Hello, I need some advise.  My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer
with a PSA of a 8 and a Gleason score of 7 in Corpus.  We did a second
opinion at MD in Houston and the PSA was 6 and the Gleason was a 6.  He is
62 years old with a history of a heart attack 4 years ago.  We ...

Got an appointment at the Austin Clinic system today. Also was able to
get to the M. D Anderson people to see if they would take me. I need
to provide a heck of a lot of info so they can evaluate me to see if I
am someone who would be "Interesting" or fit into their program. It

   Got this from one of the ladies at work today.  Thought it would be
pertinate to our cause (note the comment on taking "total" responsibility
for our own health care).  See below.
An Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer

   No, the prostate cancer did not really cause the heart attack.  It was
the $500.00 bill I just got for lab tests a week after I had the surgery!
   Steve:   Are you out there?   Did you get a bill for things like:  cell
imaging; DNA Feulgen Stain-Group B (what the hell are they ...

Has anyone used a personal (portable) catheter as the need arose?
If so, what are your experience and comments?
I am considering seed implantation which may cause prostate swelling thus
requiring a catheter.

P's (dpaaccj's) Doug, if I am correct, went in for treatment today.  I don't
recall what his choice was (At 48, probably RP).  In any case, a prayer is
in order.

Haven't posted in a while, but reading the ng each evening.  For those
considering radiation therapy I'd like to post my experience since the end
of treatments.  In a brief, thumbnail sketch, in a nutshell; I'm doing fine.
The minor bowel problems, diarrhea, irritated hemorrhoids, ...

Hello all, I just got my results from my first post-op PSA and is was
Less than 0.1.
I also had a follow up for Hepatitis C that was found when I
auto-donated for the operation and the results were negative, meaning

My quarterly visit to MDAnderson resulted in my lab report marked "Assay
performed by chemiluminometric method ".
Does that refer to my PSA or LFT or both.This is first time that method
was noted.

Well I have been following this newsgroup for sometime now since I had
a PSA test of 6.1.  I am 43 years old and quite abit nervous.  My
doctor placed me on antibiotics for 7 weeks and retested with a Free
PSA II test.  The results were as follows:  PSA 2.8  Free PSA 7%.  DRE

   Just FYI, I am now getting the virus email in Spanish.  I cannot read
Espanol, but I assume they are the same messages as in the bogus ones we
have all received before.

I belong to an HMO and don't know that I will have any choices through them,
but if anyone knows someone they think is very good, I'd be very pleased to
hear about it.
The HMO, Kaiser Permanente, seems to provide concerned staff physicians, but

hi folks - i ran across an article at brings to light how testosterone
plays in a man's life in more than one way.
we all know that it's responsible for increasing muscle mass, bone size,
and strength as well as the usual signs of developing into manhood.

hi folks - as we have joined the club here, we may not have gave much
thought as to how much and how far the quest for a cancer cure has came.
just blowing the dust off the memories circuits, allow me to enlighten
how far we have traveled in the past 50 years.

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