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I had low testosterone and was prescribed Androgel. Used it for a long time. Developed Stage...
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It wasn't just the medical risks of prolonged testosterone deprivation. It is the over all sense...
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Testosterone gets a bad rap with prostate cancer treatment. It does not cause cancer but will...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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For Newly Arrived Bros: A Day In The Life With ADT
Gentlemen, gather 'round. You’ve just joined the club. Not by choice, of course, nobody fills out a loyalty card for this one. No, you were...
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I Am Not a Medical Professional, Which Puts Me in Excellent Company
Observations from the trenches of prostate cancer, marriage, and the occasional bewildered goldfish Let me be perfectly clear: I am not a medical professional. I...
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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...