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Viv, my Gleason was 3+4=7 and T2 staging. I was offered 2 years hormone therapy and radio therapy after three months because my prostate was too close to the rectum wall to be offered a prostectomy. There was the danger of either leaving cancer cells in the wall or breaking through into the rectum and creating all sorts of problems.

I personally would not have gone for the prostectomy if it had been offered to me, I did not want the side effects even though I have s/e's from HT and RT but hopefully short term.

Nobody mentioned Brachytherapy to me so do not know if it would have been an option if I had known about it.

Regards Chris/Woody

Life seems different upside down, take another viewpoint

I had the nuc med scan due to pain in my hip. It's the bone scan and confirmed that the pain I endure is long standing from another problem and not cancerous.

One tip re scans - a friend of mine told me to wear an eye mask as he knows that I suffer a little from claustrophobia. It really helped me and I had no problems coping with them.

My staging is T3a with a Gleason score of 5+4+3 , with my initial Psa level 33.5. Due to the locally advanced spread to the lymph nodes and seminal vesicle I was not eligible for surgery. I had 37 fractions of RT and will have had 36 months of HT by August 17.

Like Chris I'm not sure if I would have chosen a prostectomy even if I had been eligible. I have been happy with my treatment and I am hopeful that it will eventually proove to be curative.

Good luck to you all,

John

Welcome to the site,nice to hear you are looking after Dad.

I had a biopsy followed by MRI scan a week later, a bone scan a couple of weeks later the a CT scan about three months later. My bone scan involved injecting me with a radioactive trace hence nuclear medicine and I assume that is pretty standard. CT scan also involved being injected with some sort of trace material. I waited four months from DX to op, as we were having a new robot installed, PCa is often described as slow growing so hopefully not need to rush decisions.

Thanks Chris

Edited to add PSA was 7.7 Gleason was 4+3.

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My own hubby had a PSA of 25 but a hard prostate on DRE so a bone scan./MRI was required and we made an appointment for two weeks after that and sadly, we got the horrible diagnosis of cancer spread, lymph and bone and a G score of 10. PSA seems to mean little in this disease but you do need the full works if potential spread outside the prostate is possible.

Good luck

Devonmaid

Hi Viv

I wouldn't have thought the nurse would have rung to give false hope so I'd take it as a positive until such time as it's contradicted.

It's all a horribly worrying time eh.

Best Wishes

Sandra

It can be useful to get the scan reports if possible, they can show up other non cancer but age related conditions. For various reasons I did not get my CT scan report and spent six months being treated for reflux acid, when I eventually went for a new scan it came to light that the CT scan pre op had shown a number of gallbladder stones and sludge.

Thanks Chris

Just thought I'd let you's know I've been raving on about you lovely people on this forum to friends, family, colleagues, basically anyone that will listen to me !! Yous are a great bunch of people !! Who have helped me understand about this ugly disease more than Dr Google ever could
I will never moan about the trivial things anymore
I think I may have even twisted my dads arm to join too, My dads not a one for talking about stuff he tends to keep things bottled up, I think this forum would be good for him

Viv X

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Happy Father's Day to all you wonderful dads on here I Hope you can enjoy your day as much as physically possible, I've done my research and
Ive bought my dad a nice bottle of Red wine and some dark chocolates, (I know he'd rather have a pint though)
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Can't help with the questions Viv and I'm sure that I don't need to remind you to write down both the questions as advised by members here and the answers.

Good luck all of you. A stressful time but at least you'll know where dad stands