53 year old PSA 17 diagnosed with advanced prostrate cancer

  • My journey so far

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    I am 53 years old and this is my first post onto this forum.

    My PSA has been rising for over 4 years now and in that time I have had 2 trus biopsies done private in Glasgow. they both showed clear or non conclusive, 

    My PSA continued to rise to 17 and so In November 2028 I decided to change specialist and I headed to london. In London under prof Mark Emberton I had a guided needle biopsy and this showed cancer confined…

  • 6th blog since my nanonife surgery in March 18

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    hello My 6th post.

    it has now been 9 month since I had nanonife surgery at the princess grace hospital London.

    All I have done since my op is to simply return to normal life but I have tried to get a fresh blood test done to check my PSA level every 2 months or so.

    one week ago just at the start of November 2018 I had my latest PSA blood test and my result have been very positive. It came in at ( 1 )   Now that is a drop…

  • 8th blog post post nanoknife

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    Hello again

    My 8th post on this journey. Well if you have read my previous posts then you will know I had a suspected recurrence of cancer in my prostrate 12months after My nanoknife procedure. My 12 months post op PSA blood test came back with a rise from 0.3 to 2.7 next came an MRI scan and another guided biopsy. In May 2019 it was confirmed that I had cancer cells left behind after my nanoknife op. Same grading as before…

  • Nanonife prostrate

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    My second post 7th March 2018

    So I was diagnosed jan this year and had a PSMA scan that showed that the cancer showed possible spread into seminal vesical area. My consultants advised radical surgery to remove prostrate and seminal vesicals. This came as a big shock as I had initially thought that it had remained confined. 

    Now in the PSMA report one word bothered me and that was possible invasion into seminal vesicular…

  • Post nanonife

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    3rd post. Friday 9th March 2018 I attended princess grace hospital London and had a nanonife procedure done on my prostrate. 

    This was self funded as my insurer Aviva said that as nanonife is still considered experimental they initially would pay something towards the costs of the nanonife but that I would be excluded from claiming on anything to do with my prostrate in the future. Nuts They stated that if I self fund…