There has been a lot of discussion of the recent study reported in the
New England Journal of Medicine.   On the one hand too much has been
made of it because the results reported are not surprising in light of
what was already known.  If you look at Walsh's 1995 book on prostate ...

Well, I guess the worst is over.  My surgery (RRP at Memorial Sloane
Kettering Cancer Center) was Thursday afternoon - from 2-6pm. There wasn't
enough room in recovery for me, so I didn't get there until 7:30pm.  I awoke
around 9pm and was moved to my room around 1am.  It was a long ...

Howdy pardners! Here is the 1st e-mail i sent, on the 18th............
New post/member here. Name is Jerry, 55 YO, father of a 15
YO boy, & a 10 YO girl.
I found, in a DRE with my reg MD, that i had an enlarged prostate. Labs

    I had mentioned previously that one of my neighbors told me he
had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.  His Gleason is 8; I forget
the PSA, but it was not real high, maybe 15 (I guess that is bad
enough though).  

I see that there have been a couple of threads on HIFU {High Intensity
Focused Ultrasound} in here over the last couple of years, but nothing
that I can find in the last 6 months or so.
At age 56 I have recently been diagnosed with PCa, PSA 4.6 Gleason 3+4

I'm back home now. Doc reports both nerves spared, no visible sign of
tumor outside of prostate. Lymph nodes of course clear. Pathology
report available by end of next week. Needless to say I am really
happy.

Just had my 19-month post-op PSA checked and it came back *undetectable*.
My stomach has been tied in knots lately.... but that's one less thing to
worry about.
Take care, all!

I've been on Lupron for eight months and having the usual problems with
hot flashes and no libido.  Started 200 mcg selenium daily about a month
ago.
.

Ok, I recently  posted that hubby became bald in "that area" due to
radiation therapy.  I am not so good with a quick wit, so I was
wondering if anyone could help me with some one-liners to make his life
more miserable than it is now?  The "Willy and the bald twins" thing was

  In your post today you mention that PSA results are not valid when
on Lupron. Please expand on this if you will.  Reason, attribution,
publications, etc.
Thank you,

Well, the time has finally come.  All the tests and preparations are now
over.  I am to arrive at Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center at 8:30am
and my RRP is scheduled for noon.  Can't say I'm glad to be going, I guess I
can say that I'm glad the waiting and accompaning anxiety ...

Hello everyone. I have posted a couple of times before (new member), & now
have a question re incontinence experiences. Briefly, 1st, i had RRP on May
20. Everything was negative...margins...lymph...bone...etc. Pathology report
stated "very small cancer (just 25% of 1 apex core ...

I've been lurking on this board ever since being diagnosed in March
04.  Had RP on 4/30 and everything has gone great (knock on wood)  . .
. first PSA 0.1
Thanks to everybody on this board for sharing - information is

I am a Vietnam Veteran that on February 6th 2004 had RRP surgery, with
one nerve bundle spared.
Prior to the surgery November 7, 2003 my psa was 17.56 November 22nd
psa 22  biopsy on December 10th Gleason 3+4 involving 6 out of 10

I'd like to take this opportunity to remember Robert Vaughn Young.
Those who have been here for years know what kind of man he was.  But for
the roughly 100 newbies in the last year....
Bob was originally from the northeast.  Seattle, I think.  He was a U.S.