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First post-brachytherapy PSA test

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Paul - 09 Sep 2005 01:43 GMT
I had seeds implanted three months ago. At that time my PSA was 3.19,
but I was taking Proscar, so the urologist said that number needed to
be doubled. This week I had my 3-month test and had a score of 1.44,
still on Proscar.

They had told me not to expect definitive results until 6 months out,
but this seems encouraging.

Sex life good, urinary frequency still high.
Greg Louis - 09 Sep 2005 12:48 GMT
> I had seeds implanted three months ago. At that time my PSA was 3.19, but
> I was taking Proscar, so the urologist said that number needed to be
> doubled. This week I had my 3-month test and had a score of 1.44, still on
> Proscar.

Sounds good.  FWIW I had 5.4 prior to seeding, 1.7 at 70 days and 0.59 at
112 days after I-125 seeding.  No Proscar.  Next test due around Sept. 28.

> this seems encouraging.
Not definitive, you're right, but encouraging.  Good luck to us both!

> Sex life good, urinary frequency still high.
Me too, even 9 and a half months out.  They say, "be patient, it _will_
get better."  It is, just slowly.

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kh - 10 Sep 2005 00:08 GMT
> I had seeds implanted three months ago. At that time my PSA was 3.19,
> but I was taking Proscar, so the urologist said that number needed to
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> Sex life good, urinary frequency still high.

I'm at seeds+11 months.  My PSA at 9 months was a 0.4, not great but
not horrible either.  It was 10+ before the treatment.   I go for
the next PSA in a week and a half.   Whew. This is a nail biter.

Peeing is pretty good.  I started sleeping through the night about
month 6.   I stopped taking the Flomax then but started having
"stinging" while going.   I'm taking ONE Aleve a day, in the
evening.

Erections?  Good enough to penetrate and squirting enough to keep a
box of kleenix handy.   35 years ago, I asked some girls how they
felt about it, one said, "It's a nice mess", another said, "It
feels interesting when it drips out, I like it", a third said, "It's
warm and feels like a heart beating."  

For me, it's definitely not as good as before the IMRT and seeds.  
That's the firmness, the length of time, the quantity of the
emission, as well as the quality and length of the orgasm.  These
are all, not as good as before.  

I've gone from 15-20 minutes of vigorous activity to maybe 2 or 3.

From hard and confident to "performance anxiety".  

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