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Hi Joe,
You are about 4 months ahead of me since end of radiation treatment. Like you I also had hormones although mine were neo adjuvant (before radation). But of course the effects of the hormones will linger on for about six months or more after your last shot. I note that you have your last shot in April 2008. So we could expect your PSA and testosterone levels to rise by say about December January. Your January PSA came in at 0.12, approximately double the 0.05 that was the reported low in your treatment chart that I read.
OK now we both still have our prostates unlike the surgery guys. So our PSA levels are never going to be zeros.
Mine is currently 0.1ng/ml and I am very happy with that Joe. You also may care to read my treatment chart as well.
Now papers that I have read suggest that after external beam radiation, PSA can decrease over 1 to 2 years to a mean value (nadir) of less than 1.0ng/ml, which is indicative recurrence free survival. Note that figure Joe, 1.0. Now you are currently at 0.12ng/ml, which is looking ok in my opinion. It is far to early to speculate just yet Joe. And I know after reading your treatment charts that you have had issues to deal with. So Joe, relax smell the flowers and enjoy each day as it comes. Who knows, perhaps several years down the track we may both look back and wonder what all that PSA anxiety was all about, LOL.
