Dear All,

First I would like to thank you guys for the knowledge and the help
you unknowingly provided me with, during a very long and lonely
weekend - when I already knew the biopsy results but had no doctor
to talk to.
Here is the full story
I am an Israeli - normal healthy life with yearly routine check ups.
The PSA started to climb and the Uro started to watch me more closely
for the past 2 years. Last check up Nov. 2004 the PSA reached 5,62
and I was sent to get a biopsy. Here PSA 4 is the max.
It took me a while to get to the biopsy - I thought it is all
precaution and can wait.
On 10th of February 2005 I finally went for the biopsy (8) and on the
15th, my 65th birthday I got the positive results Gleason 3+3. I was
shocked.
The following week I saw 3 Urologists and made up my mind for RP.
We have good medicine here and I was well covered with medical
insurance.
18 March operation - 4 days (3 nights) in the hospital and went home.
28th March stitches and cath came out.
3 and some weeks from the operation my PSA is down to LESS than 0.1
I am still dripping - but it is manageable - I am optimistic that it
will stop eventually.
Erection -  - I did not go to that test yet - still something to look
forward to.
I will have to check PSA every 3 months  or so - I can live with that.
One observation - PSA is not that accurate. Biopsy is closer to the
truth.
In my case the biopsy of the prostate - after taken out -  revealed a
worse situation than the biopsy taken before the operation.
Best of luck to all
Reuben