Hello everyone,
My brother in South Africa had a TRUS biopsy on Friday and today went to see his urologist to be told he has PCa with a gleason score of 6 (3+3) 15 out of 15 samples in right (or left can't remember now) had no cancer but in the other side 5 out of 17 samples showed cancer. He had the biopsy before an MRI so have just been telling him to wait a while so that the MRI does not get "clouded" by the inflammation from the biopsy - he was going to have a MRI this week so only days between biopsy and MRI. He is about a year younger than I was when I was diagnosed but through being unable to get a PSA test from my GP that year meant a higher score for me. Still, seems everything has worked out well for me so hope it does for him. His urologist has suggested he go down the brachytherapy route. With such a low score his PSA is back to 4.2 having gone up from 4.2 to 6.9 in 4 months previously, he was given the choice of prostatectomy, brachytherapy or active surveillance. The urologist did not advise him to go down the prostatectomy route and I think he feels the brachytherapy route is the best as now he has been told he has cancer he wants something done. I suppose with our history he is right.
Anyone been through brachytherapy who can just "talk me through" the process and any side effects that are likely. He is just away thinking the worst as he just heard the word cancer. Thankfully he recorded his consultation today so can go over it and I think at the end of an hour long skype with him he is a little calmer now.
Des
