Hi, jk....
Sorry to hear about your dad, but it sounds like you come from hardy stock!
I hope he will see some improvement soon in his urine flow.  Before my PCa
diagnosis, I was looking into a *laserscope* procedure that was a relatively
new treatment for BPH.  I don't know if it is more widely available some two
years later, but it might be worth looking into.  As I remember, it was a
much easier recuperation than the usual TURP.

It's never easy losing someone.  And it's interesting to me how much people
can become a part of our lives, even though we may only know them through
this medium.  I was corresponding with a young man from another list a few
years ago... when he suddenly *disappeared*.  His wife announced to the list
shortly afterwards that he was killed at the Pentagon on 9/11.  I still have
some of his letters in my box.  I haven't had the heart to trash them.  He
was so young... and gone much too soon.

I have made many good friends via the Internet.  Without this list, I don't
know how I would have dealt with the past year.  Yes, it is sad to lose the
Berkys and the Roberts and the Martins... but we will find strength in the
things we learned from them, and hope that we, too, might pass on some
comfort and encouragement and support to other men who, now or at some point
in the future, will travel the road we have all travelled in the past few
months and years.  I think our greatest tribute to these good men we have
lost is to try, in some small way, to give back some of what they have given
to us.   In that sense, they will never be completely gone!

Take care... glad to have you home!
MikeH

I still make my wife call after three and one half years.   Also, I've
asked her not to let me know that she is going to make the call.

Welcome back, Jake.  Great news on the PSA.  Every 'undedectable' from here
on out adds years to your life, assuming you don't walk in front of busses.