Guest guest Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hi Marilyn and welcome. I am so sorry that you and your husband are going through this. The weeks just after diagnosis are terrible. When I read your first post I thought that the PSA .75 must have been a mistake. It is a very unusual number. I would expect to see that reading from someone who has had treatment. After your visit tomorrow with the doctor let us know what you find out. My husband finished proton therapy 11 months ago. There are several of us here who can answer questions if it looks like your husband has early stage cancer with no mets and is still interested in pursuing protons. Laurel > > > > > > >We see the urologist tomorrow & still very anxious. My husband was > at our local Dr. today. He had all the written reports but not the > path. on the scans. > > His DRE on Jan. 18 was normal. On Feb 1, His prostate volume was 23 > grams & slightly asymnetric. " It did have several prostatic stones, > otherwise the prostate was unremarkable " . The biopsy report stated on > Casssette No.2, five needle core biopsies reading " Prostatic > adenocarcinoma, acinar/conventional type, Gleason score 3+3=6, 185 > Total linear millimeters of carcinoma/length of cores: 2/47 mm. > > Laws actually called & requested the bone scan & CT scan because at > the time he thought he wanted robotic surgery. I didn't know that he > did. He had a friend who had surgery & he told Laws that they would > do them before they would do surgery. > > I would like to know what stage is the tumor? Is it possible that the > biopsy may have missed high grade cells that are not producing psa? > Our family Dr. said he knew the lab. technicians & that if there was > anything questionable, all the technicians would look at it & decide. > I am terrified that his is a cancer that has metastisized & not > producing much psa. His psa (0.75) is no higher & even lower than it > has been all through about 15 years. We are going to get a second > opinion on the biopsy & scans. > > What do you make of this. He wants to have Proton Beam treatment but > they may not take him with this uncertain bone scan. > > I know there is no way for you to be certain about anything, but does > he have very early Pca & an excellent prognosis or does he have Stage > 4 cancer with not very many years to live & almost constant medical > treatments? There is a lot of difference. > Thank you for your help, > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the > Grammy > > Awards. Go to AOL Music. > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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