I am the editor of a Reflexology magazine and am writing a feature about
using complementary therapies to help cancer patients.  I am not necessarily
suggesting complementary treatment alone, but also working alongside
orthodox medicine.

When John had his cystogram to determine if he was healed enough for his
catheter to come out, we discovered that there were several internal staples
in him.  
Just the other day (2 years later) John finally got up the nerve to ask his

I still lurk 3x a week and keep updated.
To keep those that have been with me through the PCa for the last 3 years my
psa test came back at <0.01 today.
I again thank you for your support and friendship.

Posted and emailed to a few friends
Saw the rad-onc doctor yesterday. He said the indicator is 4 year PSA  =
same PSA at 15 years. Interesting.
So may we have a drum roll?

Prostate Specific Antigen as a Clinical Biomarker for Prostate Cancer:
What's the Take Home Message?
Leach FS, Koh MS, Chan YW, Bark S, Ray R, Morton RA, Remaley AT.
Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

two weeks after RRP  and had the catheter removed.  I expected pain, but It
was nothing.
  My question is: Anyone else have practically no control over urination?
I know its just day one, But I've done the Kegals for 3 mos now, and

I am sure this topic has been discussed before bo please bear with me.
My last shot of Lupron was supposed to have worn off in November but it
seemed to take longer than that to recover some of the things I lost
such a muscle mass, chest hair and energy.  I just had my annual

Some of you may recall that my husband John had the RP in July 2003.  His
sister's husband was recently diagnosed.  They are members of Kaiser
Permanente, an HMO.  They removed 5 cores from Richard and claim his cancer
has not spread very far.  It seems strange to me that they would ...

   I had major discomfort with the Caverject, and the tri-mix worked, but
there was still discomfort and sensitivity which detracted from the
enjoyment.  The ED specialist then put me on bi-mix, no prostaglandin, and
there was no discomfort at all.  More like a normal erection.  I ...

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Hi you may recall me writing about my friend Joe and his decision making
process recently (initially a question about possible side-effects of a
biopsy) - well as suggested here, he has continued to research with
diligence and has now added Cryosurgery to his shortlist of options ...

Almost 11 weeks now since the robot worked on me...still get some Penis
pain as well as rectal..and the lower right abs area were appendix use
to be..I see they also went in in that area..it hurts still if I lay on
my side in bed..AM I STILL HEALING ? Thanks..Howie

The lump is a "ventral hernia", and is not "OT" because it is related to the
incision for the RRP.  The doctor said it is not uncommon.  He referred me
to a surgeon to have it evaluated.  That appointment is this Friday.  He
said the surgeon may say to just monitor it for awhile, or ...

Just thought I would post this to hopefully brighten someone's day.
Laughter is the best medicine........Heather
 True Doctor Stories
 A man comes into the ER and yells,

I am a pastor and people in my church asked me what they can do to be
helpful and supportive as I prepare for my prostatectomy (scheduled for
tomorrow - Thursday, April 28).  I told them that humor helps the healing a
lot and so people have been sending me jokes.  Here is what I ...