Hi all and continued thanks for all the help and advice.
I will be seeing Dr.Catalona at Northwestern Memorial Hosp. in Chicago
on March 10th with a surgery date of March 21st tentatively set.
I'm in the middle of all kinds of pre-op consultation tests with my

On February 15, I had a strategy meeting with my med onc.
The most important decision arising from the consultation is that, due
to the 0.01 PSA as of a month ago (due to ADT), I will not have to start
adjuvant chemotherapy -- yet.

Hello once again,
Last week I posted some symptoms that I have been experiencing for while and
the good people of this board were kind enough to respond with their
thoughts.

I absolutely love this ng and how informed you folks all are about PC - and,
how well you all get along even when you disagree with each other.
However, I haven't read anything about what they physically do to us when
they perform a RP.  I'm not usually one to worry about what I ...

Got the news a couple of days ago and am now struggling with what to do to
beat it.
I'll be 62 tomorrow and at that age really am not looking at the removal.
Probably seeding.  My PSA was 6.48 or something like that and the Doc said I

"Watchful Waiting" May Be Safe for Carefully Selected Men With Prostate
Cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Dec 28 - New research shows that there exists
an identifiable population of prostate cancer patients with slow

After reading the posting on HT after RT, I am just wondering about
something I haven't thought about.  I know you will tell me that I should
have, but I guess, having made the decision for RT rather than surgery
before I came to this ng and when I knew very little, I am just ...

Hello, all.  Just discovered this newsgroup and it sure does look like
a great place to find and give advice and support.
My name is Dave LaCourse and I'll be 68 in May.  I had a radical eight
years ago by Dr. Schloss at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA.  He used

Thanks again to all who have helped me with kind words and advice.
I'm reading the Walsh and Strum books.
Both great as you have said.
Choice of treatment seems clearer that it should be RP as my age and

Just curious..has anybody who has had the Robotic Prostate surgery ever
found out the cost of it all to include the pills, tissues, food surgery
etc ? Just curious..I est 20,000 ??? am I even close ?  Howie

Here it is 12 days after Roboic Prostate surgery..doing ok...is is
supose to still hurt somewhat...rectal and bladder areas ? The larger
incision  near the Belly Button still hurts? This is where they pulled
the Prostate through?..I am still BLOATED..is this normal ? I go to Uro

Last Updated: 2005-02-11 12:58:48 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the PSA screening era, mortality rates
among most men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States are
no higher than those in the general population, a new analysis shows.

Just a notice that my signature has changed.
Yessir, that's a .05 at the end of my last string of PSAs.  Got the results
today.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Feb 11 - Adequate folate levels are thought to
protect against malignant tumors, but results of a prospective study suggest
that folate may actually stimulate the development of prostate cancer.
At Umea University Hospital in Sweden, Dr. Johan Hultdin and ...

Hi. My father (71 and in otherwise excellent  health) was diagnosed
yesterday with prostate cancer.   I can't seem to let myself consider any
outcome except that he is going to get through this and  be okay.  His PSA
is quite low for his age -- 3.8 -- but the urologist thought he ...