Treatment
7/2006 Detected nodule on Prostate during routine Colonoscopy
8/2006 Biopsy reveals Gleason 8 growth
9/2006 Radical Prostatectomy
12/2006 PSA reading reveals recurrence
2/2007 Prostascint at MUSC, Charleston, S.C.
3/2007 Begin 31 daily radiation treatments
7/2007 PSA count "non-detectable"
4/2010 PSA reading of .4
8/2010 PSA reading of 1.8
10/2010 PSA reading of 6.2
11/2010 received Lupron injection (previously had two injections in 2007)
11/11/2010 Bone Scan
11/15/2010 PET scan
11/18/2010 Scheduled for appointment to get results of Bone and PET scans
in 2005 my Family Doctor felt a nodule on my prostate during my annual physical, and failed to tell me about it. In 2006, she again felt the nodule, and failed to notify me. In August 2006, when I asked her she never told me, she said that "most people die with Prostate cancer". If I had not had the Colonoscopy when I did, I probably would not be around now to post this blog.
Now the cancer has returned, and I will be on pins and needles as I await the results of the two scans - on 11/18.
I like my urologist (the same Doctor who perfomed the surgery in 2010).
I guess I am a little unique in that my PSA even in 2006 was about 2.5 (relatively low). Now it is 6.2 and evidently rising at an alarming rate. I've done a little research and know that PSA counts can get up in the hundreds. What deos my 6.2 count really mean?
At this point, I imagine the best thing is to simply await the results in two days, and not conjecture too much. Probably easier said than done.
8/2006 Biopsy reveals Gleason 8 growth
9/2006 Radical Prostatectomy
12/2006 PSA reading reveals recurrence
2/2007 Prostascint at MUSC, Charleston, S.C.
3/2007 Begin 31 daily radiation treatments
7/2007 PSA count "non-detectable"
4/2010 PSA reading of .4
8/2010 PSA reading of 1.8
10/2010 PSA reading of 6.2
11/2010 received Lupron injection (previously had two injections in 2007)
11/11/2010 Bone Scan
11/15/2010 PET scan
11/18/2010 Scheduled for appointment to get results of Bone and PET scans
in 2005 my Family Doctor felt a nodule on my prostate during my annual physical, and failed to tell me about it. In 2006, she again felt the nodule, and failed to notify me. In August 2006, when I asked her she never told me, she said that "most people die with Prostate cancer". If I had not had the Colonoscopy when I did, I probably would not be around now to post this blog.
Now the cancer has returned, and I will be on pins and needles as I await the results of the two scans - on 11/18.
I like my urologist (the same Doctor who perfomed the surgery in 2010).
I guess I am a little unique in that my PSA even in 2006 was about 2.5 (relatively low). Now it is 6.2 and evidently rising at an alarming rate. I've done a little research and know that PSA counts can get up in the hundreds. What deos my 6.2 count really mean?
At this point, I imagine the best thing is to simply await the results in two days, and not conjecture too much. Probably easier said than done.