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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...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 23 7:24am
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NePtune Trial and surgery questions
Some background - last month (Dec 2024) I was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9 . I am BRCA2 positive...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 28 5:35pm
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Can I Manage Testosterone w/ ORGOVYX and Skip Radiation?
I've already had colon cancer and a sigmoid resection that metastasized to my lung ... had a lung wedge resection also. Was doing good except...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 1, 2024
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Gleason 8. High risk. Prostate swelling-cancer is contained for now.
Age: 56. Physically/mentally: Strong. Gleason 8 - High Risk. Stage: IIIa Cancer tumor: Contained within prostate for now. Tumor protruding outward. Recommendation: Per radiologists, surgeons,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 11, 2023
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A Strange And Personal Question
You know, in this forum, there are few things that are taboo to discuss because once you've had a dozen people fooling around in the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 29 1:45pm
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Can out-of-state patients do telemedicine?
I'm located in Oregon, and I'm in the process of deciding where and how to get treated for prostate cancer. I'll probably need to travel...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 10, 2024
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Treatment Options & A Mayo 2nd Opinion Questions
Radical Prostatectomy in 1998 - Gleason 6 - 2000 PSA was rising slowly & prostate bed radiation was performed. PSA dropped to 0.1 and remained...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 9, 2022
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PSA of 4.1 when never previously higher than 1.0
My apologies for asking such a basic question in a community in which so many are courageously dealing with significant challenges. But I’m filled with...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 9, 2024
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Getting through the pain days
It's been a tough week. The cancer itself is fine (still in full remission), but the damage the cancer did to my body has jumped...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 19, 2024
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Did you get a PET scan prior to radical prostatectomy?
My husband has Gleason 7 (4+3) PCA with regional lymphadenopathy. Bone scan, CT negative. Current plan is radical prostatectomy. When originally asked surgeon about PET...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 26, 2022