radiation treatment delayed

[thansen535]

2 years since prostatectomy. Psa still non detectable. Will get it checked again in 6 months or 1 year depending on urologist suggestion. I feel blessed since standard protocol was radiation to the pelvic area had 6 Month Lupron shot since they found positive pc in limp nodes and tissue extracted. I decided to forgo radiation since PSA remains non detectable. Maybe just lucky but I felt no need for radiation on less there was a positive pc result. Good luck everyone

[Shorehousejam]

Read my story don’t wait to long

[Fortysstyle]

Read my story. I am in the same boat but three years out. I would have had salvage radiation but also having ulcerative colitis, albeit in remission for years, would have likely resulted in a colostomy bag. According to three RO’s. Good luck.

[Shorehousejam in reply to Fortysstyle]

I never radiated talked out if by systemic c therapy obsessed MO, now I have liver metastatis from tumour on prostate bed, smuck mo

[Fortysstyle in reply to Shorehousejam]

it is a constant concern of mine. It’s a very hard choice. I would have preferred to get radiation to the prostate, but the multidisciplinary boards at NIH, MD Anderson, and John’s Hopkins advise not to. As a matter fact, the radiologist at John Hopkins told me that he wouldn’t do radiation on me unless they forced him to. I suppose the thinking is that if they closely monitor, every three months, my PSA rising will be spotted before the cancer moves from the prostate bed.

[thansen535 in reply to Fortysstyle]

thanks for your reply. Yeah, psa number will always keep me concerned and yet can’t get a pc pet scan unless 2.0 or over. Hopefully as you stated it will be caught before any spread from prostate bed if there at all.