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Bill Schmid and Joan live in Massachusets, USA. He was 53 when he was diagnosed on October 1, 2009. His initial PSA was 4.2 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 3+3=6 and he was staged T1c. He is undecided as to his choice of treatment. Here is his story.


Given all the recent publications of medical "over treatment " of diseases like Prostate Cancer I find myself hesitant to move forward with the (any) operation.

I have my third interview with a different team of doctors this Wednesday with the idea of trying to decide between open, laparoscopic or the robotic laparoscopic procedure.

I understand that at my age and early stage that watchful waiting is a viable option but my initial reaction is things are certainly not going to be much better down the line.

In order to gain (my)the full picture and have some truth in reporting I have a BMI (Body Mass Index) over 30 so I will be working on that prior to anything.

I have been devouring website material for over two weeks now but this is my first post.

I appreciate the forum and the help.

Thanks

Bill

 

UPDATED

January 2010

 

 

For several months now I have been looking in to other options then RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) - currently scheduled for February 17, 2009.

Upon the recommendation of my doctor I went to Dana Farber to consult a medical oncologist. He would like be to consider "seeds", I will follow up with them on January 22, but will likely stay with the surgery. Meanwhile my current PSA has gone from 2.6 to 4.13 in 4 months.

Thanks to all of you who contribute to this forum. It has been a great source of information and comfort

Bill .

Bill's e-mail address is: joanzen@comcast.net