Hello again
This should bring some comments and controversy:
I realise http://www.prostatepointers.org/leibowitz/ was introduced
into this group about a week ago, and as I'm an old PCa patient, I may

Hi, It's Howie again. Uro called me and said they never got reports from
my Cardio and Bone Drs..wanted ME ? to call them and have them send
reports (I did this) Dont the Drs supose to do this ???  Said they need
these reports before they can have me come in to talk surgery in FEB ...

Just got back from a four night scenic vacation in the hospital, curtesy of
pneumonia.  Fever of 102-103 F  and lungs that wouldn't let air in or out.  I
thought I was dying.   Missed the first course of the new series of
chemotherapy and will see the Doc about starting it next week ...

Caren says the outage is temporary.

   This morning I tried the second trimix injection.  A couple comments.
First, the injection itself is nothing.  When I was first diagnosed and
started reading I thought I could never give myself an injection in the
penis.  Forget that worry.  I can feel the needle going in, ...

    I was talking to someone this weekend who had been given a
prescription for Detrol LA for incontinence.  My uro wrote
prescriptions for Ditropan, Oxytrol patch, and Detrol LA (in that
order, not all at once of course), but none of them ever worked for

I am 3 weeks post op and doing well in the continence department, but
am still baffled by why there are good days and bad days.
I have gone 3 or 4 days with absolutely no leaking whatsoever, but
just when I'm pronouncing myself prematurely 'cured' the next morning

How do they position you on the table? I heard head down, feet up with
knees bent and legs hanging off table??? Do they give you some kinda
anti blood clotting meds? How about those special boots they put around
your legs?  Whats the anestisia like?    Thanks..Howie

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October (PSA=7.5, T1c, Gleason score
of 3+4=7) and am scheduled for the removal of the offending little bugger on
January 28.
While I intend to telephone my urologist tomorrow with a couple of questions

Embryos exposed to ethanol had more than eight times the level of cancer
cell invasion of blood vessels compared to the control group.
December 13, 2004 /PSA Rising/ For the first time scientists have
demonstrated a model that may explain how alcohol stimulates tumor

I was wondering if anyone here has a port. I know that most of you (thank
God) are still in the curable stage and I haven't found Phoenix5 to be a
right fit, but I was looking for any info even 2nd hand.
1. did the placement require an overnight stay?

I was told my biopsy indicated cancer in the left side of the prostate.  My
gleason score was 6 (3,3).  Over the past three years my PSA has went up to
a level of 7.  It did not come as a big surprise as it runs in the family.
I am 63 years old.

    Hope I can be forgiven for an off topic post that has
absolutely nothing to do with the subject at hand, and includes a
reference to sex to boot (although not in the way that you think).  No
way to know if this was really true, but even better if it was.

After 5 cicles of chemio with Taxolo  I had my RRP with "Sural Nerve
Grafting Following Radical Prostatectomy" four months ago.
RRP was mono lateral nerve sparing.Catheter has been removed after 6 days
Continence is over, I never had problem during the night and just sometimes

Just a little history. My father died of PCa at the age of 74. He was
Dx at the age of 62. His cancer was aggressive.
I just turned 37, I decided now would be a good time to get the PSA
test done to establish a baseline. So at my request I asked my doctor