got my psa results.  another <.04  
woo hoo!!  
they even made an appointment for me in six months.  
happy thanksgiving to everyone.

Looking at the failed eBay Rejoyn pump, it appears that this
particular pump may be a cheap knock-off.  The pumping mechanism
itself is extremely "cheap" and seems to be made of extremely inferior
material.  The portion of the cylinder that sits next to the body was

Dear Judges, Lawyers, Policemen, Guards, Counselors, Taxpayers, et. al.,
We are here.  Like it or not, for good or bad, we are here.  Who are we?  We are the
downtrodden and dispossesed, the self-torturing, the disenfranchised convicts,
drug and alcohol addicts, the unemployed and ...

   Am I wrong, or am I the only one here that is on a medication for
incontinence?  I was thinking about this the last couple of days, and just
wondered.  The ditropan and Oxi whatever I am on now, the patch (works
great - I have not wanted a cigarette all week (ha)), are for ...

A word of caution about purchasing this item on eBay -- we purchased a
Rejoyn pump from eBay seller "preparate."  The pump arrived last
Wednesday, but Don waited until Saturday for a "test run."  It worked
well on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, but on Tuesday (Don's 4th use),

   Not to draw this out, but when I posted "MUSE III" earlier this week
from home, the next morning I checked the ng from work, and my post did not
show up at all, but the thread started with the response from John Loomis.
As of yesterday afternoon it still had not shown up.  I ...

Hello to all the friends in this newsgroup;
I had my RP done in July first. Last week I met with the  doctor and he gave me
the result for the first post-op PSA,  It was < 0.1
Good news so far!

Hi fellow prostate dudes   :o)   ..........................
I am 5+ weeks  post-RP and I still have drainage into the JacksonPratt
"Grenade" of approx 300 cc per day......yesterday it was 540cc, but it is
usually a little under 300.  This is VERY slightly less than my first week

Does anyone know anything about this type of radiation therapy? How
effective is it? How does it compare to IMRT?

We have a new site, and we would like to invite you to stop by for a
visit. The site is named Cancer Care Network.
http://www.cancercarenetwork.com
We have aprx 200 current regular chatters, all also affected by

THE COLD CURE FOR PROSTATE CANCER by roger dobson, uk
tiny spheres of ice at the tip of a probe are being used to kill
prostate cancer cells in seconds in a freeze-thaw process that could
become a widely used treatment.

   I called on Monday regarding the pain experienced on the third try with
MUSE.  The nurse called back today and said that the doctor said about 15%
of men experience the pain, but that I should continue using the MUSE for
the time being.  He said that the pain was actually a good ...

hi folks - i was watching a segment on the news called science
breakthroughs.
it was about dogs and cats.  a dog's nose is 100,000 times more
sensitive than a human.  

John had his RP July 16.  He has been getting hot flashes.  He is not on
hormone therapy.  Has anyone else had this experience?

Have more GREAT news from my last trip to MD Anderson (NOT!!!!). One
of the tests done was a rectal biopsy to prove hat there was cancer
present before taking the BIG risk  would face with IMRT therapy.
To their (but not my) suprise, about half of the seminal vessicals had