Mark
Campagna and Marina live in Pennsylvania - USA. He was 48 when he was diagnosed
in June 2009. His initial PSA was 5.4 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 5 and although
he says he was staged T1, his narrative suggests he would have been staged T2a.
His choice of treatment was Prostatectomy. Here is his story.
I was diagnosed
by a fluke blood test from a health fair at my job. They took blood and checked
sugar, cholesterol, TSH(for thyroid) and many others. My PSA was 5.4 and flagged.
My thyroid numbers were also elevated.
I sent the results to my personal
physician and he called me and started me on Synthroid
for my thyroid and set up an appointment for a Urologist to see me for the PSA.
He found a lump through digital inspection and scheduled a biopsy a month later.
Great!!
"I just buried my beloved cool mother in law the month before and now my kids
dad is dying".
I had the biopsy and the agonizing 3 day wait. I had
the surgery on July 23,2008.
The crazy thing is I had a big job interview
on July 22. I did get the job , but my mind was on something else.
I have
had 4 PSA screenings since and the numbers are less than 1.0 every time. Erections
work a little by itself and very well with Viagra. I have been hesitant to resume
sex with my wife because I am not sure of myself.
Mark's e-mail address
is: buckocamp@comcast.net
