"Otis" <Otis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the article. I have recently been diagnosed with prostate
> cancer. My doctor detected an increase in PSA at my last physical (5.3)
> checked again (4.4) and recommended a biopsy.The biopsy confrimed I have
> prostate cancer. Gleason is 3+3=6, stage is T1c. I am 46 and scarded to
> death about this. I and very interested in this type of surgery and would
> be interested in hearing from other that have undergound it.
You came to the right place, Otis! While we are saddened to enter you on
our membership rolls, we welcome you with open arms.
My signature below shows you where I started this journey. I was 46, like
you, but my PSA was 3x higher, Stage was worse and Gleason was worse. I was
on the edge of being 'curable' and my post operative biopsy showed that I
probably came down on the wrong side. Within a year, it was confirmed.
However, I'm still here very nearly 6 years later with an undetectable PSA
If I can squeeze out another 9 years, I might see a cure to my cancer.
You, however, are situated much better. With your lower PSA, better Gleason
and better Stage, you have a great chance at a cure with your initial
treatment and are almost a lock to live long enough to be cured by modern
medical science.
Thus ends the pep talk.
Now, you need to bore into your research. You need to read a couple of
books and search the Internet. I would start with Dr. peter Scardino's
Prostate Book or Dr. Patrick C. Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer.
You will find why you are pretty much limited to surgery and just how lucky
you are to have found it early.
--
PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46
Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c
RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins
PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75
EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47
PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32
Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05,
2/06, 6/06
PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 .145
Casodex added daily 07/06
PSA <0.04
Non Illegitimi Carborundum
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