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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...
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...
Gleason 3+4 A.S. or treatment?
First off, thanks to everyone who participates in this forum. PC is a journey that is different for all of us. Information exchange is really...
Fifteen Years of PCa Treatment Progress - and the next 15 Years
Fifteen years ago, a prostate cancer diagnosis came with two immediate options: radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation. Both were effective-ish, depending on the stage....
Treatment Dogma - Aggressive is not the same as intelligent
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/treatment-dogma-aggressive-is-not-the-same-as-intelligent/
In cancer care, “aggressive” is a word we wear like armor. It suggests boldness, urgency, and strength — the kind of approach that implies we’ve...
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...
We All Need A Coping Mechanism
The Absurdity of Writing as Emotional Release. An Essay for the Emotionally Constipated (well, me, actually) Let’s skip the pretense: I write because the alternative...
Welcome to Prostate Cancer. A Playbook for the un-initiated
It always begins harmlessly. A checkup. A blood draw. Then the call: “Your PSA is a bit elevated.” Calm voice, a hint of tension. Like...
A users guide to PCa treatment side effects
A dark, cynical, and painfully honest guide to treatment side effects—because someone has to say it. Treatments offer similar chances of survival. When you need...
Labcorp uPSA 0.014 versus < 0.006 issue revisited
TL;DR version is: I got great news on this latest test--back down from 0.014 to < 0.006. And I am suspicious of LabCorp’s reporting standardizations...
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...
Turkey Tail mushrooms and FOS. Anyone else here use these?
I have been taking Turkey Tail Mushroom tea or capsules, along with Lion’s Mane’s mushroom tea or capsules and FOS for 4 years now. For...
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