09-12-05 12:30 PM EST  
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Food and Drug Administration said Monday
that a proposed prostate cancer drug by Abbott Laboratories (ABT) isn't
effective.

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.

Just saw the promo tape and though impressed I would love to hear any
testimonials from the group IF in fact there are any.
Gleason 9 growing outside capsule. RRP 2 years ago. IBRT & HT ceased 1 yr
ago and still have a PSA of <.1. So far so good but when can I celebrate my

I've noticed since I started taking Flomax that my nasal passages seem
a bit swollen. It's harder to take good strong breaths through my nose
when hiking, say. No extra junk in my nose, just the passages narrowed.
My pharmacist told me yesterday that this is a plausible side-effect ...

I just got back from seeing my primary doctor. No-one had even told her
I had the RRP (so much for professional courtesy). So I told her all
about it, gave her a 10 minute consciousness-raising session on PCa and
PSA testing, etc. (She's a really great doctor, BTW, always ready to

I've been here lurking and trying to get my energy back and not think too
much about my PCa. Don't know if I said in my last post that the oncologist
thinks my higher PSA after RT may be due to my large prostate. the effects
of ADT wearing off, and a tem-delay for the RT to take ...

Friends,
Steve Jordan sent me an e-mail informing me that he received a message
from me via HealthNewsGroups. They ask for personal info to get at the
message. I'm  unaware of HealthNewsGroups except when I get messages

Hell Group,
   I have been recieving about 3 to 5 of these a day....
Hum:
I wish I could send some "works excellent meddnications"

  Today is the first day that I feel more or less back to normal.  They
told me to expect a week to ten days, and that seems right.  The swelling is
gone and there is only minor irritation at the bottom of the scrotum.  I can
feel the tubes running down there and that is ...

Undetectable!      Howie

Has anyone here had a penile doppler test? (I hope that I get a summons
doing 80 in a 35) Anyway, sounds like a procedure that should be done at
a bordello with the Marquis de Sade looking on.

   Noticeable reduction is swelling in the testicles yesterday.  That was
good, but today I have noticed a return to normal in the leaking department.
I suppose the swelling down there had something to do with my unexpected
return to almost total continence.  Not really good ...

   The big event of post op day 3 was the awakening of the intestines.
Normal BM.  No pain.  I took the last pain med Monday morning.  The nurse
called on Sunday and suggested that I start to wean off the Oxycodone and
start with ibuprofen.  I still had pain in my side, so I did ...

The surgery was Friday morning.  They did two procedures.  One was the cysto
to go in an open up the opening at the anatomists.  It was about one third
the size that it should have been.  The second procedure, of course, was the
implant of the artificial urinary sphincter.  I ...

As a patient where do you rate in this approach?
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From: THE AUSTRALIAN  September 10, 2005
Doctors' orders: learn to get rich