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Agree with all of the above comments. Oskarpr sounds like you are low risk with only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1080372/

Discussion: Surgeon appointment for Robotic Prostatectomy: Questions to ask?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 3, 2024

I'm of the opinion that Medicare should send out a fair warning about Advantage plans -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1016866/

Discussion: Anyone else have Medicare Advantage

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2024

@scottbeammeup Hey Scott, My name is Paul and I’m 67 years old. I finally decided to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1407562/

Discussion: Are you experiencing dry orgasm after prostate cancer treatments?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 3, 2025

Usually, they wait till your PSA gets to .2 before they do salvage radiation. That’s what...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1403132/

Discussion: Good News on PET-Scan, time to consider next steps

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 27, 2025

Well, Phil, thanks for your persistence. Why do i think my cancer treatment should be different?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1273894/

Discussion: Protocol over person -The Quiet Tyranny of Standardized Care

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Posted: Apr 4, 2025

I faced the same decision as you and Dave in 2016 and chose surgery. It is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/255709/

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

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Posted: Nov 8, 2019

jayhall - Looks like you have received some great advice form forum members already. From my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1145466/

Discussion: My PSA Has doubled. What now?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 22, 2024

I don’t know where you are being treated, but they really let you down. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1451556/

Discussion: Rising PSA post Prostatectomy. Please, what should I expect or do?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 2, 2025

I'm 61 yrs. old and had to make the nearly identical decision , I had similar...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072770/

Discussion: My PSA is 5.3, Gleason (3+4) 7 and Decipher .61. Do I need ADT?

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Posted: May 22, 2024

Thanks for the quick reply. I am also lucky as my Urologist was at a center...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/987301/

Discussion: Rising PSA's after treatment - an answer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 27, 2023

I had a RP in August 2021, at Duke Cancer Center. My PSA climbed slowly over...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/687230/

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

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Posted: Mar 7, 2022

I underwent nerve sparing robotic surgical removal of my prostate at Duke U Hospital in 2007...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/110065/

Discussion: Prostate cancer treatment choices

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Posted: Jul 29, 2016

Thanks for the quick reply. Regarding the placement of the carbon markers, I had read that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859967/

Discussion: Starting Proton Treatments for Prostate Cancer: Any experiences?

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Posted: May 14, 2023

The standard of care when your PSA rises above .2, after having a prostatectomy, is that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1489855/

Discussion: BCR, Eligard, and a long trip... what do you think?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 24 12:57pm

Sorry to hear all this. I’ve been a somewhat of a similar journey and have some...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1459364/

Discussion: PSA detected after salvage radiation and prostectomy

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Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Yes, 5 cores were 3+4, 1 core was 3+3, 2 cores were suspicious, and 5 cores...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1529472/

Discussion: Deciding between radiation and prostatectomy

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Posted: Mar 17 9:40pm

Do you know when your PSA was first detectable (>0.1), what that value was, and how...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1526610/

Discussion: Should I add ADT to Salvage Radiation at age 76?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 14 9:37am

@jeffmarc yeah, June 9 biopsies, were either Gleason Grade 3+3=6/10 (Grade Group 1) or Gleason Grade...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1523535/

Discussion: How fast does Orgovyx work to reduce PSA?

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Posted: Mar 9 8:20pm

"Yep"...everyone is different. Even with my dedicated career as the Director of Clinical and Anatomical Laboratory...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1523276/

Discussion: My TRIMIX experience

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 9 12:45pm

@jeffmarc Here's the exact verbiage from the biopsy ......Gleason Grade 3+4, Score 7, Grade Group 2,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1519536/

Discussion: Diagnosed At 60 - Radiation Thoughts?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 4 1:03pm