Hi Guys,
I just wanted to share my good news, my latest PSA is 0.1, well within the target 0.4 given to me by my Consultant, I saw him today and he is very happy with progress.
To save you wading through my profile the basic story is as follows:
I was first diagnosed in 2007 (G9,T3, N?, M0) and had EBRT in 2008-09, together with a total of 3 years HT 2007-10, PSA was initially fine but started doubling in 2013.
In 2014-15 I was considered a suitable candidate for HDR Brachytherapy as 'salvage treatment' and had that in Feb 2015, I finished 2 years of HT last November. So this months PSA test is the first I have had post HT.
I had been set a target of 0.4. I queried this with Consultant today, asking what the target was in a year or two's time? He said that because HDR Brachytherapy is a new form of treatment, they have so few patients experience to build sound guidelines, so they are basically guessing what final target PSA should be, but 0.1 after 4 months off the HT suggests there isn't much if any cancer left.
So for those of you whose conventional RT seems to have failed, I recommend this salvage treatment, I am not out of the woods yet, but the early signs are promissing.
:)Dave