Wayne
Belanger and Lenora live in New Hampshire, USA. He was 56 when he was diagnosed
on December 24, 2008. His initial PSA was 12.5 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 8
and although he does not state his staging it seems he would have been staged
T1c. His choice of treatment was Laparoscopic Surgery. Here is his story.
As
a 56 year old male, I had never had a PSA test done. I accidentally stumbled across
the need for a PSA test when I switched Primary Care Doctors. My Primary Care
Physician of 10 years never had me take a PSA test. One of the requirements to
meet my new Primary Care Physician was a complete physical which included a PSA
test.
My PSA level came back at 12.0+. We scheduled another PSA test just
make sure the initial results were factual and sure enough the same level registered
a second time. Within 10 days I had a biopsy the resulted in all 12 samples being
cancerous. A 4+4 Gleason score.
I spent the next 3 months completing extensive
research and visiting urologists.
To be completed.......
Wayne's
e-mail address is: w.belanger@comcast.net
