you mean me?  maybe Mary?  oh, she's not RP.  but i've heard that word
applied to me (in Jest!  Smile when you say that!)

hello again CC!  where were you?

lol

OW!  Where's the "Happy Ever After" part?

From: crow@perch.biz (Clarence Crow)
Hello again all you RP Pussies!

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why clarence, you old S.O.B. :))

glad you are doing so well.

fantastic news that the quad bypass is doing great.  sure makes you look
at life a lot different - doesn't it?

i understand that you pissed off the grim reaper again.  i'm very happy
that he did.

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional    
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc

Bitch, bitch, bitch.

Throw the man a life preserver and haul him in and he says,
Why'd you throw me this nasty old life preserver?  There's a
much nicer looking one under that pile over there!

Actually, my treatment was very much like yours.  I was scheduled
for another year of ADT after the two injections that I had, but
my liver acted up and the docs feared I was in more danger
from the ADT killing my liver than from the PCa.  So they
relented.

So far (knocking furiously on wood) I seem to be okay without
it, and I'm glad I didn't have to go further.  As with you, I think
the side effects of the ADT were worse than the radiation.

    Alan

So, in retrospect, was ADT the right choice for you?
Can't you cut the ADT and run naked through the gauntlet?

I.P.

To ALL:

Curtis: It was the hypothetical newbie with the quadruple bypass (not
me.)

Mary: RP (or RRP) means the "Gold Standard" Surgery option most of the
guys here bought and some are living to regret their choice.

Alan: My side effects, mostly not in the flyers they hand out:

Lymphoedema (swelling of the legs, ankles & feet, plus scaly red
patches) definitely caused by over-zealous EBRT and HDRB Radiation,
destroying the pelvic Lymph nodes. Therapy massage is expensive and
ongoing if you decide you need it for "cosmetic" purposes. Compression
stockings help, but the fluid is always there and gravity puts it back
where it was. i.e. it's permanent.

Sciatica in the pelvis and L leg caused by rough handling whilst I was
under Epidural having HDRB, when they managed to dislodge a Spinal
vertebrae L4/L5.

Cartilage damage to the L knee caused by the same team of "rock-apes".

Severe Urinary stricture since July last, definitely caused by
over-radiating an enlarged Prostate, (72cc), already classified BPH,
and outside the recommended range. Nocturia intervals - hourly on bad
nights - 2 hourly on good nights.
I'm "auditioning" for a TURP, but won't have it unless the Uro can
convince me he won't stuff it up, causing me to be incontinent for the
rest of my miserable life.

Exacerbation of Dry Eye Syndrome, (a spin off from Diabetes Type 2),
with suspicion of it turning into Sjogren's Syndrome. My Auto-Immune
system is going crazy due to my lack of sleep from the Nocturia.
I could end up seeing every Specialist Medic on this, except a
Gynaecologist (because I believe I'm not a woman - lol.)

Some of the other SEs are the "usual" ones, but I've never had a hot
flush!

I'm tapering off on my 2 days/week work, so there!

Most of my other symptoms
   
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-- CC

Clarence -- I might have forgot to ask if you have access to Interstim
-- involves the electronic module that stimulates your sacral nerve and
has done great things for many with urinary problems. I have one
installed right now on a trial basis and it seems (said with great
caution) that it might be helping my retention after these ten long
months of hell!!  It also at the same time helps with the pelvic floor
muscles and therefore bowel issues as well.

Interstim is made by Medtronics here in the US.  Lots of info about it
on the Internet.