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PEYRONIE’S DISEASE I have made some changes to this page which may be of interest, especially to men contemplating surgery
NEW POSTS:
VINCE ELDER diagnosed earlier this month and undecided
DOUG MRCO comes in as a Gold Two Star member who had surgery in 1998, EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) for failed surgery and is now on ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy).
AL DILGER has been on an Active Surveillance routine but successive rises in PSA have him thinking about ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) or Brachytherapy
RON ROUNDY chose RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) and is five days out – all gone well so far
DAVE WOTJA diagnosed on June 15 and has already decided on RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) – one of the quickest decisions I can recall
JOHN COLEMAN Two Star Gold Member who chose ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) in 1998, his PSA is down a little, other health issues under control, he’s off on another cruise
HARRY MOORE Three Star Gold Member was startled by a positive PSA reading 14 years after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and ADT
JOHN FARROW Silver Member doing very well on an Abiraterone Trial after failed ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)/EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment) for a GS8 diagnosis
ANTON SCHWARZ continues on his Active Surveillance path despite an increase in PSA and has an interesting comment about his insurers – after five years they will not pay for AS monitoring, but will pay for invasive treatment
GEORGE HARDY Silver Member diagnosed with a PSA of 185.0 and staged T4 chose EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) and ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)has a slowly rising PSA three years after starting his ADT ‘holiday’ and shows clearly why every man should have an oncologist, NOT a urologist as the ‘lead specialist’ – as women do for breast cancer
IAN YEARWOOD chose Watchful Waiting and has a slowly rising PSA which is still well below the level at diagnosis
SCOTT G two years after diagnosis and he’s waiting for his test results
MARK MALDONADO after failed RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) for GS 9 tumor and intermittent ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) he is considering EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) or Provenge
STEVE S three years diagnosis and RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) his PSA is still undetectable but without ED medication he has ongoing problems
GREG B three years after RP (Radical Prostatectomy) his PSA is still zero – as his erectile function
MIKE C fifteen months after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) everything is back to ‘normal’ – maybe it is the fishing and traveling that does the trick
JOE ECKER Coming up to two years after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) PSA is undetectable, ED is improving …..and Joe still worries a bit….
COLIN GIBSON two years after RP (Radical Prostatectomy) he is dealing with ED issues and an AdVance™ sling has sorted out his incontinence
FRANK P one of the few members ho have chosen CyberKnife® is very pleased with the outcome so far
JIM FOTTER two years after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) bi-mix does the trick for ED
GENE C chose Watchful Waiting when he was diagnosed twelve months ago and his PSA is down
JEFF H three years after his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) everything is going well – no longer needs ED medication
SCOTTY ALLEN has come to grips with his ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) side effects and has undetectable PSA after RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment)
TIM CANNEY Silver Member has been on Active Surveillance for eight years now but still gets jumpy with PSA fluctuations
DAN WILLIS his problems continue - incontinent and with ED after RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) he had an artificial sphincter fitted but had to have it removed
DOUG LAWLESS chose Brachytherapy and is happy with the latest PSA of 0.68 and no side effects
DORSEY DELAVIGNE had Brachytherapy in March and everything is fine with PSA trending down
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