Gold Markers Done

[ODave]

Yep it was a lot of nothing. Several pinches and done. Question..they are doing a CT and MRI same day next week. I’m sure it’s the planning for the SBRT but are they also looking for changes? I took me 5 months to figure out what treatment I wanted. I hope they don’t change it if there were changes, I’m really hoping for the monotherapy. The prostate was 29.2 CC when I had my biopsy months ago and the other day it was 30 CC I hope I didn’t wait too long.

[Tall_Allen]

It's just for planning. I'm not sure what you are making of the fact that your prostate is still exactly the same size.

[ODave in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks, the original lesion seen in my MRI was 1.9 x 0.6 cm with possible EPE I guess I’m just nervous its bigger and pushing the capsule more. I’m sure they’ll let me know next week.

[Tall_Allen in reply to ODave]

MRI is lousy at detecting EPE. I still don't understand your comment - it's not bigger- the two numbers you gave are exactly the same, a difference of 0.8 cc isn't even measurable, if that's what you're referring to.

[ODave in reply to Tall_Allen]

Yep that’s what I was referring to, I was thinking maybe the lesion increased the size of the prostate.

[Tall_Allen in reply to ODave]

That's not an increase. Prostate size is an just a rough estimate and differs a lot by different measurements.