Watching this newsgroup and am frustrated by those who are suffering with
meds knowing the can, (as in are able to if they want to), and do have the
option to get PVP-ed or TURP-ed.   Please...get the PVP or TURP and stop the
meds!!!!!  (You'll save a lot of space on this ...

I had a prostate biopsy 21 days ago and was diagnosed with Chronic
Prostatitis.  No cancer.  I'm 50.  First had PSA of 5.26 which, after
antibiotics, went down to 4.6.  Doctor said he wanted to do biopsy to
rule out cancer.  The ultrasound biopsy showed that my prostate

Has anyone heard of or used this device. It is a small heater probe that is
put in the rectum to heat the prostate for relief of BPH.
It is supposedly pending FDA approval.

Nelson...I just downloaded the lofric users manual.  Had trouble finding the
site since you spelled it lowfric in your post in this ng - but I found
another one of your posts in the web which corrected the spelling :-) .  I
will read about it later, still haven't eaten yet - damn ...

Hi, I'm emailing for my husband right now . He's had two laser
surgeries , the last one was two years ago .Neither of the surgeries
ever helped him at all , but my question is , have any of you ended up
with severe scar tissue from the surgeries ? My husband has a very

Simple urodynamics almost closed me down. 1) the tubing hit a
constriction in the urethra, causing inflammation for a few days; 2)
liquid forced into bladder stretched it, causing lessening of desire to
urinate for a few days. Now I face cystoscopy and wonder whether this

My reference studies indicate beta-sitosterol is adjunctive for the
remission of prostate cancer, not
accentuating. Actually, the ginsengs, as well, are helpful for all cancer.

Good info on treating BPH...
h**p://www.mayoclinic.org/clinical-update/21-1-05-bph.html
substitute "tt" for the "**"

Here is a copy of the e-mail I wrote to Karen about the contradiction I
mentioned earlier (in one of her web pages).  Damn it I still haven't soaked
yet, and now my butt is really killing me.  I wonder if she will write me
back.  Enjoy...Pete

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Thank you for your support.

One drawback mentioned with PVP is the lack of tissue to biopsy.  I've had
two urologists tell me that's not an issue because after the PVP they take
some extra tissue to biopsy.  Is this just as good as a "normal" biopsy?
The patient's current PSA is 2.8, if that makes a difference ...

Like some other people with enlarged prostates, I go into retention
when my bladder is too full. A catheter relieves the condition, but is
invasive and poses the risk of bladder infection. It would be great if
there was a simpler way.

I am a physician who was the medical director of one the largest
erectile dysfunction/sexual dysfunction clinics in the world.  Many of
the treatments for BPH cause erection problems.
Finesteride and dutesteride both block the formation of

I am 50 with fairly severe BPH symptoms that I have been treating
primarily with Flomax for the past 3 or so years.  I've been seeing my
urologist every six months at which time we have an ultrasound and a
flow meter test.  My prostate is a bit under 50 cc according to the

I am 50 and have been living with somewhat severe BPH symptoms for the past
3 - 5 years.  I see an urologist every six months and have been treating
the condition primarily with flomax.  Each visit to the uro I have a flow
test and an ultrasound.  My prostate is about 45 cc ...