How long before Orgovyx side effects begin to arise?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 14 11:56am

@brianjarvis We chose Firmagon at the time because my PSA was high (nearly 68) and the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1481862/

Discussion: ADT injection: Benefits worth the toll it will take on my body?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 14 6:55am

You will hear horror stories about ADT here, but there are other stories, including mine. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1481703/

Discussion: ADT injection: Benefits worth the toll it will take on my body?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 13 7:40pm

What you are having recommended seems very strange. The normal technique is to do the 35...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1479984/

Discussion: SBRT versus IMRT for BCR after prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 11 6:15pm

@overage Not sure if you have seen this. Information about adjunct radiation which is what your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1479819/

Discussion: one year post radiation advice

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 11 3:15pm

@frank1956 I completed SBRT for localized PCa in September; because my Gleason score was 9 additional...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1479499/

Discussion: I now will need to decide on SBRT or Brachytherapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 11 9:46am

@pfj0650 Hey man, just commenting here on your situation. A Gleason 4+3 with a Decipher of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1478832/

Discussion: PSA Nadir main deciding factor when one can start on Intermittent ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 10 11:21am

I just had blood drawn for my six month post IRMT + HDR + ADT treatment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1477412/

Discussion: Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 8 11:26am

My experience and my recollection of others who have posted would be to follow your Drs...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1477333/

Discussion: The right time to start radiation post RP with an increasing PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 8 10:11am

@odie10 wrote ❝…eventually kill me because I have no other co-morbidities, probably 7-8 years out❞ Yes,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1476823/

Discussion: Prostate cancer: Today is the day I discuss the results of the biopsy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 7 2:33pm

Excellent description of the most common PC treatment protocols. I myself was 7 PSA and one...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1476498/

Discussion: A users guide to PCa treatment side effects

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 7 9:36am

@denis76 Some people do not get the benefit of ADT reducing their testosterone down to zero....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1475429/

Discussion: What helps to slow testosterone growth?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 5 7:44pm

@denis76 Zytiga goes to all of the places that create testosterone in your body and shuts...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1475286/

Discussion: What helps to slow testosterone growth?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 5 3:19pm

@jeffmarc Yes, Jeff, iti is true Erleada must drop level of testosterone? Erleada working 8 month...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1475064/

Discussion: What helps to slow testosterone growth?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 5 11:16am

My situation is/was similar. I was diagnosed at 61 with 4 tumors all gleason 6 -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1474940/

Discussion: Was on active surveillance, now gleason 3+4: Any advice?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 5 9:09am

@denis76 Here’s a short history In 2010 I was 62 and a biopsy showed Gleason 3+4...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1474662/

Discussion: What helps to slow testosterone growth?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 4 7:31pm

@scottbeammeup I am 83 and had 44 radiation treatments and 4 months of Lupron to handle...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1474533/

Discussion: Testosterone Replacement Therapy after 1 year Orgovyx and Radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 4 4:07pm

@denis76 My BRCA2 mutation makes this cancer, very aggressive. When I was on Zytiga, I stopped...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1474436/

Discussion: What helps to slow testosterone growth?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 4 2:07pm

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