3,262 total results
Discussions (251)
Anyone received salvage lymph node removal for BCR after prostatectomy
After experiencing biochemical recurrence after robotic prostatectomy (4 years ago) current PSA 0.25 my social health care was scheduling me for 25 sessions RT with...
Any advice or shared experiences with SpaceOAR Hydrogel?
Question: My urologist has presented the option of using the Boston Scientific SpaceOAR Hydrogel between my prostate and rectum. It can be injected during the...
New (to me) PCRI Resource and 2022 review
Background: I had PBT therapy in early 2020; with a PSA of 8.3, and I did a 4 month course of ADT. When I was...
Radiation and ADT tips to prepare or what you wish you knew to prepare
Hi Everyone, I’m getting ready to start salvage radiation and hormones and was hoping to get some advice on anything I should be doing to...
Switching from Orgovyx to Bicalutamide
Hi everyone, I’m looking for insight or personal experiences with Bicalutamide as a follow-up or alternative to Orgovyx. I’ve been on Orgovyx (relugolix) for about...
A Quandry between two medical recommendations for mPCa to lung only
History is in profile and I have asked a few questions here already. The gist is we went to a large research center and got...
Change in Incontinence after Salvage Radiation
Incontinence after Salvage Radiation I had a RP in May 2018 and while my PSA post RP was undetectable, I did suffer from fairly significant...
Unusual Triple therapy sequence, Nubeqa and Fatigue
HX in profile, and update to unusual application of triple therapy. Lung only Mets 17 yrs post RARP and no treatment, so he was treatment...
Recurrent Cancer - conflict with numbers and scans
Quick Background: I had a RP completed in September 2016. Undetectable PSA 2 years after, but started creeping up. Made a 2x jump in mid...
A 15 year Wife's Roadmap to Deal With Your PCa Husband
Your Husband's PSA Is Elevated: A Wife’s 15-Year Roadmap to Mild Panic, Medical Jargon, and Unsolicited Advice from Hans at the Golf Club It starts,...
Did you Pause or Stop Radiation Therapy (EBRT)?
My wife convinced me to not go in today as she noticed that I was up, at least 15 times during the night, with a...
Lost in Translation
“Lost in Translation: Or, How ADT and the English Language Became Co-Conspirators in My Public Humiliation” by Hans Casteels, reluctant polyglot and hormonal hostage I...
Surgery? Radiation? Can I have an independent suggestion?
As a Canadian, I apologize in advance for my self-centered question. I have done all the preliminaries and now must make a choice. When asking...
ADT/ ORGOVYX Day 45; Told Radiation Is Next
I was diagnosed with Sigmoid Colon Cancer 26 months ago. I had the resection. The colon cancer metastasized to my right lower lung, and 7...
The Waiting Room: A Post Treatment Parable for the Terminally Stable
So you did it. You checked your PSA, because you’re responsible like that—or more likely, because a doctor with an unnecessarily cheerful tone suggested it...
Just past halfway through salvage IMRT – status report
Today I finished #20 of 38 IMRT sessions for a local recurrence of PCa. I thought it might be worth sharing what I’ve experienced so...
Radiation vs. Prostectomy (nerve sparing)
Hellos all, I am curious if other patients on this site have a similar situation to mine and what their course of treatment (decision of...
Seminal Vesicle Invasion & PR22/MIDS/SPORT Trials ADT & ART
Hello all, Thanks for reading. My father is 63 close to 64. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer (acinar adenocarcinoma) late last year 2022. We...
How will I know EBRT has worked?
I'm writing to share with you my journey with Prostate Cancer. I am 73 years old, from Calcutta, India and getting treated at Tata Medical...
Having a tough day today (trigger warning)
My brother's friend had been battling PC for ~10 years. When he found out I had the disease he reached out to me and was...
Connect