frightened by gleason 7

Hello Babu, welcome to the community. You have posted on an old thread which hasn’t had any updates since 2012.

It would be better to start your own thread by clicking the start a discussion in the box labelled prostate cancer. See here.

It would also be useful if you could add more details like age, general health, scans and tests plus results, any treatment you are on or have been on.

This will enable people to tailor answers any questions you have.

Best wishes,

Ian

Bless you.you have given me hope. I  am new to the group and last week my dad's results showed a Gleason score of 7 (4+3). I have been on the internet reading all I could and worried to death. My dad is supposed to go for the MRI and bone test... I pray it hasn't spread..but you have all encouraged me..

Good morning Hobbleblue

Sorry to hear\of your husbands diagnosis, I know its a shock, but please don`t despair and let it completely take over your life.

I am 60 and was diagnosed in November last year with a PSA of 259 and Gleason score of 9. My cancer had spread to my ribs, hips and spine and I was told I was already stage 4 ( I have a pre-existing condition which masked some of my symptoms, hence the late diagnosis)  I began on the day of diagnosis, Hormone Therapy followed by18 weeks of high dose chemotherapy since mid January. My oncologist told me that I had an aggressive cancer and they were going to treat it aggressively, hence the high dose.

Thankfully, I am now 3 weeks post, my final scheduled, chemo and I got through it, it wasn`t pleasant by any means, but I`m still here any everybody tells me how well I look despite the treatment, so you shouldn`t, at this stage, worry too much about your husbands diagnosis just yet. When you have the scan results and a course of treatment has been decided and agreed upon, you can move forward and you might even find that he doesn`t require any radical treatment.

Continue to use this forum to air any questions or concerns that you both may have, I have found it enormously helpful to be able to connect with other people who are going through what is and can be a scary, worrying time as you are dealing with the unknown and trying to come to terms with it. But it`s not the end of the world, your lives will change, certainly, but you will both adapt and, if you are anything like my wife and I, become closer as you cope with this curveball that`s been thrown at you. We take things a day at a time and discuss my illness openly with each other as we have found it`s much better to do that rather than bottle up any worries or feelings, sharing thoughts with each other, for us, has made this much less stressful and easier to deal with and the people on this site are fantastic at being there for you, giving impartial advice based on their own, unique, experiences, so use them to help you through it.

I wish you both all the very best, please don`t despair, there`s lots of help and advice available for you both.

Regards

MarlowRob

Hi

The good thing about this community, that most of us have and our partners and family, have been put through the ringer by this dreadful desease, most of us have while on chemo have had some glitch but the staff are very good and look after our well being. 

There are numbers to call for various questions and of course all on here are ready to give words of advice or if a chat is required then that to.

Having PC is not the end of the world, admittingly it knocks you for 6 and no one wants it, but new drugs come out all the time, maybe one day they will have a cure for us, I am certainly in hope of that as I am a Gleason 9 stage 4 so I keep doing what I can finding little things that helping, be it food or supplements.

To every one out there we are in a battle so keep positive.

Joe

Hi joeven

I`ve just noticed that the original post that both you and I have responded to was originally inputted to this site in January 2012 !! So it`s a very old post and I don`t really know why it`s reappeared, so I don`t expect that we`ll receive a reply from hobbleblue. Oh well, it gave my brain and fingers a good workout when I was awake very early this morning, so I`m going to blame the lack of sleep on my not spotting the date on the post ! :)

It doesn`t change my comments though, to whomever reads it and I hope it helps.

regards

MarlowRob

Good morning 

What  the scan finally shown?

I've got the same score as 4+3=7,and since last Wednesday I'm waiting for bone scan as well.

Best regards 

Have you had a MRI Scan?  If so what does that show.  If the tumour is contained in the prostate then a score of 7 is still probably curable.  The bone scan will show if the cancer has spread to bones but a  MRI will show local spread.  

Take care and let us know how the bone scan goes.

On Monday,17th of February,I've got that scan. Try to be calm obviously,but easier say than done. 

Regards and the best wishes 

My Gleason score was 4+4 so, 8. I had 20 sessions of Radio Therapy and, 6 months on my PSA is 0.1. My consultant is pleased with my progress and tells me I am on target. OK, there are hot flashes, for which Oil of Evening Primrose Oil helps greatly, tiredness or fatigue, and some urgency issues still but, getting better with time. You’ll be fine, just go with the flow, trust them, ask for help when you need it. Set short term goals and look forward to getting better.

I was diagnosed prostrate M1 N1 Gleason score 4+4 in March 2018. My PSA was 25.6, after 6 sessions of up front chemotherapy followed by 37 sessions of radiotherapy I was told by my oncologist that all known cancer sites had been successfully treated and I am now on 6 monthly blood tests! So try not to worry about  gleason score of 8 as treatment options are improving all the time.....