Ken
Simon and Marilyn live in the USA. He was 54
when
he was diagnosed in September 2006. His initial PSA was 3.7 ng/ml, his Gleason
Score was 6, 3+3, and he was staged T1c. His choice of treatment was prostatectomy.
Here is his story:
My
PSA went up from 3.2 ng/ml to 3.7 ng/ml in one year and GP ordered a biopsy in
August 2006.
I
was informed in September that 4 out of 11 cores contain cancer, 3% involvment
on right lobe, 2% on left lobe. I opted for radical prostatectomy (nerve sparing),
which was performed in November 2006 at Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket, RI. (Foley
bag for 11 days, 3 pads a day for a month, 2 pads a day for a couple of months,
1 pad a day for about 3 months, no pads after 5 1/2 months. At 6 months still
impotent)
The
post-operative pathology showed: Stage T2c, Gleason 6, 3+3, Right apical margin
focally postive. The urologist suggested I see a radiologist, and I did so in
December 2006. He ordered a CT scan for Janaury 2007.
A small mass (1.5
cm) is discovered on my right kidney. After second opinion we decided on a partial
nephectomy (removal of a portion of the kidney), hand assisted laproscopic surgery
performed at RI Hospital, Providence, RI 3/07. That post-op pathology also showed
positive margins, we'll keep a close watch and I may have to have a total nephectomy
in the future.
Begin radiation treatments (IMRT) in the prostate bed end
of April 2007 at North Main Radiology, Providence, RI. I'm scheduled to have 36
treatments (6,660 rads).
