brachytherapy after 32 mos

Hello,

This group has been a great help to me so I hope my experience is helpful to
others.

Age 65, PSA 6.8, Gleason 6 (3+3) No hormone therapy. Perfect brachytherapy
candidate.

May 10, 2005 Admitted 10 am - Discharged 5 PM. Did not need a catheter.

PSA Readings:

3mo.- 2.9 22mo.- 2.8
6mo.- 1.1 23mo.- 2.1
12mo.-1.3 26mo.- 1.5
18mo.-1.6 32mo.- 0.3 (Hooray! This is the average PSA for
this time frame)

After brachytherapy the prostate remains, that is why the readings are
higher than with surgery.
The bounce at 22 mo.s was frightening, but my urologist assured me it was
not time to be concerned.

I had to take Flomax for 4 months. I urinated frequently for a few months
and then had some urgency problems
for almost a year.

I'm happy to report that I now have no side effects. I have an active sex
life, sometimes with the help of Cialis.

Woody

Great News, Woody! Congratulations! I'm happy for you!

Burney

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:58:21 -0800, "fellow" <woodyy@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>This group has been a great help to me so I hope my experience is helpful to
>others.
>
>Age 65, PSA 6.8, Gleason 6 (3+3) No hormone therapy. Perfect brachytherapy
>candidate.
>
>May 10, 2005 Admitted 10 am - Discharged 5 PM. Did not need a catheter.
>
>PSA Readings:
>
>3mo.- 2.9 22mo.- 2.8
>6mo.- 1.1 23mo.- 2.1
>12mo.-1.3 26mo.- 1.5
>18mo.-1.6 32mo.- 0.3 (Hooray! This is the average PSA for
>this time frame)
>
>After brachytherapy the prostate remains, that is why the readings are
>higher than with surgery.
>The bounce at 22 mo.s was frightening, but my urologist assured me it was
>not time to be concerned.
>
>I had to take Flomax for 4 months. I urinated frequently for a few months
>and then had some urgency problems
> for almost a year.
>
>I'm happy to report that I now have no side effects. I have an active sex
>life, sometimes with the help of Cialis.
>
>Woody
>
>
>
RP in 1995 (age 52)
RT in 2000
ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07
Latest PSA - 0.18

burney dot huff at mindspring dot com

"fellow" <woodyy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:-bCdnSdGS93b8T7anZ2dnUVZ_remnZ2d@wavecable.com...
....
> PSA Readings:
>
> 3mo.- 2.9 22mo.- 2.8
> 6mo.- 1.1 23mo.- 2.1
> 12mo.-1.3 26mo.- 1.5
> 18mo.-1.6 32mo.- 0.3 (Hooray! This is the average PSA
> for this time frame)
> ...
> The bounce at 22 mo.s was frightening, but my urologist assured me it
> was not time to be concerned.

One standard for declaring recurrence is three successive rises in PSA
with at least 3 months between each reading.

By that measure, it appeared that you had a recurrence. I know how
you must have been sweating.

It looks like your doctor was right not to action yet. It wasn't a
recurrence. Some doctors would have put you on hormone therapy
by then - which you didn't need.

Congratulations on the results.

Alan