Good Morning to all.
You may remember I posted a few times in the past two months regarding my
bout with PCa.  I'm the person who has had a previous experience with cancer
and this one just laid me low.  Well, I finally got to see the urologist who

Stopped Lupron after 2 years against advice of Dr.  One Dr.told me 1 year,
another 2 and this one was forever. A friend of mine with a similar
diagnosis had one shot only and he is doing as well as I and maybe better.
Started HT 02/03 followed by 39 radiations (T2B/T2C, 4:3).  PSA ...

After reading the post in the NG I decided to call Dr. and ask when I
could get the shot for erections.
I am told they come prepackaged.
Questions

Has anyone noticed that Lupron has affected their sense of smell?
I declined my 3rd shot three weeks ago and I've noticed that my
sense of smell is more acute.  Soaps, pepper, cooking scents are
much more noticeable.

Hi again all:
Seems like my ISP gave the news server a coffee break and my News
Client (Agent) told me I had 2 messages to send, so I pressed "Send
Now", ergo they went x2 :-(

The following is an abstract of a paper which, in my opinion, is the
most important research ever done on prostate cancer.  It is well worth
reading the entire article, not just the abstract.
Ed Friedman

I posted this in another discussion group, thought I'd post it here
too.  I'd be interested in any comments you may have...Ron
I was diagnosed as a low-risk man (T1c, PSA<10,
GS<7), so, perhaps not surprisingly, I spent much of

My father 68 has been diagnosed Prostate Cancer four months ago.
Earlier in September 2004, The Ultra Sound report showed that the
prostate gland of my father measuring 45*48*56 MM with a volume of 70
ml.

Our church is the South Meridian Church of God in Anderson, Indiana USA
I am motivated to send these messages because every day that I work on them
I am at ease and filled with energy and strength. The days that I think I am
out of my mind for interrupting the time of each church I ...

I had radiation 18 months ago and have had blood in stools for the last few
months.  Urologist said this is par for the course and something we have to
live with, along with the  sensitiveness of the bowel movements, most having
radiation treatment would know what I mean.  He said ...

<0.03 four months after RRP
.....................
My Uro described it as the speedometer needle leaning on the zero pin.
Or otherwise unmeasurable!!!!!

I am 35YO and for the last few months I have been experiencing various
problems with leads me to believe that I may have PC.
It first started with waking up during the night to go the bathroom but
it has gradly got worse, I am now up 2 or 3 times in the night.

Hello again all
As you all have read, I'm currently into my 4th month of Hormone,
(Lucrin), Treatment for Prostate Cancer, prior to Rad & HDR.
Amongst other things, the Osteo-Arthritis in my both feet, ankles and

The Dr. said he had good news and bad news.
The bad news is that I have prostate cancer and the good news is that it
will not kill me.  We discussed all the options and for my age (70) he
thought the seeding would be best, for the two cancers are small, 5% and

Has anybody with a locally advanced PC been offered both hormone therapy
and chemotherapy as a combined treatment?
http://www.asco.org/ac/1,1003,_12-002636-00_18-002-00_19-00200242,00.asp
This is also mentioned in