Hi, Linkbekka.
I'm sorry that you are feeling terrified by your diagnosis, I suspect most of us, have been afraid whilst dealing with PCa.
When I was 65 years old, I ended up being diagnosed, like you, with Gleason 9 (4+5) T3a, meaning the cancer had probably broken out from the prostate. Like you my PSA was low, only 7.
PSA is only an indicator of how likely you are to have prostate cancer. You can have very high PSA and no cancer, because high levels can be caused by non cancerous conditions. You can have a very low PSA but have high grade cancer, because some rarer types of prostate cancer cells cause very little PSA.
At 80 years old, dependent on your general health, it might be deemed too risky to consider radical treatments such as radiotherapy or surgery. Instead hormone treatment can be used to suppress the cancer.
This happened to my dad, he was diagnosed at 78 years old, he was deemed too frail for any radical treatment and his cancer was treated purely with hormone injections. He lived for almost a further decade and his quality of life was not drastically affected.
I hope that your scan results are favourable and show no spread. I hope that a treatment plan is made for you, and that you live for many more years.
No matter how old you are, a prostate cancer diagnosis is frightening. Unfortunately, about 80% of men over eighty years old will have prostate cancer cells. About 20% of them will be clinically significant and may need treatment.
Please keep us updated with your results and what treatment is decided upon.
Good luck, mate.👍
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