For those of you following the Kramer Family Disease Follies, while 2004 has
hit us pretty hard, it is ending on an up note.
My father-in-law who suffered Alzheimer's, as I posted earlier, died on the
28th.  That is very good news for him and he was given Last Rites ? hour

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I used to be able to reply to this group using Google Groups, but the
last week I get this meesage, and the option of posting a new
subject... Which makes it a little difficult to respond to peoples

Curt failed the ht therapy completely so our new doc. love him to death!!.
he is in his 40's and so happy that we are still able to have sex. our
previous doctor actually thought that Curt was pretending that he needed the
Viagra refilled as a pride thing!! what an a.s he was.

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i was going through the packet the VA sent me explaining where they
arrived at the various numbers and figures for the amount of my
compensation.
as i read through them carefully, i came across this point.

Has this "indicator" been discussed here before. I have a medical book
from 1999 that states that a rise in IGF could indicate a rise in PCa.
Searching through the archives, I don't see it mentioned here too much.
Has it been proven not useful?

I had my biopsy today.  It was elective.  I was given a choice to wait 30
days to see if my PSA comes down or a biopsy.  I elected the biopsy so as to
get it out of the way.
It was almost painless and I thank those here that told me what to expect.

Out of curisioty, why did Jerry Orbach died?
I would guess someone like him would go to see a doctor often in time to
correct any problem.
Thank you for your replies,

first, the great news - i got a phone call from the state DAV office
today, and three letters......one from my congressman, one from the VA,
and one from the DAV.  all telling me that i will get my service
connected disability for prostate cancer from vietnam and a nice back

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20041229/ap_on_en_
tv/obit_jerry_orbach
The article indicates that he was only recently diagnosed.  What do you
suppose went on here?---Failure to get PSA tests?

Because of the "Testosterone after surgery" thread, I came across an
article by Dr. Walsh, et. al., entitled "Influence of Radical
Prostatectomy on Serum Hormone Levels" (J. Urol., 160, pp. 449-453,
1998).  The paper tracks the hormone levels in 63 men Walsh operated on

Hope y'all having a nice Xmas and Happy New Year
Ever since my wife chided me about hitting the bowl, I've been
visualising an invention to assist me improve my aim.
So who can dream up a headrest off a car seat, bolted to the wall so

As those who have waded through my complaints about the botched
cryosurgery of 11/03 and the numerous diagnostic tests that my former
urologist failed to order may recall, I recently went through a course
of IMRT and am presently on ADT.

My father-in-law, Victor A. Lahmann (1924-2004) finally lost his battle to
Alzheimer's.  He was diagnosed 11 years ago and went into a nursing home 4?
years ago.  Today, with pneumonia, he was breathing slowly, then slower,
then slower, then not a all.

my comments - i ran across this article and gave some thought before
posting it.  i didn't want anyone to think it was a spam ad or some kind
of high jinx.   i haven't heard much of this "expert" before but maybe
someone else has......