Dianosed with recurrent Prostate Cancer last May, 2019, had clear CT & Bone scans. But recent, Feb 2020, Axum PET Scan showed three lymph node spots of cobcern.
Biopsy last Fri, a story unto itself, and just today, four days later, had a personal call from my rad onco telling me that one spot is Cancer.
Very treatable with radiation - statistically high sucess rate. Covid madness might delay treatments but no worry.
Very good to hear all this as I would rather know than not know.
Good luck to you. I like when you say "I would rather know than not know"
True..knowing is half the battle won.
You may be interested in reading about the results of such treatment:
pcnrv.blogspot.com/2017/12/...
Very interesting link!
I was in pain (metastasis in a pelvis) and just one "shot" of salvage radiation and the pain was 80 % gone.
But what next?
I will be starting Zytiga ,Prednisone and I am still on Lupron.
I described it elsewhere.
Knowing is good. Lets count on Rt to knock it out again.. hang in there. Not knowing is worse .. let the drs do their stuff . Heal up well afterwards 🙏
Interesting that radiation is being sugggested since your primary treatment was radiation and ADT. The one thing I'd like to have if I was in your position is a PSMA-PET scan to see if the lymph nodes already identified are the only targets. Since the PSMA scan isn't yet Medicare approved - it will cost you.
I was discussing this yesterday with my med-onc, and he said it's now the first scan - and sometimes the only scan done - in Europe when PCa is suspected. He said it was less costly to do this one more sensitive and accurate scan since it eliminates about 3 other scans and sometimes even a biopsy.
He felt the FDA was close to approving it - but with Covad-19 dominating all the brains in medicine - who knows..
Where were you with the 'know advice' when I was about to marry my ex-wife?
Geezamacripe!!!
Good LucK, Good Health and Good Humor.
j-o-h-n Wednesday 04/15/2020 6:18 PM DST (formerly Uncle Sam's birthday)
Question. How are you systemically killing the little bastards flowing through your vascular and lymphatic network? With a Gleason 9, there are most certainly present.
Gourd Dancer
PSA 70 & Gleason Score 9
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