5 days post op..robotic prostate surgery...just noticed that my testies
, nuts, jewels whatever you may call them are all crustey on the skin?
Is this from the prostate removal ?   Howie  

Is it normal after the robotic surgery to be chilled  in the evening at
the hospital..then wake up mid of the night just being too hot..but no
fever? Was it anxiety ? Confined to a 1 bed small toom, 4th floor..had
cable tv and a phone. Clostaphobia?  Hospital smell ? Even food ...

Neverwork at night but you can hear the women giggling and chatting in
the hall. I hit the panic button 5 times..finally a nurse came in..told
her I had to pee badly!!!!!she said..you have a cath, it will feel like
that..she left..Ihit the panic button again..anothe Nurse came in.. ...

NWBT to Initiate Phase III Trial for Prostate Cancer
Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBT) has received clearance from the FDA to
begin assessment of its cell-based dendritic cell product candidate,
DCVax-Prostate, in a Phase III clinical trial.

4.02.2005 
Tell me the size of your waist and I will tell you if you are in risk of
prostate cancer
Visceral fat, which is the fat found around our organs, is associated

Medicare has decided to allow payments for Viagra as part of the
Medicare drug benefit program, but some conservative Congressmen have
objected.  According to today's NY Times, Congressman Steve King of Iowa
doesn't think it should be covered.  According to Cong. King, sex only

Hello my fellow newsgroupers.(and ladies)
   Recently my friend had RP and he is now having serious rash issues do to
wearing the mens diaper, and burns on his legs.
   He is doing a lot of differing things to help and wonder if there is a

When I was diagnosed for PCa last July (I am now on hormone therapy prior to
radiation) I was told that my Gleason score was 7, but only now have I
learned that specifically it is 4,3.  Can you tell me what the difference is
between 4,3 and 3,4?  Is one set of those numbers more ...

Thanks for the posts.....I read them off to my friend.
He is using the zinc oxide, and other things....
I guess the main problem is leaking, and trying to stay dry....
He says he is getting better....one day at a time.

I attended an US Too gathering Tues. evening where the primary topic was
incontinence with an interesting  presentation by a physical therapist. One
of the group members who is a retired M.D. has a web site that may be of
interest to some members of this group.

I have read several discussions that were posted describing their results
with robotic LRP(mrbill and jhlms). If anyone would share where they had
their surgery performed and if their results were good. I'm looking for a
surgeon who has done enough procedures that he is past the ...

Had my RP operation last Friday afternoon.
After an evening and following day that I would just as soon forget (rolling
heartburn to the edge of nausea, and the Mother of all Headaches) began to
make serious improvement to the point that I came home yesterday. I'm not

I'm a 56 yo male and I've been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate
for about 3 years now.  I have been seeing an urologist and having my
PSA monitored since the diagnosis, and the PSA has been 2.42, 2.65,
2.59, and then it rose to 3.58 in my most recent test 2 weeks ago.

The following are two great sphincter exercises, in order of
effectiveness, IMO, which worked for me - it took me 18 mos. from RRP
to get continent (only slight leaking even standing/walking), where
normal Kegels were a dismal failure - I'm certain that if I did the

Hello again all
Seeing I have multiple ailments to complement my PCa, I stumbled
across this website, which has real Medical factual info on just about
everything. You need to register with a User/Password and you can