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knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional    
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."

Just got my monthly PSA results (for August). It's undetectable again -
second time in a row. I'm hoping for a break now but I think my Uro
will want one more because of the roller coaster it was doing
previously.

Curt is on his way home. the first 5 days were great and then Steve, who had
been up for 3 days straight and drank a 12 pack of beer. got really freaky
during this 12 hr one-on-one session. and Curt said the first 4-5 hours were
good but then it got weird.sexual stuff.  from what ...

Three months after seed implanting, and my orgasms  still usually
produce a small amount of ejaculate. I know it's supposed to dry up
eventually. How long did it take for others?

Younger Men Do Well with Prostate Cancer Surgery
By Anthony J. Brown, MD
NEW YORK Aug 22 2005 (Reuters Health) - As a treatment for prostate
cancer in men younger than 50 years of age, surgery to remove the

I recently needed my annual PSA test but balked at the $250 MD Anderson
Cancer Center in Houston charges people who have a high insurance
deductible. The scheduler mentioned Quest Diagnostics as an alternative.
They have two types of services: one where they send the results to ...

<http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/08/20/cancer_doctor
_becomes_cancer_patient/>
By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Writer  |  August 20, 2005
CONCORD, N.H. --When Jack Evjy was diagnosed with prostate cancer last
year, the disease spread quickly -- from his ...

Here's my situation, for the kind attention of the ng. Any day now I'm
due to start hormone treatment Bicalutamide (Casodex) and Goserelin
(Zoladex), then after six months, 7 weeks of daily conformal external
beam therapy. HT continues for three years.

After 22 months of undectable PSA I Have been pronounced cured,  No
more Zoladex shots and I have been dismissed from the
hemotology-oncology clinic (I go to the VA). My primary care physician
is going to monitor my PSA every five months.

Hello again all
On July 14, I was discharged after HDRB on a melon-sized prostate,
wearing a Foley catheter for 3 wks minimum. I was lucky enough to have
that removed after voiding trials on Aug 04. I had 3 days of voiding

I have received very mixed signals from my medical team about soy.  I was
told to eat lots of it and we are trying to do that quite systematically
(along with vitamin D, selenium, green tea extract, lycopene--you name it),
but yesterday a resident said  that once you get PCa ...

Monday, 15-Aug-2005 
 Calcium, more familiar in its role as one of the building blocks of
the body, is being enlisted as a tool in the fight against prostate
cancer.

   I have sent in prior, and concerning my PSA.
Well, I got directions from my Dr. to get a blood draw here in our little
town.
They balked and asked for a diagnosis....The Lab could not draw blood until

Dear Family,
FYI. Here is a post I sent to the Prostate Cancer news group I joined:
After freezing and slicing up my prostate into myriad sections (yum!), the
pathologist said I had negative margins! He said I had cancer in two, not

My story recap: previously healthy 54 yo, abnormal DRE, PSA 5.6 at dre,
4.2 at biopsy, 8.0 preop (it really does jump around I think!). Biopsy
in late April showed 20% of one core of 6 on the abnormal side - LRRP 9
days ago at MGH by Douglas Dahl. Suction drain out at 3 days. ...