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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / May 2004Return to the group, and PSA results!
Hi all, Well, for some reason, AOL will not let me access this newsgroup from the screen name I had been using, so I've been 'absent' from here since about February..... I never reported in my PSA results taken 2 weeks after my RP - it was 0.3. I saw my doc last week for my 3 month follow up, and his DRE was much more uncomfortable now that my prostate is gone, is that weird, or what? But anyway, just got the call with my 3-month PSA result - 0.2! Doc says they don't go any lower, so I should go out and celebrate! And celebrate I shall, for today is our 18th anniversary! Sadly, though, I cannot share this good news with my mom, who died April 20, due to complications as a result of a stroke she had back on February 14. She was only 71, and she is terribly missed! It's good to be here, in more ways than one. Rus Massachusetts hi rus - first things first - harrrrrrrray on the psa scores...........and may you have many many more at the bottom of the scale next, happy anniversary - go out of celebrate. and finally - i'm sorry for the loss your mother. it's not easy and i'm sure she'll be missed. but i've found that by talking about her just as if she's still here, as in something that happened with her sure does helps a lot. such as i know what mom would say if i told her about my psa scores. she would have said.............. hope that helps. i did with me on my dad. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer that of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." Thanks for sharing the good news with *us*, Ron! I'm glad to hear that you are doing well! I'm sorry to hear about your mother. It's hard to lose someone you love. Bit I'm sure your mom would be thrilled that your test results came back so good! Take care... be well... MikeH > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Rus > Massachusetts "But anyway, just got the call with my 3-month PSA result - 0.2! Doc says they don't go any lower, so I should go out and celebrate!" Rus, I don't get this. The standard PSA test goes down to .1 and the lowest report is <.1, which has traditionally been considered undetectable. .2 is detectable PSA. So what is your doctor talking about? Bill Denton RP 2/12/02 Memphis >From: zerospam@midsouth.rr.com (Bill Denton) >Date: 4/30/2004 11:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time > My Doc says >they don't go any lower, so I should go out and celebrate!" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >undetectable. .2 is detectable PSA. So what is your doctor talking >about? His secretary told me that 'they' (as in their urology group, I guess) don't bother scoring anything lower that <0.2. But you can be sure that I will call back, and verify! Rus Massachusetts Rus...Even if your doc doesn't keep track of anything below 0.2, you should make a conscious decision about what you want to have tracked and then ask your doc to do it...Best wishes and good health, Ron > >From: zerospam@midsouth.rr.com (Bill Denton) > >Date: 4/30/2004 11:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Rus > Massachusetts >The standard PSA test goes down to .1 and the >lowest report is <.1, which has traditionally been considered >undetectable. .2 is detectable PSA. So what is your doctor talking >about? I called back, and this is what I was told: Up until about a year or so ago, the lowest PSA score you could get from Massachusetts General Hospital (where I had my surgery) was "less than 0.4". They have since updated their scoring, and now the lowest PSA you can get from them is "less than 0.2". I'm quite happy with this PSA (as is my surgeon)! Once I go back to my primary care physician (at a different institution), we shall see what score comes back at my next PSA test. Rus Massachusetts >Subject: Re: Return to the group, and PSA results! >From: rusozana@aol.comnospam (Rusozana) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >Rus >Massachusetts Sounds a bit contradictory, however,... the PSA test that they used at MD Anderson, St. Lukes, and Methodist in Houston in '01, when I started, was sensitive down to about 0.4 Now they all use a test that is sensitive down to less than 0.01 Geez, Rus. Bad news about AOL. If you had been able to get to the NG, you would have seen our low assessment of the company. Great news about the PSA. It don't get any better. Congratulations to you and your wife on your anniversary. It's damned difficult to accumulate so many years in our day. Very sorry to hear about your mother. Mine just turned 72 and has less original parts than a 1927 Ford a friend of mine owns. Here's wishing you a brighter future now that this cancer is apparently behind you.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 .8 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .1, .1 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03, 4/04 > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Rus > Massachusetts "Up until about a year or so ago, the lowest PSA score you could get from Massachusetts General Hospital (where I had my surgery) was "less than 0.4". They have since updated their scoring, and now the lowest PSA you can get from them is "less than 0.2"." Well at least they are only perhaps 10 years behind the times now. That would unacceptable to me. Bill Denton RP 2/12/02 Memphis |
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