Ron
Crane and Lee live in New York USA. He was 53 when he was diagnosed on January
10, 2009. His initial PSA was 6.6 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 4+3=7 and he was
staged T1c. His choice of treatment was Robotic Surgery. Here is his story.
In May 2008 I was having urinating problems and went to a urologist. He did the
DRE, ultrasound and PSA, which was 9.0. He diagnosed me as having Prostatitis
and put me on Cipro and Flomax. This relieved the problems. However he never mentioned
having a biopsy even though I informed him that my dad and uncle had Prostate
cancer.
This
led to another recurrence of urination problem. This time my GP sent me to another
urologist who performed DRE and PSA, which was 4.5. He ordered a biopsy which
came back as negative but suggestive on some cores. When my PSA hit 6.6 he performed
the 2nd biopsy which was positive. To any men out there, do not let the Doctor
just dismiss cancer without a biopsy, as my first Urologist did. I had cancer
at that time!!!!!!
As to Since my dad had Prostate Cancer at age 70 I decided to have a PSA test
done. The first one was 4.5. I was sent to a Urologist who decided to do a biopsy...which
came back as highly suggestive as cancer. He did a second biopsy which confirmed
cancer of Gleason 4+3.
I had robotic radical prostatectomy Feb 17. The
post pathology was a stage T2C NOMX, Gleason 3+4 with a tertiary grade 5. Next
PSA test set for Mar 20.
I am partially incontinent now..I'd
say my
continence is
80%.
Catheter out for one week as of today.
As
far as ED goes...100% at this early stage. At my Mar 20 appointment I will get
a prescription for Viagra.
Later:
Mar 20 PSA reading is .04. So far so good!! My continence is getting better
at one pad per day. Dr gave me a Rx for Viagra. Right now I am still 100% ED.
Ron's
e-mail address is: ronandlee82@gmail.com
