Hello Perkij,
My experience of treatment is somewhat historic, my "Journey" began in March 2013.
I was told then that ideally you would have an MRI first, and then a biopsy. If you had the biopsy first the prostate would need time to recover from being treated like an archery target so as not too distort the gland and mess about with the MRI imaging. Subsequently I learned that reading the MRI is a bit of a dark art, depending on who is looking, and at what. It alone is not in any way conclusive of anything, good or bad.
Your initial biopsy sounds like a general "stab in the dark", and see what comes up? Are you about to have a targeted biopsy?
Bear in mind that the only way to ascertain what is going on and how affected you are/were is when the gland is in a dish in a lab being sliced up by a technician.
FWIW I don't believe cost comes into it so much with PCa, not so much anyway, as it might do with other areas of health.
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You are right Couñtryboy my first biopsy was random.
Twelve samples taken of which eleven were clear and one had cancer.
My second biopsy is to be targetted at areas of concern found by the MRI.
I think I new the answer re cost. Just having a bit of a moan I guess.
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Ah well, having a moan is all good moan is fine here, and good that you can. We all feel like having a moan when we get the news.
But your situation is better than very many here, worse than only a few. And when we are in this ballpark, those small victories are worth clinging to.
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Hi Perkij,
All I can say is that for me personally after my blood test I was not told anything except that I would need an MRI scan and a bone scan. At my meeting with the urologist I was told that they would be taking twelve targeted bi-opsies, so in my case there was not an option but I had scant first.
Seems the logical thing to do as the bi-opsies taken before would have been totally random and a shot in the dark with a negative result not proving anything one way or another.
Cheers, Chris/Woody
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I had my MRI first then after a suspicious MRI, I had a Template biopsy but due to time lapsing, now having a bone scam
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I had the TRUS biopsy first from 12 places which came back Gleason 9, scans showed high grade cancer, I sometimes have wondered with the way I have been treated (or not treated) that they have already made the decision that their is not a lot they can or want to do
my last visit with onco who said if you do not want to complete the 6 cycles of chemo than you do not have to, now these 6 cycles of docetaxel chemo have come from the stampede trial as being one of the best ways to extend my life
our local health service have stated their will be a 12million shortfall in their budget and at times I feel they are trying to save what they can where they can
when I eventually finish my chemo I will be looking to move nottingham if the onco their will still have, already met with him
do not have a lot of faith in my local cancer hospital
regards
nidge
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