Happy Holidays all:
I've posted before and have found this site to be of great value in addition
to the many brave and extremely smart people here. Have T1c, Gleason 3+3,
psa 7.6 July 04. Robotic laraposcopic surgery 12/14 Cleveland Clinic, Weston

Hello to everyone,
I just thought I'd advise that I go in for surgery and 0920 PST tomorrow,
14DEC04 and will be in hospital for five days.
There has been quite a bit of antagonism among the hospital, urologist and

We saw the Doctor today.
Curt's PSA has stayed pretty stable over the last 2 months. went from 37 to
40. but is is obvious that the Hormone Suppression therapy is not working
anymore. So the decision was made to start Chemotherapy. He has been asked

Hello again all.
I'm at the 6 week period on dual hormonal ADT with RAD down the track
and HDR Temp Brachytherapy Implant and a further 12 mths on ADT.
I pestered the Pathology and Rad Oncology Clinics today for my first

Post op psa undetectable, if its undetectable how can cancer come back?
Has anyone had radiation after surgery with having a undetectable psa?

Sex is OK
Talking about sex is OK
If you are hurt or injured in the sex dept. It is ok to talk about it.
It is ok for your wife or your lover to explain differing things done to

http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=47910
Vitamin E can halt prostate and lung cancer: Study:
[Health India]: Washington, Dec 15 : A new study, conducted by scientists at
the Purdue University, has found that the form of vitamin E found in many plant

Can anyone advise me of a discussion group that can advise me on the
following? I have PCA, will have the Robotic Surgery maybe early Jan..
We live on SSD which is only income, I have Medicare/Medicaid..wife who
is 58 has no Ins at all, can not get  SSI or Medicaid..her bills are

When I was first diagnosed with prostate cancer, I got lots of good
advice from the folks on this newsgroup, and I promised to provide
feedback about my own experiences. Here is the first installment:
My IMRT treatments started on Oct 5, 2004. Today was my "hump day": I

Widespread false-positive results from cancer screening tests result in
extra medical costs exceeding $1,000, Detroit researchers said in a
study.
Among 1,087 individuals participating in a cancer screening trial who

He had too much sex with his elves....

dr. alan r kristal gave a lecture on prostate cancer and prevention
which was video taped.  it was on a college classroom channel.  i was
taking notes on it and then went back to double check them to make sure
i wasn't going to say something that wasn't true that he said.  he does

13-Dec-2004  
 Men being treated for prostate cancer using hormone therapy maybe
under-recognized for their risk of developing osteoporosis, according to
a new study.

With all that's happened over the past year, my wife's dx and treatment for
breast cancer, my dx and treatment. We received a GREAT early Christmas
gift, a 5lb.-15 oz. healthy grandson on Friday Dec. 10, 04.
Tom

I would appreciate a little help for my girlfriend's dad. Forgive me if I
don't use the
right words, I am not too knowledgeable in prostate cancer.
He is 71, he has practiced sports all his life, lean and healthy until 6 or