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Post treatment update #3
Exactly 1 year since 45mg Lupron hormone therapy injection that was followed by 20 radiation sessions. 90 day post treatment PSA test showed no cancer...
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Penile Numbness after Prostate Cancer treatment: What can be done?
I had prostate cancer. I went through 18 weeks of radiation. Afterward I was placed on orgovyx. I am still able to have an erection...
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Lung metastasis: Curiosities from VATS to BATS
“Metastasis to the lung is present in more than 40% of men with metastatic prostate cancer (3); however, lung metastases without any bone or lymph...
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Why is the experience of negative SE’s of ADT so variable…or are they?
Those of us who remain “treatment neophytes” are all about risk-reward, with heavy emphasis on zero risk. I’ve often wondered why some men seemingly breeze...
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Completed EBRT recently, first blood test readings done. Any advice?
I was a Gleason 9 when I began taking Orgovyx in September 2024. Testosterone was 825, PSA 6.0 Had 28 sessions of EBRT which concluded...
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Lab tests
Has anyone encountered a lab making mistakes on the testosterone & PSA tests…..it was done at a different lab that we normally go to.
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ADT, Brachytherapy, IMRT...done!
Just thought I'd share. Started this journey in spring 2024. Gleason 4+3. Decipher 0.78. PSMA scan negative outside of the prostate lesion. PSA 13.4 when...
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Bad news again (still)
Perhaps you read my story, perhaps not. Gleason 8, spread to bladder neck 55 years old. Prostatectomy with bladder lesion cut out. Recurrence after a...
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Finished radiation therapy today, how will I know if it worked?
Finished 28 sessions of EBRT today, still taking Orgovyx. RO said he will schedule an appointment with him in about a month to determine what...
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ADT paradox study.
I found a recent study that challenges the established ADT dogma. I found that the study suggests that androgen levels might have a more nuanced...
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If one has surgery, PSA should stay close to undetectable. If someone has radiation then a...
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Orgovyx is pills rather than an injection. The main chronic side effects are the same (low...