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PSA rise 1.5 yrs post Salvage radiation & 4 yrs post surgery: Why?
I have a question for my brothers . I am 4 years out from the Operation( at 4.5 PSA ) and 1.5 years out from...
My RARP experience
I would like to share my experience about my RARP. I was 57 (turned 58 two days ago) and had PSA of 4.3 and was...
Surf is UP !!!! @@
So- here we go ! 😣 The time has FINALLY come, but at the same time "suddenly” ... This Tuesday (tomorrow) my husband is having...
New Member of the Brotherhood
Greetings All. I've been following this group since early October when my GP referred me to Urology for an MRI after receiving the results of...
One Week After Prostatectomy
I just wanted to update my experience. I had the prostatectomy last week. The surgery went as planned. Pathology confirmed stage 2 cancer. The doctor...
52 years old BRCA 2 positive with a gleason 6 score
Hi everyone, I am just shy of my 52 bday. I discovered I had the BRCA2 mutation via gene testing after my father passed of...
PC Journey Info
PC in family history, monitoring PSAs since 2005. Results jumping around 2014-2024 based on medications, injuries, etc... March 2025 off ALL meds prior to testing....
New to the brotherhood, is my event timeline reasonable?
Wish I had found this group much earlier, but thankful to have eventually found you all shortly after my RALP on 8/14/2025. My surgeon is...
Hormone therapy or surgery? Decipher Genomic score?
My husband is 68 and has localized (we hope) prostate cancer - PSA 9.2 in Sept., biopsy of 17 cores found 13 malignant, 2 of...
Radical prostatectomy 9 days ago. Need help with the pathology PLEASE
Hello everyone, thank you for taking your precious time to help. I previously wrote about my partner and his information, trying to figure out what...
Treatment questions for "younger men" with PC (40 to 60?).
52 year old recently diagnosed with PC after PSA test of 8.66, MRI, and eventual prostate biopsy confirmed (details below). Leaning towards Robotic prostatectomy but...
Severe gas pain nearly two weeks after surgery
Hello everyone. I wanted to ask if anyone has experienced gas pain (or similar) nearly two weeks after surgery. I woke up in the middle...
What does robotic prostatectomy look like? Is it like a vasectomy?
This week I watched a video of a complete robotic prostatectomy procedure in Italy. It was on a medical education site for doctors. What a...
RARP Pathology II: Looking for direction
Ok. Quick summary is I was diagnosed this year with PC. May 12 had RARP. Post surgery doc (extremely well qualified DP surgeon and head...
Retzius sparing surgery
Have been reading about surgeons who are doing Retzius sparing techniques. Is this done by most RP surgeons or is it just a few? It...
Info overload
I had a message almost complete on here and then whatever I pushed sent it ? ? ? Take 2 - much shorter I hope....
Hormone Sensitive, Advance Prostate Cancer - Agressive Treatments
I am 69 and live in Portland, OR. I was diagnosed with a PSA of 25 in 2019 at age 63 and had surgery in...
PSA anxiety
Help Freaking out because I had 6 consecutive PSA results < 0.05 readings after restarting degarelix in July, 2024. Yesterday my result was 0.05 -...
I need advice to help make a decision.......
Just to set the background: RARP on September 16. Cancer was intraductal and they found at least 1 lymph node with PC in it. My...
My Radiation treatment journey
I'm just finishing up my 2nd week of radiation. Radiation was decided when my surgeon didn't want to do surgery due to my prior history,...
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