Operating characteristics of prostate-specific antigen in men with an
initial PSA level of 3.0 ng/ml or lower.
Thompson IM, Ankerst DP, Chi C, Lucia MS, Goodman PJ, Crowley JJ, Parnes
HL, Coltman CA Jr.

One reason I chose brachytherapy was concern over impotence. Some
recent research shows long-term results in that regard may not be much
better than surgery--though I don't think that's really settled yet.
But early results are in favor of seeds. Here's my report for any of

Just a heads up......Dr. Gerard Morton is the one who did Ron's HDR
radiation treatment.
I believe someone asked very recently about being able to pinpoint a shift
in the prostate gland.

My nephew is 55 yrs old. About two months ago he went to a urologist
because he had difficulty urinating. The urologist diagnosed him with an
enlarged prostate and prescripted Uroxotral 10 mg. The medication worked
fine. While my nephew was at the doctor's office they gave a PSA ...

On July 13, the following exchange occurred between Steve Kramer in the
USA and Douwe in The Netherlands (I have started a new thread because in the
original one the messages were going far afield from the original topic.
Hope this common Usenet protocol doesn't cause "Larry Larsen"

As always, I want to thank everyone here for past help and support.
This question is not high on the scale of importance at this time but
your comments are always more than appreciated.
I'm just over 3 months out of RRP by Dr. Catalona here in Chicago with

If you are looking for the ultimate in comfortable support you may be
helped by a boxer short design created by my cousin in France. An
engineer, he created a product that combines the comfort of a boxer
with the support of a brief. If you think this would ease your

I've got less than 10 days before my RRP.  I'm trying to get everything
I need together before surgery.  My Uro said to bring 'pads' with me
when the catheter comes out 3 weeks after surgery.  My question is
which size/type of pad should I take to that appointment?

I wanted to take a shower yesterday afternoon. But, as you know, I have
to keep the incision dry, so the instructions were to tape a sheet of
Saran wrap over the area. With my wife's assistance I got all taped up
and then looked in the mirror. Buck naked except for shaved pubes

I'm 59 years with recently Dx Ca Of the prostate with a PSA of 45 and
Gleson score of 9 with neg bone scan. I had radical prostatectomy
5/11/05 with persistent incontinence but otherwise I feel physically
Ok. At Suregy there were 9 nodes positive out of 24 but no involment of

Within a couple of hours of my surgery, the nurse came around with a
little plastic gadget that tests lung capacity. The idea is that you
suck on a mouthpiece and a little piston moves up a scale to show how
much air you can draw into your lungs. The scale goes up to 5 litres; a

Post-Prostatectomy Shopping List
I compiled this shopping list of paraphernalia that it would be good to have
on hand when you get back from surgery starting in September 2001 before my
own operation based on responses I got to a request here for suggestions.

   RP 9-22-04  PSA 12-17-04 & 3-24.05
was  0.1
  psa  6-22-05  0.6   Repeat  7-5-05  0.7  G-7  T3a  because of
extension &

Yesterday I had my one-month appointment with my radiologist and
urologist after brachytherapy. No real examination--the first PSA test
won't be done until 90 days after the operation, and they say the first
serious results will be at the 6 month mark.

Thought I was over that many months ago, so the bed pad was bunched off to
one side. Woke up in a pool, probably a long time after the dam burst.
Probably just so sound asleep that the sphincter failed AND I slept through
it AND my moderate diaper didn't absorb the hit. It wasn't ...