Sometimes more like a flood!
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I'm 9 days post op and things were going very well until 2 days ago when
I started having leakage around the catheter when I stood up after

I spoke to Bud and Laurie just now.   They asked me to post something
since it will be some time until they get home.
Bud was operated on by Dr. Catlona at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
yesterday, and Doctor Catalona said everything looked well.   He has

   This morning after i got out of the shower, and watched my penis drip
drip drip urine, a thought struck me.  Why do they automatically take the
sphincter at the base of the bladder?  If nerve sparing involves saving the
nerves that are on and around the prostate, and if there is ...

I was at my uro's yesterday for my six week LRP followup appointment
and I was asking some "what if" questions.  One I asked was, "What if
there are some bad cells left behind, when would I know?"  He said
that with my Gleason (6) it would be quite a few years before there

hi folks - i was watching the nightly news in my area and they were
talking about cancer and how the numbers are increasing.  they were
tossing around the facts and figures about the various cancers and
stating that the numbers are expected to double over the next few years.

Hello Friends -
Along with all the other changes that come into play in our lives as a
result of PC, it gives a good foothold to an old enemy of mine,
Depression.  That SOB is probably more deadly that the damned PC that

Hi folks.  Just back from two-week vacation.  Drove with my wife and
dog from L.A. to Denver.  I am almost five months post RRP.  I had no
pee problems.  No dribbling, no having to get to a bathroom quickly.
Hauled luggage and stuff with no dribbling.  In fact I forgot about

Ok, for most if not all of us who have been treated, the prostate itself is
now dead or collapsed or basically not there.   It no longer makes any
appreciable semen, and ejaculates are "dry".  From what I have read,
infectious diseases like HIV are often transmitted via the man's ...

I was wondering if someone could tell me
how many men die of prostate cancer each year
in the United States?
But secondly, since I keep hearing different

I'm a 60 yr old, had me first PSA test in April of this year, a 4.6, three
months later 5.9, one month after that, which brings us up to a week ago it
was 3.2.  I have an appointment with an Urologist on the 15th.  I don't know
what to make of these readings, what does everybody ...

This is my first post. I just stay depressed and have been for the
last three years.
I hope the following does not offend the reader.
Not having a significant other although I found out an old girlfriend

First of all let me say I have been looking in on this group for a few days
and impressed with what I've seen.
I lost my dad almost 2 years ago to thyroid cancer after 2 years of bad
choices by his doctors that he trusted. The first year of his family doctor

This makes it a little easier, for me anyway.
I guess we all solve our problems in different ways. I've seen a lot
of postings about going to the can all night.
I took a plastic milk bottle, cut it the way I like it. (I left the

hi folks - ever once an while, we get to see something that is going to
happen instead of responding to something that has happened.
garry trudeau is using his doonesbury column for some humor on the
M-word and prostate cancer.  remember, when they said that masturbation

I am a 53 year old physician who was recently diagnosed with a gleason
6 left sided tumor.  PSA of 1.2.  I underwent a robotic endoscopic
prostatectomy (nerve sparing on both sides) and was back to work in
ten days.  I had to use a pad for only a week after having the