MRI Result Meltdown

Thank you Adrian and Decho. All the best to you gents as well.

Mike

Great result Mike. 

Yes Adrian, thank you for your supportive posts along the way. And thank you to all the members on this forum for sharing your stories. The information here has been educational, inspirational and helped me through some of my darkest moments. 

I know I'm far from being out of the woods, but at this point I've learned to take things one step at a time and be happy to enjoy a 3 month summer break from pca before another psa test.

Hello again, 

Brilliant news! Still undetectable after almost a year. I will have an extra drink today to celebrate with you. 👍

Since my RARP, now over two and a half years ago, I've been <0.02. Let's hope it remains that way for both of us for many years to come. 

Presumably you're still on 3 monthly PSA checks? They recently extended mine to every 6 months. 

Good luck, mate. 🤞

I could swear that's what they told me here (US) before my surgery. That is that I would have psa tests every 3 months for 2 years and then (if still undetectable) down to every 6 months. At my last visit (in May) my urologist told me that after my next test (the one I just had), they were going to drop me to every 6 months (yes, at just the 1 year mark). I'm NOT comfortable with that. I see her again in 2 weeks and am going to request remaining at 3 month intervals. I feel like from what I've read, the "hot zone" (when most folks recur) for BCR seems to be somewhere in the range of 1 to 4 years out. Why would they slow down testing during this period, especially for a t3a with a moderately aggressive cancer (4+3)??