I am not a church type nor a new age type either. I am not commenting on
medical issues.
I just want to point out, as most people fear the word "cancer" worse than
anything else in their lives, that the FEAR itself is actually a reason that

I feel a little strange posting this great news from my 3 month post-op RP
that I got from my urologist today knowing that there are so many of us
folks out here in this great SIG that aren't so lucky.  I apologize upfront
to them, but I've just got to yell with glee at the top of ...

My urologist just phoned with the laboratory results of the examination of
the prostate and the edges.
After the biopsy my Gleason score was 3+4=7. Now it is 4+3=7.
The biopsy indicated that only about 5% of the prostate was involved with

Epstein-Barr Virus.
The Epstein-Barr virus is a member of the Herpes family and
the most common human virus.
The virus is world wide with most people becoming infected at

Cath out 5 days now..peeing pretty good..starting to hit the toilet now.
Not using Depends, just some soft (Viva) paper towels just in case. My
question....crease in groin where meets leg is RAW ?? I have tried to
keep dry and medicated..not working, also Gonads, Nads, Jewels, Nuts,

I would like to thank the alt.support.cancer.prostate Group and members
for the great information and support.
My surgery was a success and I am in recovery with minimal issues.
Thanks a million guys.

I must have posted wrong-how long is the wait before Robotic Surgery. The
average wait from Physician.

Well guys after reading in this ng about the shot I called my Dr. and
got a rx. Four shots premixed cost 110.00.
With the help of my soon to be wife we injected, I had a huge erection
that lasted for two hours only using half the dose. I was extremely

19 Feb 2005
Men middle-aged and older routinely get blood tests for
prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, to screen for prostate cancer.
However, PSA testing has shortcomings: many men with elevated PSAs don't

After you got your first ADT/HT shot, over what time scale did your own
personal SE cocktail materialize? How did you feel after a week, a couple of
weeks, a month, a few months, etc? When did you start feeling your different
SEs? Did they get better or worse after their initial ...

to a urologist. He told me he probably will do a bypass test to see
whether it is cancer. Does anybody know this test? Is there any risk
for doing it?
Thanks for sharing!

I have been prescribed 35Mg/week Fosamax.  I have been splitting the
70Mg tabs and have a considerable quantity that have an expiration date
of May 2005.  Is there any reason that these can't be used?  If they
will be less effective, should I just take the full 70 Mg instead of the

For those who may have trouble proving they were in Vietnam (in country), or
have DD214 problems (needing it and not having it), or have trouble with
Vietnam medals not awarded - I have lots of solid suggestions, answers, and
advice.

Post Robotic Surgery...gleason 3+3=6 Cancer found..Right and Left lobes
5%..contained within Prostate..did not get out anyplace. No evidence of
Malignancy. Diagram of the sliced up Prostate showed  3 little dark
spots deep inside the gland  on the right side and one little dark spot

My husband was recently diagnosed and we are so confused in deciding what
treatment would be best.  One day we are going for RT <seed implants> and
then the next day we are considering surgery.  I was wondering if I gave you
his stats if anyone could offer suggestions for helping us ...