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Prostate Cancer And Gay Men

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DragonBattle

It is very late and I need to go to sleep.

It is very late and I need to go to sleep.

•59 minutes ago

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why didn't you consider a clinical trial?

Please help me understand more about the barriers to participating in clinical trials. If you've ever considered joining a clinical trial but decided against...

Please help me understand more about the barriers to participating in clinical t...

Partner•4 days ago

Regarding Pluvicto - Did you recieve six doses? If not, then why?

Regarding Pluvicto - Did you recieve six doses? If not, then why?

Regarding Pluvicto - Did you recieve six doses? If not, then why?

Partner•5 days ago

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nothing here is medical advice

please do not stop or start or modify a treatment or therapy based solely on what you read here. Instead, share what you read here with your doctor and follow...

please do not stop or start or modify a treatment or therapy based solely on wha...

Partner•7 days ago

biopsy after orgovyx

does anyone know how long you should wait after taking Orgovyx to get a biopsy? I can't find any information about this on the Orgovyx website and the patient...

does anyone know how long you should wait after taking Orgovyx to get a biopsy? ...

•12 days ago

Is it worth it?

I'm a 64 year old gay man married for 30+ years. I went to get my testosterone checked and it was slightly low but the doctor said before he prescribed T he...

I'm a 64 year old gay man married for 30+ years. I went to get my testosterone ...

•13 days ago

LLMs (ChatGPT) in your Cancer Care

Malecare is one of the leading patient advocacy nonprofit organizations to develop patient focused modalities using ChatGPT and other LLMs. Our Cancer Copilot...

Malecare is one of the leading patient advocacy nonprofit organizations to devel...

Partner•18 days ago

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Be Interviewed and help everyone with your story

Based on the outstanding response to yesterday's video with Don (the retired Canadian Mountie), I will be happy to record more interviews with the guys in our...

Based on the outstanding response to yesterday's video with Don (the retired Can...

Partner•19 days ago

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Need more info on related symptoms

On the surface, I seem to be doing very well. Per earlier posts: Gleason 5+4, intraductal, possible perinueral spread, PET scan shows spread to lymph nodes...

On the surface, I seem to be doing very well. Per earlier posts: Gleason 5+4, in...

•23 days ago

Free Download - Prostate Cancer Comic Book about stage IV

Our wonderful community member James Burns has created a full-length comic book about his experiences with stage IV prostate cancer. Get your free download...

Our wonderful community member James Burns has created a full-length comic book ...

Partner•27 days ago

Perineum Irritation / Pain

I’m Stage 4A prostate cancer (spread outside prostate to lymph nodes only) in week 3 of treatment. I’m doing Lupron shots every 3months + Abiraterone with...

I’m Stage 4A prostate cancer (spread outside prostate to lymph nodes only) in...

•1 month ago

High Gleason score + .2 PSA

Want to share this link about when to start salvage radiation after surgery. Only a few years ago, the cutoff PSA for starting radiation was .5 Now, my doc...

Want to share this link about when to start salvage radiation after surgery. O...

•2 months ago

Any experience with Xtandi (enzolutamide).

The long story is in another post. Short story is the PC metastasized to the brain and they added Xtandi to the Lupron shots , as it's the only drug that will...

The long story is in another post. Short story is the PC metastasized to the br...

•2 months ago

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Lupron

If you have any heart related issues, my advice would be to stay away from Lupron. Years ago I had my mitral valve in my heart replaced, which is doing...

If you have any heart related issues, my advice would be to stay away from Lupro...

•2 months ago

Still Frustrated

My prostrate cancer struggle continues. As I’ve posted, it began 5 months ago with higher PSA numbers in an annual physical. I live in San Diego where there is...

My prostrate cancer struggle continues. As I’ve posted, it began 5 months ago wi...

•2 months ago

Erectile Leaking

I'm 2 months post robotic-prostatectomy. All went very well regarding surgery as is, my continued recovery. The one thing which I can't understand or work out...

I'm 2 months post robotic-prostatectomy. All went very well regarding surgery as...

•2 months ago

Post-op PSA jump .06 to 1.1

Hey guys, I'm not a math person, but this seems to be way more than "doubling." More like 18x? Not finding any literature online that addresses this big of...

Hey guys, I'm not a math person, but this seems to be way more than "doubling....

•2 months ago

6 months after radiation

I had SBRT in September and all went well. My semen was a bit brownish at first, but now has become bloody red. I went for blood work and my PSA has dropped...

I had SBRT in September and all went well. My semen was a bit brownish at first,...

•2 months ago

6 months after radiation

I had SBRT in September and all went well. My semen was a bit brownish at first, but now has become bloody red. I went for blood work and my PSA has dropped...

I had SBRT in September and all went well. My semen was a bit brownish at first,...

•2 months ago

Prostectamy

I'm 5 weeks post op following my successful prostectamy. I've recovered very well. Incontinence almost gone, just a few drops now and then. I've been taking...

I'm 5 weeks post op following my successful prostectamy. I've recovered very we...

•3 months ago

Intraductal Carcinoma of the Prostate

My biopsy indicates a tumor that’s Gleason 5+4=9, Group 5 (possibly still contained) with intraductal carcinoma. There seems to be only a small bit of Gleason...

My biopsy indicates a tumor that’s Gleason 5+4=9, Group 5 (possibly still contai...

•3 months ago

Fears confirmed

I posted previously on this long and tortuous journey to ( almost) a diagnosis. Almost because my concierge PCP gave me a heads up on the biopsy report which...

I posted previously on this long and tortuous journey to ( almost) a diagnosis. ...

•3 months ago

PSA still undetectable?

Prostatectomy September 2022. PSA since op 0.01 latest PSA 0.03 Urologist states will check it again in 3 months rather then 6. 0.03 still very low but why...

Prostatectomy September 2022. PSA since op 0.01 latest PSA 0.03 Urologist state...

•3 months ago

Recently Diagnosed. Overwhelmed.

Hello, gentlemen. I’m Jeff. I’m a 56 yo married gay man. I was diagnosed on November 2, 2023. Gleason 3+3=6, grade 1. One of the twelve cores was 14%...

Hello, gentlemen. I’m Jeff. I’m a 56 yo married gay man. I was diagnosed on No...

•3 months ago

help for arousal incontinence

Hi folks. I'm 58 and had a nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy 9 weeks ago. My recovery has gone fairly smoothly - I had no stress urinary incontinence after...

Hi folks. I'm 58 and had a nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy 9 weeks ago. My r...

•3 months ago

Penis Injection options: advice needed

I need help/ suggestions for those who have gone through the gamut of trying different injection types to get an erection. I had my robotic prostatectomy 22...

I need help/ suggestions for those who have gone through the gamut of trying dif...

•3 months ago

Pharmacy recommendations

I live in San Francisco and trying to get TriMix through Kaiser has been met with a bunch of frustrating hurdles. If anyone can recommend a good compounding...

I live in San Francisco and trying to get TriMix through Kaiser has been met wit...

•4 months ago

STILL WAITING

No real news yet. That’s my biggest concern so far (pretty sure more to come) . As I’ve said before, I first became aware of a problem in an annual physical in...

No real news yet. That’s my biggest concern so far (pretty sure more to come) . ...

•4 months ago

Long Journey

Hey Guys, I don’t post on here often and I’m afraid this will be a long post. I have had PCa over 18 years. Started with casodex, Lupron. A few months later,...

Hey Guys, I don’t post on here often and I’m afraid this will be a long post. I...

•4 months ago

Stay Positive!

Good morning Gentlemen! I wanted to take a moment to Thank each and every one of you that reached out to me after my initial. To recap, I am a 53 year old man...

Good morning Gentlemen! I wanted to take a moment to Thank each and every one o...

•4 months ago

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