Beginning of a Long Journey

[RobertNJr]

December 2008, biopsy prostate indicated cancer with a PSA 13. Have a Gleason of 7. February 2009, had prostate remove robotic surgery. PSA dropped to .01 for 8 years until August of 2017, PSA rose to .8. I had 39 sessions of Radiation. PSA dropped to .01 until May of 2019 rose to .6. October 22, 2019, went to UCLA, I had a 68G PSMA Pet Scan. Indicated active cancer cells. Meeting with doctor in a week to decide on radiation or not. I am assuming I will be get radiation. I will post our decision and results.

Detour before meeting doc, fell off 12’ ladder landing on concrete. Titanium rods broke within 4 months, got sepsis in next operation.

PSA rose to 1.7. New OMs, ran every test again. Started on Lupron 7/17, so far, okay.

I hope the best for all people fighting any disease, be strong.

[Magnus1964]

If you had radiation therapy once, you can't have it again in the same location. Or are you speaking of salvage radiation to a different location of the body?

[RobertNJr]

Thanks

[RobertNJr in reply to RobertNJr]

I’m waiting to speak with my doctor on the 13th. It’s my understanding the radiation will be cyber knife types

[Hidden in reply to RobertNJr]

How did your doc appointment go? Hopefully, well

[RobertNJr in reply to Hidden]

Looks like head Radiation Oncologist at Hoag says he can radiate the live cancer cells, even though the cells are in a tough position. I will know more next week. Thanks for asking

[Hidden in reply to RobertNJr]

Ok...I just got to your post today. The rad guys can get into some pretty tight spots these days. Hope all goes well 🙏

[Raymo69]

Sorry to hear this. You don’t need more radiation, you need Lupron. It’s not fun but it will get to the cancer cells that surgery & radiation have failed to reach. Please talk to your Drs about this. I had 10-12 Drs tell me I had to get my prostate removed. Gleason 8 at 45 years old. PSA was 15. Found two Drs that told me if I would have had it removed, I’d be right back there doing radiation & Lupron. I only did 28 sessions of radiation & 6 months (so far) of Lupron. I’m now a .04 PSA & still have my prostate. I’ll be 51 in March. It’s been working for me so far.

[RobertNJr]

Thanks for your input

[keepinon]

Yikes! Was there a black cat under that ladder? Good luck with everything!!

[RobertNJr in reply to keepinon]

Could have happened, during my fall I was more concerned with not having the chainsaw close to me, when I hit the ground

Thanks for asking