After having undetectable  readings for over 2 years since the RP it
has come up as .01.  Doctor has ordered a retest.   Is this common?  I
have not been following this forum regularly for over a year since I
assumed I was "cured".  My uro discharged me a year ago with

Scared into going for PSA....not that I reckon they are worth it but did it
anyway..... a week ago. Results back today. Going to make an appointment for
some time next week to go talk to the doc.
What I would like to know is what is expected to be normal in the results.

I'm ready to leave for the hospital. The surgery is scheduled for 2:30,
but they wanted me there at 11.  Laurel, Steve, Sandy, Dale, I.P.,
Curtis, Ron,....etc. etc. If I've left anyone out I apologize, but will
get back to you later. I'm taking a laptop and think they have wireless

Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:49 PM ET
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with prostate cancer may be put on
hormone therapy, to block testosterone production in an effort to halt

I was wondering if the experience of those post-RP (I'm thinking here
of the phase well after post-operative pain and healing) find that
difficulties in engaging in normal sex are assuaged to some extent by
a loss of appetite for it?  (Notwithstanding the potential for one's

there is a new web site on prostate cancer that I would like to share
with you all.
http://prostatecancer.obscuresound.com
keep up the fight!

They put markers on my nipples and the this time they came back
negative. There is still a "shadow" 7mms big on my lung, but the
radiologist said, in his opinion, that it is NOT a nodule or cancer.
So now it looks like monday is finally on for sure. A RP and a colon

Hi, all.  I just have a minute.  Public computer with people waiting.
Yesterday Steve began leaking around the catheter.  It comes out the
outside of the rubber tube (still going in the tube also.)  Called the
Dr. on call who prescribed oxybutynin which in 1 1/2 hours hasn't done

50 days after radical prostatectomy my surgeon prescribed injection of
caverject on my Willie: questions:  a)did someone use it ? b) does it work?
3) the injection is painful?
Thanks

i found this article in the newspaper and wanted to pass it on.  it was
written by joe and teresa graedon of the people's pharmacy.
~ curtis
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Sixth grade science teacher Mr. Sampson asks his class; "Who can tell me
which organ of the human body expands to 10 times its usual size when
stimulated?"
Nobody raises a hand, so he calls on the first student to look his way.

The findings in this article surprised me.  It seems to suggest that
the various SE's associated with ADT are, on average, only in some
rather small part, attributable to the ADT itself.  In other words, if
you compared the SE's of men with PCa who are and are not using ADT,

I received the radiation seed implants 2 on January 8th  2006.
Here is my current update with questions.
 1.. Constant daily urination.
 2.. There is discomfort when urinating.

I met with a surgeon last week to discuss options for treatment
(gl(3+4), PSA 7, t1c, 61 years).  He tells me he's also treating using
HIFU - though it's too early to have useful data on its efficacy.
Any thoughts here on this method?