I got a call from Dr. Catalona last night.
He's gonna be my surgeon here at Northwestern in Chicago in a few weeks
and I had never spoken to him or met him before.
dx: age 56 PSA 7.2  T1c Gleason 3+4=7

Back home after surgery last wed. went well got the whole prostate. It was
quite large. Lost a lot of blood so my hemo is low. no pah report yet but am
optomistic.
Ken

it was on the radio.  it was for the robot surgery and the hospital is
in the next state that is doing the advertisement.  
the ad was stressing the fear of a man when he hears he has prostate
cancer, and how just a few millimeters could mean the difference between

Yes, another article.   Has anyone heard of "abarelix"?   New to me.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/viewdecisionmemo.asp?id=129

I'm wondering if this doctor is "in bed" with Theragenics....read below:
Prostate Cancer - Brachytherapy with Palladium-103 Better Than or Equal
to Prostatectomy
08 Mar 2005

At 4.5 months post-RP and 31 days post-28-day-Zoladex, my oncologist called
to say both PSA and T are virtually zero.
And, ya know, I feel 110%. Not one SE . . . yet.
So I cracked the widow a little bit, and asked him one last time, "What are

Anti-Cancer Compound in Green Tea Identified
Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:13 AM ET
By Patricia Reaney
LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish and British scientists have discovered how

I had surgery 3 months ago and have been in radiation for 5 weeks,
lately my urine has been dark orange, is this normal?

I love to read your post and replies! Very informative and in your face.
NO BULLSHITTING in any of them.
With your obvious writing talents, wit, and intelligence you really
should at the very least think about it!

Went to uro today to get urodynamics in prep for AMS 800 implant
Tuesday. The nurse practitioner (nice guy at NWU Hospital, Chicago)
couldn't get the catheter type thing past the bladder neck into the
bladder, because of scar tissue at the juncture. (Boy was I in pain, as

So, where have all the bladder spasms gone??   When I had the surgery a
couple years ago that was one of the big topics of conversation.  The
bladder spasms were my greatest fear going into the surgery (I mean pain
wise), then I did not have any.

I'm 37 and had my PSA checked a few months ago. It was 0.8
But I found this response from Dr Catalona's regarding PSA.
"Here is what I recommend for prostate cancer screening: annual PSA
anddigital rectal examination beginning at age 40, or earlier in men

My internet provider has had real problems with its news feed for
months now, so I haven't been keeping up with postings here. (I
scheduled a switch from DSL to cable just to get a better news feed,
and surprise, the DSL provider finally switched to a different news

Sorry for the interruption, but still another member of my extended family
(my brother's sister-in-law) has cancer and we're trying to resolve a
mystery.
She was found to have brain cancer, including 17 lesions.  But, they