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Question regarding resistance training.
Greetings: Background: I was diagnosed in February 2023 with Gleason 9 PC, PSA 25 and 9/12 cores positive. The PSMA-Pet showed no spread, however the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 7, 2024
Been on Orgovyx for four months. Should I stop taking finasteride?
Diagnosed with prostate cancer via a biopsy August 2024. Six cores were negative, one core Gleason 7, five cores Gleason 9. Negative for perineural invasion....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 3 11:47am
Prednisone tapering
I finished ADT on 12/21 and I’m having a difficult time tapering off of the prednisone I was given along side the Zytiga along with...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 17 4:00pm
Three Years Post SBRT
Hello just wanted to introduce myself I am in Manhattan and had SBRT for mostly G6 with one core of 8 upgraded at second opinion...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 6, 2024
Share your test results (if you'd like)
I thought it might be helpful to have a thread dedicated to sharing routine test results, good or not-so-good. My intention is just to provide...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 17 8:08am
Will Orgovyx (relugolix) Reduce Prostate Cancer without Radiation?
I am 77 years old. I had my prostate removed over 3 years ago. After 2 years my PSA began to rise from < .01...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 8, 2024
Shelf life of systemic therapy
After several rounds of cyberknife treatments failed to eliminate prostate cancer cells in my body, I was told that further radiation wasn't viable because of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: 3 days ago
6 months or 18-24 months ADT with salvage Radiotherapy
After RARP in 2019 my psa is back up to 0.26 from 0.02 post op. After PET/PSMA scan right common illiac node showed possible tumor...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 17, 2023
Third SBRT Opinion Worth It?
Paging Dr. Google... Me: Age 50, Gleason 7 (3 + 4), 0.56 intermediate risk, 6/12 cores, PSA 6.68, PSMA showed no metastasis to lymph nodes...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 1 4:42pm
PSA post radiation: how to interpret?
PSA post radiation? The correct use of PSA is as a tracking / monitoring tool. Now, my docs put me on Lupron two months before...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 6, 2023
Inoperable prostate cancer for 5 yrs: Low energy and worried
My husband diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer he is 74 and was diagnosed 5 years ago Gleeson 8, some lesions in bowl wall and lymph...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 22, 2023
Zero energy 3+ years after radiation and Firmagon for Stage 1 PC
Early diagnosis of Stage 1 PC in 2019. Cancer cells in 3 areas as determined by "12 section" biopsy, but absolutely no tumor formation. A...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 23, 2024
Stopping Eligard early
I have advanced, aggressive, Gleason 9, Grade 5, Stage 4 prostate cancer. I went through radiation treatments and have been on both Lupron and Eligard...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 12, 2023
Quiet Apocalypse: Grief, Cancer , and other Minor Inconveniences
When Oliver had to be euthanized, the depth of emotion caught me off guard—like a silent wave that didn’t crash, just rose and swallowed me...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: 1 hour ago
Has anyone else moved from Firmagon to Orgovyx?
I have stage 4 (oligometastatic) prostate cancer, and will be on ADT and androgen-reception inhibitors, basically, forever. I've been on monthly Firmagon (Degarelix) injections for...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 3, 2024
Acceptance of Prostate Cancer and its side effects
These discussions are mostly devoted to the nuts and bolts of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, and rightly so. Those discussions are immensely helpful to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 3, 2024
Life after prostate cancer
I am new on here. Age 72. I had RARP in Jan 2020. surgery/biopsy revealed 1 out 12 samples with cancer. Gleason 3+3. Margins were...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 22, 2024
BCR Analyzation; < Age 60
50 year old: 3/04/2019 PSA = 4.45 **Note** Was on Testosterone Therapy from age 40-50** Currently 55 years old: 7/12/2019: Davinci Prostatectomy, Gleason 3+4, no...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 27, 2024
Onward with durable remission
I add bits of pieces of my story to various posts, but I'm organizing my story and figured this would be a good opportunity to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 2 8:02pm
Got some answers for stage 4 prostate cancer
We had our first Urology Oncologist appointment today at UNC. Finally have a "plan" after the PSA test started it all 5 weeks ago! PSA...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 24 5:38pm