Call to all those of you who had successful PVP procedures

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John Kutina - 26 Oct 2003 20:31 GMT

I live on Bainbridge Island, an island in Puget Sound, 7 miles due east
of Seattle. It is a small island [excellent ferry service to Seattle]
about 12 miles long and 6 miles wide. We have about 20,000 residents but
growing very fast.

We have lived here 15 years. We have one regular pharmacy and a small
pharmacy in our Rite Aid store. I know both well. After my most
successful PVP I made copies of info in my file from this URL and gave
each copies. I was amazed that neither of them knew anything about
PVP. They were delighted to get this info
as both know men with BPH. I also gave them my name, address, and phone
number as well as my e-mail address.

I struggled with BPH for 5 years until this URL taught me about PVP.
Don't you agree it is our humane duty to tell our pharmacists about it
also?

In the entire city of Seattle there are only
2 doctors who are trained to do PVP procedures. In my judgement, the
older doctors [scalpel men] are reluctant to change their ways after all
these years doing TURP operations.

Let's get the word out on PCP as best we can to help those who are
suffering and do not know about PVP.

Regards,
John Kutina

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Patrick - 27 Oct 2003 02:23 GMT

John,

Yes, I agree with you that we have some responsiblity to tell other BPH
sufferers about PVP. I am so thankful for hearing about PVP from this
newsgroup that I continue to tell others about it.

I am glad you are feeling well. I am amazed how good I feel 16 months after
PVP. It has been such a quality of life enhancing procedure that I am still
euphoric about it.

I am really amazed of the progress that has been made and I think this
newsgroup has had a lot to do with it.
When I first hear about PVP from this newsgroup a total of 50 people had had
the procedure worldwide. By the time I had it done in June 2002, there was
only about a 100 procedures done worldwide. Now Laserscope is report that
over 11,000 procedures will have been done this year alone. That to me is
amazing. And it has happened in no small part by guys like you and me just
reporting our experiences.

Take care,
Patrick

> I live on Bainbridge Island, an island in Puget Sound, 7 miles due east
> of Seattle. It is a small island [excellent ferry service to Seattle]
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> Regards,
> John Kutina

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Derry Argue - 27 Oct 2003 08:31 GMT

JRKutina@webtv.net (John Kutina) wrote in news:2250-3F9C2115-52@storefull-
2356.public.lawson.webtv.net:

> We have lived here 15 years. We have one regular pharmacy and a small
> pharmacy in our Rite Aid store. I know both well. After my most
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> as both know men with BPH. I also gave them my name, address, and phone
> number as well as my e-mail address.

That is an excellent idea. I have no connection with Laserscope but do
believe strongly in the free exchange of information. So far as I am
concerned the Internet and Usenet are a major factor in my life and thats
not just because of BPH!

The great hope for the future are our student doctors as most established
doctors and uros simply don't seem to have the time (and sometimes the
inclination) to keep up with modern technology. I was interviewed by my
local uro in the presence of several student doctors and they knew more
about PVP than he did (and, incidentally, I knew more than the lot of
them!<G>). The days when doctors spoke in Latin to confound their patients
is long gone. Because we are the specialists, we often know as much or more
than the doctors!

I have posted here before about the elderly friend I have in an eastern
bloc country who was a professor of urology (he must be retired by now). He
strongly urged me to avoid any of the "modern" procedures for BHP and said
the only way to go was open surgery by a skilled surgeon. I think, prior to
PVP, he was probably right -- given the "skilled surgeon" proviso.

Derry

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