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While you have not directly said it, it appears that you are prepared for having both...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1227639/

Discussion: RARP Pathology report questions

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 2 11:11am

I totally agree with your Dad and before all this cancer stuff started I was a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1222737/

Discussion: Occasional alcohol during radiation treatment?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 27 6:42am

As noted earlier, my treatment is only one dose of HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; and of the type...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1158754/

Discussion: My Treatment Decision Is In: Single Seed Brachytherapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 18, 2024

Kugrad1975: I had Gleason 3+4 and 10.2 psa. I was 69 when I had MRIdian linac...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/921881/

Discussion: Rising PSA number from 5.7 at Biopsy to 6.7 in 4 months with Gleason 6

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 31, 2023

Not ranting; quite valid expressions of some of the challenges, disappointments and successes. Congratulations on your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/793557/

Discussion: What is the average age of the gentlemen on here?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 7, 2023

I took orgovyx for 3 months in 2023 before I had medicare, and I had to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1257318/

Discussion: Does Medicare pay for Orgovyx treatments? What does it cost?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 13 5:53pm

Thanks for sharing the link. The Lancet article is specifically about treating mCRPC, while I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1182187/

Discussion: Chemotherapy ...Scared

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 30, 2024

okiedokie555, ADT stops the tumor from growing, and often shrinks the tumor. Because you are intermediate...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1069888/

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 17, 2024

Much like the OP (milans), I'm 71, Gleason 9, Stage 2; PSMA PET Scan shows no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1044221/

Discussion: Radical prostatectomy (RP) vs radiation post age 70

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 2, 2024

PSA can vary, particularly with USPSA. Here's my clinical history, as you can see, while I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/901158/

Discussion: Biochemical rerrurrence after SRT

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2023

A radiation oncologist in my case, in consultation with a medical oncologist, both at the Cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1153701/

Discussion: In praise of Orgovyx

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 7, 2024

Hey Lou, I had 25 treatments instead of the older 35-39 protocol. Same amount of radiation,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1279660/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and still gathering information

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 11 8:17pm

Hi... sure.. on the 2nd' go-round (after about 3-4 months off) the PSA dropped from 4...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1154217/

Discussion: Anyone take a Treatment Holiday? Intermittent use of ADT (hormone Tx)

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 8, 2024

We pay more in the United States than any other country in the world for almost...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1131211/

Discussion: Puzzled by drug prices

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 26, 2024

I was on Firmagon for the first 2 1/2 years, then switched to Orgovyx a couple...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1097623/

Discussion: Can I Manage Testosterone w/ ORGOVYX and Skip Radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 1, 2024

The pain in my back wasn't horrible, but the balance problems were really getting me. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1088956/

Discussion: 11 anniversaries since diagnosis of stage 4 prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 18, 2024

I just finished 12 months of Orgovyx, came off it on 4 April. I took mine...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1056241/

Discussion: Orgovyx extreme fatigue side effects

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 24, 2024

I was diagnosed with PC in 2020 and had a prostatectomy in in 2021. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/862469/

Discussion: Husband, 71, given one year at best...

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 19, 2023

Chevy, consider starting ADT. Ask Tollefson for script for orgovyx and sample, if he agrees on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1204029/

Discussion: Gleason 3+3 to Gleason 4+5 in 7 months.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 4 7:26pm

I had Salvage Radiation Treatment w/ short term ADT beginning 6 mos after RP. Aug 2022...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1175953/

Discussion: I need advice to help make a decision.......

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2024

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