Now I'm confused and not quite as confident/optimistic as before.  When I
first talked
to my doctor on Monday, I assumed after we reviewed his understanding of the
pathology report for the biopsy that I was lucky in that the report

Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Outcomes Similar With Observation or Radiation
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 19 - Among men with nonmetastatic prostate

I posted a couple of weeks ago about having some residual prostate
cancer radiated 2 years after my RRP.  I'm about 1/3 of the way
through and I'm starting to have some mild side effects.  Diarrhea and
a little pain when I urinate, which I do  more frequently.  The worst

My daughter married this afternoon.  Now all three of my children are
happily married.  One gave me a grandson.  One is pregnant.  One married
today.  Life is good.

I just finished 28 treatments of IMRT and am supposed to have seeds
next. My urologist did a bladder scan and found that i retain about 2 oz
(about 60cc). He told me because of that there is a chance that, after
implants, i might have to be on a catheter for a while. He then

In answer to Alex's question:  We've been through several social workers
from several different agencies. At this point, I think they've told us
everything they're going to tell us, because they just keep sending us to
each other in an endless round.

I'm just home for a few minutes, getting stuff for Allen to play with
while he is in the hospital.  He came through with flying colors (thanks
for all of the prayers and good wishes!)  There is no spread to the lymph
nodes, and there was no apparent spread outside the prostate.  ...

Well, this wasn't the best doctor visit we've ever had.
To cut to the chase, they basically said that the cancer is so widespread
throughout his skeleton that there's very little chance they can do anything
to help with the pain. They did order blood work and an MRI of the entire

Hello everyone!!!! After a few months of delays and politics between my
new home tract builder, County, and City, I moved into my  house August
7th without phone service.  Tent trailer life got old very quick.  I am
now up and running an of course on line.  The 10 year Proton ...

Midlife is when you go to the doctor and you realize you are now so old,
you have to pay someone to look at you naked.
The good news about midlife is that the glass is still half-full...of
course, the bad news is that it won't be long before your teeth are

Erectile function and dysfunction
How it works and what can be done when it doesn't
Gerald H. Jordan, MD
Preview: The advent of "the pill" for erectile dysfunction has prompted

If you want to talk to another female just privately email me your phone
number.
Bev

Thanks for the many helpful posts this morning.  I finally got to talk to
the doctor.  The pathology isn't done yet, our doctor just went down to
hasten the pathologist a bit and looked at some of the pathology in
progress himself (with the pathologist).  I verified that the margins ...

(This is actually a re-post. Since there were no resonses at all from this
helpful group, I assumed that I made some sort of error in posting it. It is a
serious question. I am having the surgery sometime in the next month and would
like to explore these ideas before, if possible.

Apologies if this has already been posted (but didn't appear to have been)
in the archives.
B.C. Cancer Agency (Canada) website http://tinyurl.com/5tlv2
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