for your prostate health

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I tried that stuff years ago when my PSA started inching up. I think that the only thing it helped was the wallet of the person selling it....lol. Doc monitored it for years and finally found cancer cells on the 3rd biopsy. Prostate went bye bye on 4-8-20 and been peeing like a 12 year old ever since!
 
My personal opinion as a prostate cancer survivor is to see a urologist if you are having trouble peeing and your regular doctor once a year for a PSA test if your'e not.
 
I waited a little too long. I was 55 when I first got checked.

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Agree with Brian T and JD Mopar.
I'm six months post cancer surgery.
I just want to add in the last few years, they have discovered a coloration between prostate cancer and blood clots.
I found that out two weeks ago when I almost passed out as one hit my right lung while talking to four members here at a Mopar event In Hagerstown MD.
 
BrianT said:
My personal opinion as a prostate cancer survivor is to see a urologist if you are having trouble peeing and your regular doctor once a year for a PSA test if your'e not.
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Actually I never had a pee problem , just high PSA numbers which are not always prostate related.
Still a good idea to have a regular exam.
 
I was the same way. No trouble at all urinating. My PSA was over 12 when they finally found it on the 3rd biopsy. I have a friend who's PSA is fine, but he just pees a few drops at a time, which is very uncomfortable. He keeps putting off the Roto-Rooter job to give him some relief, but yet he keeps complaining! :BangHead:

Hopefully, by some of us Prostate cancer survivors talking about stuff like this, it will encourage others who may be having problems to seek help. I know that it helped me a great deal when it was staring me in the face. There was a thread on Moparts similar to this one, and it really surprised me how common it is in late middle aged and older men.
 
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JDMopar said:
I was the same way. No trouble at all urinating. My PSA was over 12 when they finally found it on the 3rd biopsy. I have a friend who's PSA is fine, but he just pees a few drops at a time, which is very uncomfortable. He keeps putting off the Roto-Rooter job to give him some relief, but yet he keeps complaining! :BangHead:

Hopefully, by some of us Prostate cancer survivors talking about stuff like this, it will encourage others who may be having problems to seek help. I know that it helped me a great deal when it was staring me in the face. There was a thread on Moparts similar to this one, and it really surprised me how common it is in late middle aged and older men.
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As most folks here can see my life's an open book. I'll talk about anything in my life . On that note I wonder how many had the second part of the prostate surgery. Meaning the implant for Mr Winkey.
I had my first one in my early 30ds due to an injury. Good for about 10 or so years.
This last one is number four.
I'm not as big a fan of it in so far as ease of operation, but it works just like the old ones.
ALL NIGHT LONG ALL NIGHT ALL NIGHT!!!
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I too, have gone thru the prostate cancer issue.
The doctors at the Mather VA found this out when it was a low level, at the beginning state, when my PSA levels were on the rise.
I never had any issues with taking a P, pre, or post surgery.
I still have the prostate gland in me, as they didn't have to take it out.
I elected to have radiation seed implants inserted in me, since it was caught early, and the doctors agreed that this was the way to go, in my case.
But ya, the radiation did have side affects in my insides.
Evidently, the radiation did damage to nerves, vessels, or whatever there is inside you, that gives you an erection.
Haven't had a hard on, hard dick, in i don't know how long it's been now, as i'm not keeping track of the years.
Guess it's the price one pays, being male, in old age.
But I'm still alive at 70 years, and hope i got some more time left on top of this planet Earth, with other medical issues that i have gone thru, and currently living with, also.
I don't have any embarrassment, or heart ache in talking about this problem.
 
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Thank-you all for your comments and experiences. As mentioned, this seems to be one of those things you don't cure with homegrown receipes.
 
My prostate was COMPLETELY removed during surgery. The young doctor took it out using a machine that he controlled with joysticks while he watched on TV. It was a very different situation than my father experienced 25 years earlier. There was some damage done to nerve endings and such but recovery was pretty quick because I only had five small incisions where the machine entered my abdomen. I was on Cialis for about three months but quit taking it. I had regained full male function.
 
hemi71x said:
I too, have gone thru the prostate cancer issue.
The doctors at the Mather VA found this out when it was a low level, at the beginning state, when my PSA levels were on the rise.
I never had any issues with taking a P, pre, or post surgery.
I still have the prostate gland in me, as they didn't have to take it out.
I elected to have radiation seed implants inserted in me, since it was caught early, and the doctors agreed that this was the way to go, in my case.
But ya, the radiation did have side affects in my insides.
Evidently, the radiation did damage to nerves, vessels, or whatever there is inside you, that give you an erection.
Haven't had a hard on, hard dick, in i don't know how long it's been now, as i'm not keeping track of the years.
Guess it's the price one pays, being male, in old age.
But I'm still alive at 70 years, and hope i got some more time left on top of this planet Earth, with other medical issues that i have gone thru, and currently living with, also.
I don't have any embarrassment, or heart ache in talking about this problem.
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My Mopar Brother is thinking about seeds. His doc told him there can be issues.....
 
52 here, haven't done ANY labs in 'bout 3 years. 'cept what the hospital did whin a had the CV induced 2xP. Many Thanks to All Y'all fer sharing your stories. I'm Glad Everyone is Still Here!
 
Ironracer said:
My Mopar Brother is thinking about seeds. His doc told him there can be issues.....
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One reason i did the seed implants is because it also was the easy way out, in my case.
For external radiation procedure i think it was going to be twice a week for 8 or 10 weeks, and i personally didn't wan't that type of procedure, treatment.
So external radiation, can have the same issues, i would think, when all is said and done.

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For the seed implants, you go in the hospital in the morning, get it done, and then they kick you out at 5:00 in the afternoon.
Easy, peasy.
 
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hemi71x said:
One reason i did the seed implants is because it also was the easy way out, in my case.
For external radiation procedure i think it was going to be twice a week for 8 weeks, and i personally didn't wan't that type of procedure, treatment.
So external radiation, can have the same issues, i would think, when all is said and done.
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That's what Brain was telling me.... Least invasive/ and or damaging
 
MY STORY:

I was 65 last year, everybody says I look like early 50's, at the gym nearly everyday. The last two years before retirement I called in sick maybe two or three days ... Fit as a fiddle.
PSA test last year, January 2022, PSA is 7.3. Biopsy done found LOW level of cancer (Gleason score 3+3=6), go with doc's recommendation of "Active Surveillance", meaning do nothing but keep checking.

January 2023 (six months ago) PSA test is 7.7, another biopsy done. Gleason score now higher 3+4=7, now in early intermediate stage. Doc says no more waiting ... you can do radiation, atomic seeds, full removal (prostatectomy). After learning that radiation "cooks" the surrounding stuff and possible other issues (ED, having to take hormone blockers, reoccurrence, ...), I elected for full removal. Doctor said the removal will be easier and more clinical now than later having to remove a radiated prostate and whatever is fried to it.

Surgery May 31st and prostate removed, along with some tissue and three lymph nodes just to check. POST-Surgery biopsy revealed prostate only contained 11% cancer, but lymph nodes and surrounding tissue were clean (no cancer). Had to pee thru a catheter for 10 days, then doctor removed it. I still have some issues with leakage which have been improving.

GOOD NEWS:

Have been back at the gym for the last week on an elliptical machine and just started light weights again. Drove my Barracuda (stick with stiff B&B clutch!!!) five days ago. Rode my Kawasaki W650 today for the first time since surgery. On a scale of 10, I'm back up to a 8.5 and getting stronger.

BEST PART: I know the cancer is out of me AND will not have to second guess I still have it, at least not for a long time. I plan to stick around to see a hundred birthday candles.
 
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