Still undetectable!!!!!!
For all of you/us in the thick of it....keep your chins up!
6/6/2005 -- PSA .7 (that's right....POINT SEVEN)
Abnormal DRE (assymetric)

I have been diagnosed with PCa and am scheduled to see a surgeon next
week to schedule an RP.  My case is complicated by the fact that I am
the sole caregiver for my wife who has MS.  She is able to walk...
barely... with the aid of a walker but falls frequently and needs help

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A high intake of vitamin E, beta-carotene,
and vitamin C does not prevent prostate cancer, results of a large study
suggest. However, smokers may have a lower risk of advanced prostate
cancer if their intake of vitamin E is high, and men with low dietary

I have recently started taking fish oil, and one multi vitamin.
I was listening to a news talk radio, and a Dr. was on and said it is good
to take Fish Oil (less lead and mercury) for health, and one multi-vitamin.
Then I heard today on another radio talk show, that cancer cells ...

I had been getting regular mailings from this group on EBRT, until about
a week ago, then stoped, unable to log into there website, Are they off
the web ???
http://www.prostatepointers.org/mailman/listinfo/ebrt

On the 14th I got the 20 month post seeding PSA results, .2, I'm pleased
with that. The bypass surgery that was scheduled for today has been bumped
to the 22nd. I was looking forward to getting it behind me. It's analogous
to painting the house, I don't look forward to the ...

I am scheduled to have an RRP in less than three weeks and am trying to get
my logistics in order.  This newsgroup is a real godsend.  I appreciate your
efforts to make other people's lives easier.  I am trying to determine what
to wear while the catheter is in.  I would like to ...

Mon 13 Feb 2006 11:30 AM CST
WASHINGTON DC (myDNA News)
To learn more visit myDNA's Prostate Cancer Center   Read More  
Prostate cancer, second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of

Today is approximately the 5th 1/2  life after brachytherapy, radiation
is down to 3 % of initial.
However this am, I got up, urinated 2-3 times, as normal.
then, felt urge to urinate again, burning sensation, and blood, bright

Anyone care to comment about the stages of grief?  In my experience
they don't come like soldiers in a row, but all mixed in together.  The
thing I'm finding interesting is the denial.  (I guess they do *tend*
to come in an order.) Or maybe its bargaining.  Any of these sound

Omega-6 fats cause prostate tumors to grow twice as fast
Omega-6 fatty acids--such as those found in corn oil--caused human
prostate tumors in cell culture to grow twice as quickly as tumors to
which omega-6 fats had not been added, according to a study conducted at

Nothing earth shattering here just telling a story. The week after RRP
was rather uneventful. Rest, boredom, discomfort, lots of family and
friend support. On the eighth day the catheter came out. A hurrah
moment if ever there was one. After not peeing in the normal sense for

what is this pill this MD is referring to?
                      TUCSON, AZ-According to Sheldon Marks, MD, associate
clinical professor of
                      urology and clinical lecturer in radiation oncology

New hope:  Prof Derek Hart, of Queensland's Mater Medical Research
Institute, has developed a vaccine to help fight prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer drug hope
Tess Livingstone and Michelle Pountney

all you guys getting RP's at the drop of a hat, are naive wimps! My
grandfather lived to be 94, and died in '55, no prostate problems and if
there were,  they were not evident. I have yet to see anyone really die from
PCa, have you?