Last year I booked a family holiday in the US for 4, travelling from the UK.
This year I was diagnosed with PCa.  My usual insurer, Boots, refused outright,
but suggested another insurer who quoted £16,300 for a 2 week holiday.  (That's
about $30,000 USD to you people in the US.)

I'm unclear how many methods of robotic surgery there are. I thought
robotic always meant RRP. But now I see some have RLRP. Is this
correct? Or is it the same? Confused.

As one appproaching radiation therapy, I was inteerested in this article (
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/032005/loc_20050320031.shtml)
which states: "One development, explained Dr. Elayne Arterbery, clinical
chief, department of radiation oncology at Crittenton Hospital ...

Go for my pre-opt tuesday and for my RP surgery thursday.  When I spoke to
my urologist he went over various aspects of the surgery including the
option for either an epidual or for general anethesia.  In all that I've
read the epidural seems to be better as regards to possible ...

Feeling better every day now...UI seems to be clearing up with he
antibotics..still get that "Sting" at end of Penis and sometimes it
seems like something moves there also..and the stream becomes a
spray..maybe a skin flap..scar tissue from cath???     Also...is the

Has there been any research on the use of Thalidomide to combat PCa?  I gather
that it restricts the blood supply that cancer cells attract to themselves.

Test post.  I cannot receive new posts, but will it let me send one?
Sorry for the noise.

Ferring's degarelix shows immediate onset of action and sustained
activity
21 Mar 2005
Dosing study with degarelix, a novel gonadotrophin-releasing hormone

Is there any connection between Prostate removal and achy legs and feet
at night..as soon as I take my weight off them ? Nerve damage?...just
how is the body positioned and secured in the OR for the Robot ? I had
severe sores on my shoulders after the surgery..now have scars...are

I'm a 49 year old in excellent health, On Thurs. 1/27/04,I had robotic
prostatectomy.
I was discharged the next day with catheter and the following Thursday
had the catheter removed. Initially, there was some pain urinating,

Well Ron B should be fasting for his surgical cure tomorrow, so we may
not hear from him until the middle of next week.
Here's wishing Ron B the same results I got.
jimhoney

First, I want to thank you all for the kindness shown to me.
You are special folks who are very helpful and good to all.
With surgery scheduled for monday, I went to the cardio guy this
afternoon to clear up a "false positive" on a part of the stress test I

URO did a urine culture and said I have a Bladder infection and put me
on antibotics. Almost 7 weeks post robotic surgery now..PSA <0.01.
Anybody else have these symptons? Feel queezy, Legs sort of feel weird
while trying to get to sleep, Pee about every half hr and still feel

Hypothetical, but I'm sure it's happened before.
Example: RRP done with post-op biopsy showing cancer localized and
limited to prostate, no seminal vesicle penetration, and no piercing of
the capsule. Why would there still be a chance of a rise in PSA years

we have a brother in the club who is undergoing both hips in surgery
today.  
he was T1c, had standard RP, but surgeon left seminal vesicles with pca
in his body and his condition a year later was T3a.  he has had