Noel
Arnold lives in United States. He was 65 when he was diagnosed in August, 2008.
His initial PSA was 4.8 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 3+4=7 and he was staged T1c
. His choice of treatment was RRP - Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy - Surgery.
Here is his story.
I am a 65 year old retired educator. It was determined
that my rapid increase of PSA (1.2 to 4.8) in a year justified a biopsy, and this
situation was discovered. My urologist started me on hormone therapy with the
intention of moving on to radiation and then seed implantation. I did not do well
with the hormone therapy and began investigating other modalities. I had decided
on the RRP (Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy) for a number of reasons, and most
importantly, it seemed to be the one most suited to me. I was scheduled for the
RRP on October 24th at NYU, but an MRI the week before showed something on the
bladder. I was set to go with the RRP, but my physician wanted to look into the
bladder thing first so when I was on the table getting ready for the RRP, he first
scoped my bladder. During this procedure, he found and removed a polyp and some
other tissue. Initially he had told me if it were clear that there were no problems
that he would go ahead with the RRP, but if at all questionable, he would postpone
the RRP until he received a complete pathology report. I just received that report
when he called me, and we have an aggressive situation at hand, but he feels confident
that with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG),
we can deal with it and then go ahead with the RRP. He is having a bladder specialist
set up an appointment with me to discuss this further, hopefully next week.
I
am grateful that this matter has showed up, and also very happy that I chose the
method that I did. I'm not sure if this polyp would have been discovered had I
went the other route.
I will keep you informed of this matter.
Noel's
e-mail address is: noela@frontiernet.net
