Prostate cancer, Active surveillance. - Active Surveillan...

Active Surveillance - Prostate Cancer

638 members354 posts

Prostate cancer, Active surveillance.

Jesscollie profile image
4 Replies

Hello, just an intro. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011. I am under active surveillance and use Alfusosin. My psa goes up and down each 6 month period. So far quite good, last test was November 20 and psa was 3.6.

Written by
Jesscollie profile image
Jesscollie
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
Read more about...
4 Replies
Jimhoy profile image
Jimhoy

Best of luck and continued good health. I’m on a QoL vacation and numbers have been good / behaving so far. However, the stress of every 6mo test is something else though. Waiting for the other shoe to drop really sucks!! Meanwhile.... I take it!!!

Keep it up!!!

Jc

DLewis profile image
DLewis in reply to Jimhoy

I've recently joined the stress club. May 2020 - See a Urologist. Sept. 2020, 12 - needle. Feb 21, MRI biopsy. March 21, MRI and Ultrasound needle biopsy with the MRI images over the Ultrasound on a screen. "Yeah you have it". No kidding. Luckily, very, very small. Yesterday PSA # 5.5. MRI again Feb 22.

Seeing the dentist today. Last 2 weeks my jaw is killing me. Have worn an acrlyic night guard for years for teeth grinding. I'm wondering if the anticipation is a contributing factor.

Funny thing, had a colonoscopy 6 weeks ago. That freaked me out more than this on a

Conscious level than this. Father had prostate cancer and did radiation, his #s crept back up into the 6es by the time he got dementia in his late 70s. Mother died from colon cancer at 93.

EJC61 profile image
EJC61

Going on 4 years on AS and really 5 years since my first abnormal PSA. I get checked every 3 months and my PSA goes up and down also. My uro's call my PSA "dynamic"!

Umpire20 profile image
Umpire20

I have been on Active Surveillance since Nov06 diagnosis of Gleason 6. Now 74 years old

You may also like...

My latest biopsy on active surveillance -- no cancer!

Well, I just had my latest fusion biopsy as part of my active surveillance protocol at MSKCC, and I...

Now on Active Surveillance

am \\"cancer free\\". I am on active surveillance and PSA is 0.00. I would like to join the active...

Active Surveillance Helpful Hints and Suggestions

and suggestions for 1. figuring out when to do PSA tests and scans and new biopsies and 2....

On Active Surveillance since August 2017

0.3mm PSA, 8/18: 6.41, fPSA: 22% My journey has been pretty long so far. I've had a high PSA (above

At age 67 my urologist diagnosed me with prostate cancer (March 5, 2018.)

aggressive. PSA was 5.4 when diagnosed. Abdominal CT scan and bone scan along with cysto were...