Two years ago I thought my life was finally getting back on track.  My
17 year old son who had runaway on numerous occassions and dropped out
of high school had finally gone back to school and received his high
school diploma and was thinking about college.  My husband and I were

A friend has had the following PSA results -  I am concerned at the high
figures considering mine was only 5.1 when I had my rrp last May...
Quote
"Fred,

Obesity Independently Linked With Poor Outcome After Prostate Cancer Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 30 - New research indicates that obesity
predicts biochemical failure after prostate cancer surgery, even in men
with negative surgical margins, according to a new report in ...

Howdy!
I had saved a copy of a gentleman's love letter to his wife on my desktop, &
then lost it in a reinstall.
It was from (i think), a guy named Steve, & it told of just what she meant

Guys I have yet another question.  I had LRP on Aug 24th.  Doing fine
recovering.  Urinary control is getting better.  Erections are mostly OK.
BUT, Now I have to have radiation.  When I got the path report the margins
at the urethra were positive and the gleason went from 3+3 to 9 ...

I had LRP on Aug 20 and finally got the Pathology report and it does
not look good.   I will meet with the surgeon for a six weeks checkup
in about a month to go over what to do next.  Looks like radiation for
sure.  The surgeon's nurse said the doctor would want me to heal for 3

Anyone else here diagnosed with low Testosterone before being diagnosed with
PCa?  I was.  My levels were around 187..... where 500 is normal.  I was
taking TRT for about a year before I was diagnosed.  I felt physically
better that year than I have EVER felt in my life.  I had ...

New treatments lift rates for all patients to nearly 97 percent,
experts say
By Holly VanScoy
HealthDay Reporter

I was dxed in April and after all the tests and second opinions we have
decided on the treatment.  I have a tumor on the apex of the gland and it
has protruded from the edges.  Both docs recommended IMRT because even with
surgery I would still have to have radiation. Their ...

Friday, September 03, 2004
Dr. Joseph Chin performs a radical prostatectomy with assistance from
CSTAR's four armed da Vinci robot at the University Campus of London
Health Sciences Centre.

Group,
  I learned today that Dr. Dattoli in Sarasota, Fla. has been
performing salvage brachytherapy on patients who have experienced a
failure of Monobrachytherapy for a few years now.  This is great news

things aren't going so great here at the Miller house. Curt is just looking
and feeling worse and worse. Again, the debilitating hot flashes are back.
The doctor's office and the pharmacy have different ideas of what his
Effexor dose is supposed to be. Dr- 37.5 mg bid   Pharm- 75 mg ...

Center of target should be (<0.01   .......... <0.1)  Like a bulls eye.
Everytime we get stuck we throw our darts......
Hopefully they hit that mark......
Anyway, we all anticipate PSA, and so do I......

My father doesn't have access to a computer so I(son) have been doing
the research and asking questions. He(73) was recently diagnosed with
Prostate Cancer and after running all the tests CAT and MRI he found
out today that the cancer has not matasticized at this point. His

Frank had his surgery today. Wishing him well!
Bev