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Tim Luschen and Julie live in Georgia, USA. He was 49 when he was diagnosed on October 26, 2007. His initial PSA was 3.2 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 6 and he was staged T1c . His choice of treatment was Radical retropubic prostatectomy. Here is his story.

I had checked my PSA after turning 49 and it was 2.5 ng/ml, a little on the high side for my age unless I had a large prostate. I decided to recheck it seven months later and it had risen to 3.2 ng/ml. I am a practicing Physician Assistant for the past 22 years. That was as much of a rise that I would allow in my patients in one calendar year and I had achieved it in 7 months.

I scheduled an "educated finger" exam with a urologist who told me my prostate was small without nodularity. We decided that a prostate biopsy should be the next step and only one of ten biopsy sites were positive with a Gleason Score of 6 (3+3).

After research, I proposed that my best ten year cure and survivor data was with prostatectomy. I am a four and a half year survivor of an inferior MI (myocardial infarction) with five vessel bypass in May 2003 and recovered without complication (returned to work in 4 weeks) and have full patient care status. I am scheduled for cardiac catheter December 4, 2007 and prostatectomy December 12, 07. Expect to be out of work for three weeks (we'll see).

Thanks for reading. Will keep you updated

Tim

Tim's address is: musiguy@hotmail.com

 

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