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The Battle Begins
Thank you in advance for insights. It’s been helpful to be here. Here’s my situation: PSA 6.1. MRI showed pi-rad’s 5 No seminal vesicle invasion...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 27, 2025
Concerned procrastinating will affect future prognosis
After RP April 2019 Gleason 9 negative margins pt3a lymph nodes clear, BCR aug 2022 confirmed pet positive lymph node (SUV 1.9) PSA 0.22 was...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 23, 2023
What is best next treatment after 20 years of active surveillance?
In 2005, I had prostate cancer surgery with Gleason = 7 (3 +4), 40%, pT2c, pNx, pMx. In 2013 PSA blood test, my PSA was...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 16, 2025
Cancer care in Mexico (Oaxaca especially)
Hello, I am about 1 month post surgery and working my way back to "normal" or, more likely, my new normal. My work takes me...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 16, 2025
Post notes - scary
My urologist office sent me the post notes from my Nov. 11 surgery so I can share info with my primary care. Maybe the scariest...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 10, 2025
Exercise After Prostatectomy
Curious if anyone encoutered setbacks from strenuous excecise after a prostatectomy? I am a 54 year old avid 30 year jogger and had been slowly...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 4, 2020
Post prostatectomy. 1st PSA at .30, 2nd PSA at .43, future prognosis?
Good morning, My name is Mike, Had my prostate removed 7-2-2025, 1st PSA at seven weeks was .30 now about 2 1/2 months after my...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 19, 2025
Injections to maintain muscle usage after Prostate Removal
Hi, I had my prostate removed about 2 months ago, and I am not sure how to gauge my recovery. I am 56 and prior...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 18, 2025
Brachytherapy: Regrets & Why ?
Just learned today that my lead-up to HD Brachytherapy is scheduled. I don't like the sound of having a Perineum "Surgery" to insert 20 needles...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 4, 2025
Locating RARP Surgeons By Ranking
In cleaning up my prostate cancer tab (200 tabs open in that group 😳), I forgot about this one. This is from the people who...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 12, 2025
Husband's prostate cancer story
My 64 yr old husband was having urination frequency and enlarged prostrate. Visited the urologist for at least two years. His PSA was around 4,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 21, 2023
What is next after a final pathology report of T3bN0MX cancer stage ?
The final pathology report after my prostatet surgery last week uncovered a pT3bN0MX cancer stage. I believe it means the cancer has spread beyond the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 11, 2025
Do those Kegels!
I needed to discuss my current situation regarding Kegel exercises. In September I met with my surgeon for the first time to discuss my November...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 11, 2024
Undecided Gleason Score 4+3=7 and PSA almost forty.
I know I should have reached out or posted a lot earlier. I’m scheduled to have a Radical prostatectomy in a day and still on...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 23 10:44am
Salvage radiation decision: with or without hormone therapy?
I had a prostatectomy in 2021. PSA was undetectable for 2 years. Then PSA went to 0.1 in 2023, and then 0.2 in 2024. I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 22 5:36pm
What's helping you overcome your fear?
I'm not a person of faith, I trust my doctors and I'm trying to focus my thoughts/energy and resources on having my surgery and recovering....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 17, 2025
How does the treatment team come together?
I have submitted my reports scan etc to Mayo clinical team in Jax. I’m waiting to hear back from them. Will they review everything and...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 24, 2025
What helps to slow testosterone growth?
Good afternoon, dear friends.I'm 49 years old. My cancer is genetic (ATM gene mutation).Three years after diagnosis, initial PSA 530 (Gleason 4+5), three bone metastases,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 30 6:49pm
PET/PSMA / Decipher test results back (0.69). Radiation/hormone now.
Well. Was diagnosed with PC back in Oct of last year (53 year old). My numbers are/were Gleason 7, Stage 2, PSA 8.8, so intermediate...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 13, 2024
How accurate are the PSA Tests?
I posted earlier that after 2+ years post surgery, my PSA had been undetectable < .006 on all my tests. Then my test 2 weeks...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 27, 2023