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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 09:17
My husband has a psa of 6.8 and gleeson of 7 and been offered all treatments

We are on a roller coaster trying to decide which treatment to go for

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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 12:58

Please don't be too disheartened. The fact that you have been offered all treatments suggests that your husband's cancer has been detected early enough for the chance of a successful outcome to whatever path you decide to take.

Personally, I was diagnosed in Aug 2015 with similar test results to your husbands and initially opted for "Active Surveillance" but eventually eventually chose the Brachytherapy route.

Please click on my name under the avatar for a more detailed description of my own journey, which is still on-going.

Please accept my best wishes for the future for you both.

Regards Tom 

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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 14:57

Welcome Debz

I wasn't offered a choice.  I was told by both oncologist and urologist that surgery was my best option.  I imagine it must be very hard to choose and, to some extent, am glad I didn't have to.  The PCUK nurses are brilliant and have the time to talk you through the options.

 

Ulsterman

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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 12:58

Please don't be too disheartened. The fact that you have been offered all treatments suggests that your husband's cancer has been detected early enough for the chance of a successful outcome to whatever path you decide to take.

Personally, I was diagnosed in Aug 2015 with similar test results to your husbands and initially opted for "Active Surveillance" but eventually eventually chose the Brachytherapy route.

Please click on my name under the avatar for a more detailed description of my own journey, which is still on-going.

Please accept my best wishes for the future for you both.

Regards Tom 

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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 14:17

Hello Deb and welcome

If you go to Publications on this site you can view (or download) a copy of The Toolkit which are a set of leaflets giving information on the various treatments available and possible side effects etc.

Could you just let us know whether your husband's Gleason was 3+4=7 or 4+3=7. The first number denotes a more serious view, although having said that 7 is nowhere near as high as some of our men go.

The fact, as Tom says, that your husband has been offered all available treatments does suggest that he has plenty of time to study his options.

If he is not in the "let's get it out asap" category then active surveillance may be the way to go. My husband had a year on that before making a decision and it gives you time to assess where you are going and to be able to make use of that time doing the things you want to do before treatments and their possible side effects take over.

As you are the "all treatments available" camp then I suggest you don't rush into anything but gather as much information as you can, bearing in mind that all treatments have the potential to be life changing

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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 14:19

debz

hi and welcome to the forum

its all a bit overwhelming at first trying to understand why and what to do

how is hubby, by that I mean is he burying head in the sand or looking to tackle it head on

firstly get the toolkit from this site, it explains about all your options but don't rush in to any or get bullied into any, it will be your choice

once you have an idea on what option you would like look on here via the search engine it will give you other peoples experiance of it

just try to remember you are not alone with this, because at times you will think you are

the specialist nurses on here are fantastic

take time to understand the outcome of your decision as you will both living with it

 

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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 14:57

Welcome Debz

I wasn't offered a choice.  I was told by both oncologist and urologist that surgery was my best option.  I imagine it must be very hard to choose and, to some extent, am glad I didn't have to.  The PCUK nurses are brilliant and have the time to talk you through the options.

 

Ulsterman

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Posted 06 Mar 2017 at 17:32

Hi Debz

As all the others have said, it's great that your husband has all the options available. I'm a G7 (3+4) and my diagnosis was in October 2016 but I opted to wait so that I could evaluate the options. Naturally all of this happened in consultation with the surgeon and oncologist. I eventually chose surgery and that is scheduled for next week.

Some people just want to get on with it - that comes down to each individual. It's important that you feel happy about the route you take.

There are fabulous people on this forum who have been through it, so don't hesitate to ask lots of questions, and review some of the existing threads.

Good luck.

Chris

 
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