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From: jhhtexas on 10 Jul 2008 22:34
I have been posting here occasionally over the past few years. I had
an RP 4 years ago and my surgeon thinks he left a sliver of "benign"
prostate tissue as my PSA has been 0.03, 0.05, 0.07, 0.08, 0.08, 0.09,
0.09 each 6 month interval, and this month 0.10 at the 4 year mark. I
have moved and my new Uro (a colleague of my surgeon) also says we
should do nothing as any action would probably do more harm then good.
If it continues at the current progression, it will reach 1.0 when I
am 130.
From: Steve Kramer on 11 Jul 2008 06:24
<jhhtexas(a)ieee.org> wrote in message
news:04af24e2-5451-4cfb-b449-ce0ec46db15d(a)i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>I have been posting here occasionally over the past few years. I had
> an RP 4 years ago and my surgeon thinks he left a sliver of "benign"
> prostate tissue as my PSA has been 0.03, 0.05, 0.07, 0.08, 0.08, 0.09,
> 0.09 each 6 month interval, and this month 0.10 at the 4 year mark. I
> have moved and my new Uro (a colleague of my surgeon) also says we
> should do nothing as any action would probably do more harm then good.
> If it continues at the current progression, it will reach 1.0 when I
> am 130.

At your age, Jim, and a doubling time of 3.05 years, you certainly should be
safe until your 80s!




--
PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46
Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c
RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins
PSA <.1 <.1 <.1 .27 .37 .75 PSAD 0.19 years
EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47
PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 PSAD .056 years
Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 and every 4 months there after
PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 .145 PSAD 1.4 years
Casodex added daily 07/06
PSA <0.04, <0.05, <0.04, <0.04, <0.1 2/12/08
Illegitimati non carborundum


From: Just on 11 Jul 2008 14:46
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:34:17 -0700 (PDT), jhhtexas(a)ieee.org wrote:

>I have been posting here occasionally over the past few years. I had
>an RP 4 years ago and my surgeon thinks he left a sliver of "benign"
>prostate tissue as my PSA has been 0.03, 0.05, 0.07, 0.08, 0.08, 0.09,
>0.09 each 6 month interval, and this month 0.10 at the 4 year mark. I
>have moved and my new Uro (a colleague of my surgeon) also says we
>should do nothing as any action would probably do more harm then good.
>If it continues at the current progression, it will reach 1.0 when I
>am 130.


My surgeon also advised that he left some "benign" prostate tissue
aiming at improving continence.

Four years after surgery, my PSA was also at around 0.1. However, it
went on to around 0.2 in another two years - when I had salvage RT. My
Pca "story" so far:

Pre RRP PSA: 18.5

RRP: March 1999

PSA:
Until March 2001: <0.04
March 2001: 0.04
October 2001: 0.07
January 2002: 0.10
January 2002: 0.06 (one week later)
April 2002: 0.05 (different Lab; different assay).
October 2002: 0.08
April 2003: 0.10
November 2003: 0.12.
February 2004: 0.13.
June 2004: 0.14
November 2004: 0.18
March 2005: 0.21

CBRT: March - May 2005
65 gy (45 gy to the pelvic area + 20 gy to the prostatic fossa)

PSA until now: <0.04

Good luck.

Just
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