YANA - YOU ARE NOT ALONE NOW

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT SITE

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CB Bunting III and Kaye live in North Carolina, USA. He was 55 when he was diagnosed on April 15, 2009. His initial PSA was 31.0 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 9 and it seems likely that he was staged T1a or T1c. He is undecided as to his choice of treatment. Here is his story.

I have prostate cancer in my family so I started getting my PSA checked annually. It started at 2.3. Months later it was 3.6 and my doctor said we needed to do a biopsy, due to the rising PSA and my age. The biopsy came back negative.

I went another year and my PSA was 16.8. We did another biopsy that came back negative. I went on antibiotics but my PSA continued to rise. We scheduled a TURP (Trans Urethral Resection of the Prostate) to get a biopsy. By now my PSA was at 31. The TURP came back positive with a Gleason score of 9.

This has scared me to the core. I have scheduled a RP for the end of May. In the meantime, I am eating walnuts, drinking orange juice and eating flaxseed oil and cottage cheese from the Budwig diet along with my regular food. I am also a diabetic and wear an insulin pump.

I appreciate any ideas, I seem to be burnt out reading so much. My stress level is at a maximum right now due to problems in a family business. I know this doesn't help.

Thanks for listening.

Later: Just a note from CB saying he had selected surgery - no doubt he'll update in due course.

 

UPDATED

June 2009

 

 

I had my surgery on May 27th, 2009.

All went well according to the doctor. He stated that the lymph nodes felt good. The pathology has confirmed this. I am working two weeks post surgery, but somewhat tired and sore. Most of the soreness is now in my testicles and around my rear end. I have a few more weeks before I go back for a PSA test. I can only pray.

Catheter removal hurt but not as bad as the catheter removal after my TURP which found the cancer. I am staying dry but do have a little leakage, especially later in the day.

I do nor know on ED yet, still a little early, but it is on my mind.

Thanks for any prayers that anyone sent my way. Good luck to all.

I will post once I find out more.

 

UPDATED

July 2009

 

 

I went to my doctor today July 16, 2009 for my 6 week post op appointment. My PSA was less than 0.05 which is considered undectable.

My doctor recommends radiation because of the aggressiveness of the cancer. I talked him into waiting three more months to give my body more healing time and to give me more time to learn about the radiation.

My wife and I are happy with the results and look forward to helping others.

CB's e-mail address is: cbbuntingiii@wilsonmilling.com