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Sounds like you need another opinion, if for no other reason to know your options. Since...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859553/

Discussion: 47 years old with newly diagnosed Gleason 7 (4+3)

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2023

You can request they put in a hydrogel spacer to protect your rectum. They put it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156330/

Discussion: My Treatment Decision Is In: Single Seed Brachytherapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

First of all, best wishes for success on your journey. Whatever treatment direction you choose now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1058300/

Discussion: Prostate Cancer Treatment Options

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 27, 2024

Hi, after radiation almost anything can happen. What type of radiation did your husband receive? SBRT...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1279109/

Discussion: Urinary Retention after Prostate Radiation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 11 7:21am

Age is different for everyone. At 70 I was a candidate for either surgery or HDR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1309479/

Discussion: Is 76 too old for prostate cancer surgery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 21 11:26am

I'm 5 months into the battle. I'm on 1000mg of Abiraterone daily with Prednisone. Lupron and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/884645/

Discussion: Lupron dosing: side effects for 3 month dose vs. monthly dose

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 25, 2023

jc76, I was diagnosed in Sept 2022 with Gleason 6 intermediate risk PSA 10.5. Looked into...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/872057/

Discussion: How did you choose between proton or photon radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 4, 2023

67 year old male with 7.1 PSA and Gleeson 7 (4+3) no way I was choosing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1329077/

Discussion: Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 17 10:49am

I was diagnosed at 62 with a 3+4 Gleason score. After surgery, they said it was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1339647/

Discussion: Brachy therapy or Prostatectomy?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 2 10:19am

I'm 71, Gleason 9, Stage 2; PSMA PET Scan shows no metastasis and no spread, just...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1046923/

Discussion: Has anyone had HDR Brachytherapy for locally advanced Prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 7, 2024

I do not know the answer to your question . I noted in Dr. Patrick Walsh's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1150805/

Discussion: Gleason7(3+4) - treatment options recommendation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 2, 2024

I am 59, was diagnosed in Sept 2022 at 58. After my biopsy, the surgeon didn’t...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/863355/

Discussion: Recently diagnosed: Treatment options for early stage prostate cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 20, 2023

I am 66 with PSA 7.1 and two positive biopsy cores 3+4 and 4+3 = 7....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1345111/

Discussion: What would you do?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: 4 days ago

Thank you - the comment about making a choice being almost incapacitating sure hits home. We...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/770762/

Discussion: Low dose brachytherapy long term side effect risk

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 8, 2022

I was diagnosed with cancer in February of 2018. My PSA had gone from 2 to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/255692/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 9, 2019

Good morning. Sorry to hear about the equivocal Prostate MRI results but remember that you have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1133155/

Discussion: 46 year old, two lesions. Pirad4 Pirad3

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 30, 2024

If you have the option of radiation vs. surgery vs. other treatments, just look at the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1343012/

Discussion: What to ask the radiation oncologist about prostate cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 7 11:22am

Your PSA hasn't risen much at all really but your biopsy results are rather dramatic given...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/935265/

Discussion: Seeking advice on treatment options

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 24, 2023

I had Brachytherapy 46 days ago. I was told the side effects would last no more...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/819648/

Discussion: Low dose brachytherapy long term side effect risk

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 2, 2023

I hear where you are coming from. I paid for a PET 5 yrs ago after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1191370/

Discussion: Waiting for biopsy: Should I get a PSMA Scan?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 16, 2024

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