hi folks - last week was a rough one. in one word - depression.  and
this is why i'm posting this.
before the pca, i didn't have major bouts of depression.  since the
surgery, it has come home to roost and brought with it, all the years

hi folks - this is part two.  the first part was my observations of what
i saw and heard before i went in.
now, i am in the surgeon's office and boy, do i have questions.  we have
a lot better than average relationship than the ordinary doctor/patient.

Anyone try it yet? Report...

Doctor called Valentines Day, 2002 and told me that I had Prostate
cancer, PSA of 8.2.  He said that 3 of the 4 cores on the right side
had 25% cancer cells and that the left side were benign but didn't
look quit right.  Gleason score of 7 and a clinical staging score of

Just an update.
surgery at Emory University, Atlanta Georgia 8/99 Dr. Harry Clarke
4 year post op PSA <0.1
Age surgery performed 49

  Here's the story. 1 year post RP and although I can enjoy decent sex with
stimulation and a bit of Viagra, I am still improving slowy in the
spontaneous erection area.  If I get a rare slight erection all by itself,
it feels a bit painful and sore for the few seconds it lasts. ...

Hi there, y'all,
I had what began as a nightmare while I slept last night. (and this
morning. I got up only about an hour and a half ago, got some pain
killers and coffee into me and started felling human just recently)

Prayers requested for Danny Glasscock, a friend of the family.  I just heard
this minute that he died Friday on his way up north for some new treatment
for advanced PCa.  He had a stroke on the way.  The autopsy showed his body
riddled with it.  He was a lurker here, but I don't ...

Short Penis Syndrome (SPS) Post Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy:
An attempt to duplicate by the same scientific methods results
reported previously.
Jim (BillyBob) Chamber-Chickenchoker, RRP, FIMRT

Short Penis Syndrome Post Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy:
Chuck Harris RTR, RDMS
PURPOSE:  To evaluate suspicion of penis shortening following radical
retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) and suggest a method to produce the

I've been so busy and now the hurricane so if I'm off for a few days I'm
probably just without power otherwise I'm high and dry here.
Let's see where to begin?
How about a little nocturnal activity? And I missed it - slept right through

I will soon be seven weeks post-op, RRP August 1, 2003. I feel good
and believe I am doing well. I am happy to be more physically active
and past the "don't lift more than a few pounds" stage. I have made
progress toward regaining continence. I have not been wearing pads

Hi, I have so much to report and not enough time to do it in at the moment.
We went to see the rad-onc who did the brachytherapy. Hubby is fine!!
Everything seems perfect. The prostate is just about gone. He wants him back
in 6 months and then after that he will be on a one year ...

I'm back... sorta.  I found that when I say data drop and the electrician
says $65, he's talking about running Cat 5 cable through some holes and
nailing a box to the stud.  I had to run a 100' cable to the utility room to
get service and I suspect my wife aint gowna stand for that ...

A friend of mine had prostate cancer 5 1/2 years ago, treated by radical
prostatectomy and radiotherapy.
In 2000 his PSA was 0.05, last week it was 0.67.
he is terrified that he might have a recurrence.