Prostate Cancer Therapy

After one of many intense bike rides, I felt a burning sensation in my pelvic area and an excessive urge to urinate. I have experienced these symptoms after periods of vigorous exercise but they always subsided.
(I also have an inguinal hernia that hasn’t been repaired.)
This time, in addition to the burning sensation, I also experienced mild soreness around my hip. I also had a fever for one night only. A few times I experienced mild (kidney?) stones.
I stopped riding the bike, started drinking cranberry juice, and saw palmetto/nettle.
Since then, all symptoms have gone except for the more frequent than usual urination especially after drinking wine &and possibly tea. I never had a problem with wine before.
I also feel drier and more thirsty during or after the night.
My GP ruled out diabetes and didn’t find a UTI, even though I was sure I had one. The prostate seemed fine after a DRE, and the PSA seems OK. I still get up several times at night to urinate. I am 50+.

Sounds like you have urge incontinence from an overactive bladder or previous bladder infection.. I had the same, and still have to wear protection. I visit a urologist often. There are meds for it now, but don’t want to take any more. I am careful not to drink certain fluids that don’t allow me to hold it when I get the desire to go. My PSA is about 6.5 and has been steady. I am 58. I had all the tests including biopsies.

I’m 17 years old and ive had the problem of frequent urination for a while. This has basically been happening for more than a year. Every once in a while I have to go to the bathroom about every 10 minutes, for about 5 times before falling asleep. This only happens during the night, during the day my bathroom breaks are about 3 hours appart. This has been happening for a pretty long time, but other than that i am very healthy and there are no other symptoms of anything serious. I’ve been to the doctor and he said that it’s a psychological thing, related to stress, cause if it was a urinary infection it would have been happening during the day too and if it was anything serious, it wouldn’t have gone for that long without any pain or other symptoms (and im pretty sure im too young to have prostate problems, im 17). I actually have a fair share of stress, but it’s nothing too big, everything’s manageable. Another thing that suggests that this is psychological is the fact that it doesnt happen every night and it only happens when i sleep in my own house (if im out of town or staying with someone else, im fine). The problem is, the fact that i know that it’s a harmless thing doesnt solve the fact that i have to get up every now and then almost every night, walk to the bathroom, take a leak, walk back, then do it over again in a few minutes. Any ways to treat this? Thanks a lot!
PS: I tried holding it before, it doesn’t really work… also, is there anyway this is a serious condition even though it’s been happening for this long and no other symptoms have surfaced? (and it only happens at night and not everyday, just sometimes)
there’s no pain or discomfort when i pee, btw. It’s just that most of the time the ammount that i pee at night is quite little, much less than when i pee normally.
yeah, i dont really have fatigue…. also does anyone know how to treat this if this is stress related?
also about drinking, what’s the healthy ammount? cause i tried not to one day and i felt a bit dehydrated cause i drank very little that day. also, im gonna try to see a doctor, the problem is it probably wont happen for the next several weeks, that’s why im posting this question.
i take no caffeine btw and i just noticed that when im occupied during the night i dont need to go to the bathroom (ive been sitting on my laptop for past half an hour and i dont need to go to the bathroom, but before i picked up my laptop i needed to go 3 times)

Hmm…In order for one to pee, one has to drink. There for in order for one NOT to pee, one must NOT drink. It isn’t exactly rocket science!

Hi im in need of a little assistance here before I have time to get to the doctor later this week.

Im 21 years old, male, and about 30 pounds overweight. Despite being overweight for most of my life i’ve always maintained very good health. Recently, however, ive began to feel like there may be something wrong.

Within the past 6-8 months ive had random spurts of experiencing frequent urination. Its off and on, and has occurred maybe 10 times in the past 6 months or so. When it comes, it tends to only last for a few days. During this time I get extremely and frequent sensations to go to the bathroom. Going to the bathroom is normal and doesnt hurt or anything, but its just weird to have to go ALL the time. Yesterday, for instance, I did drink a good amount of iced tea for dinner (4-5 full cups) but shortly after dinner I got an extreme and sudden urge to go. I ended up getting that urge 2 other times within the next half hour, and one more about an hour after that.Going to the restroom 4 times within 90 minutes following a meal seems very unusual to me.

I do have a few of the other symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes to go with frequent urination, so im thinking it could potentially be that. Or something related to an enlarged prostate maybe?

Any help or ideas you could provide is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

At your age, it’s probably not type I diabetes, but could be type II (adult onset). Your weight could have contributed to this (I’m a type II diabetic).

It’s entirely characteristic of this that it comes and goes, at least for now.

Why not get your blood sugar checked? Just to make sure? And don’t just do this one time.Perhaps your physician will prescribe a glucometer. It’s really not painful at all to check your sugar once a day. (Some folks area bit apprehensive, but once you get used to it, no big deal at all. It’s almost entirely painless.)

Please, see your physician and get this checked. It’s not a big deal unless you let it go, but if you let it go, the damage is irreversible.

Best of luck!

“Patients’ choices in terms of what therapy to have for prostate cancer really are based on their individual situation and their acceptance of certain risks or benefits from that treatment.” Drs. Tewari (leader in prostate cancer research and surgery) and Schlegel (Department Chairman) of Cornell Urology discuss “treatment choices” in the context of patient profile and the acceptance of certain risks. They emphasize the importance of having all the right knowledge and being an informed prostate cancer patient when facing prostate cancer treatment decisions. Prostate cancer requires you to get through all the physician bias and make informed decisions in partnership with your prostate cancer doctor.

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“A lot of the risk in terms of developing prostate cancer is genetic and not something we have full control over.” Dr. Schlegel (Department Chairman) of Cornell Urology discusses the role genetics play in Prostate Cancer.

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“Surgical removal of the prostate can either be done with an open incision, as has been traditionally been done, or with a robotic approach.” Dr. Tewari and Dr, Schlegel, of the Dept. of Urology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, present the two main type sof prostate cancer surgery, as well as explaining the advantages/disadvantages of each.

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“It’s important to have a wide variety of different treatment approaches and different support groups for men who have prostate cancer.” Dr. Schlegel (Department Chairman) of Cornell Urology discusses various treatment options for men to consider when faced with prostate cancer. Including hormonal prostate cancer treatment options and surgical. He also discusses adjunctive therapies for prostate cancer patients.

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“Actually the first morning is very important, because by that time you know exactly how that patient is going to do down the road.” Dr. Tewari, of the Dept. of Urology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, shares both clinical and psychological dimensions of recovery and healing.

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Unfortunately prostate cancer symptoms are not seen in the early stages when it can be curable.

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They have cancer on both sides of their family. Most families do. But, when Mark finds himself getting up in the middle night it starts a diagnosis that includes PSA (Prostate Specific Antigens) tests and a series of biopsies and lab tests that are at first, inconclusive.

Source: An Original HealthTheater.tv Production/In ociation with the Dept. of Urology, Weill-Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. Credits: Executive Producer:Sean Moloney

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