It's been 5 weeks since RP. 3 weeks since catheter was removed. At
first I could pee pretty good, but, pee stream has been getting weaker
and weaker. Sometimes it's just big drops. Never empties the bladder.
Have to  go everyhour sometimes. Intense, burning pain near the tip of

Hi to this nice group. I would like to receive(just to check my healing
progress) of course if you have records of it,your experiences regarding the
intervals between a pee and the other and possibly, if you have, also the
quantity of urine ejected.

10-Year Experience for Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer Presented
at EUA
Experience Shows Excellent First Indication Outcomes; Post Radiation
Salvage Therapy Demonstrates Preferable Outcomes Over Standard Options

Is it a pad?
I've been worrying about it since the first erectile dysfunction post.
Mary
in UK

Biochemical disease-free survival in men younger than 60 years with
prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy.
Rosser CJ, Kamat AM, Wang X, Do KA, Naya Y, Hoover DC, Troncoso P,
Sanches-Ortiz RF, Pisters LL.

I've always known that the first thing to come out of a penis upon
sexual arousal is the wrinkles. I had a very erotic dream last night,
and instead of sleeping through it, like I have been, I woke up. Well
grabbing around, trying to find it under my depends, I couldn't

I had my RP 6 weeks ago, and there has been
steady improvement since then. However I still
need to use pads and feel frustrated at the lack
of a reliable method to comfortably keep them

Hello again all you RP Pussies!
Doncha just luv it when some newbie pops up and says "I was a
perfectly healthy 78 yr old athlete and fully sexually active when I
was stricken by PCa.................................

I am 60 and just (March 17) dignosed with advanced prostate cancer.
Doctor said it is inoperable and incurable, but manageable. My psa was
44, Gleason 9 (4+5), T2c and bone and lymph scans positive. Fortunately
no lung invovlemnt. Doctor started me on Lupron and Casodex 3/17 and I

By Gwen Ericson
April 19, 2006 -- The results of a new study at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis could eventually have oncologists
removing their specialties from their shingles by making therapy based

Dear Friends,
Please read this remarkable story of hope. My 92 year old mother beat
stage 4 cancer. Her gynecological oncologist at the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center gave her no hope. Six months later he called

IS  A SUBSTANTIAL WEIGHT GAIN A SIDE EFFECT FROM GETTING LUPRON INJECTIONS?

Well, after my PSA went from .60 7/05 to only .67 1/06 I thought my
robust immune system and the supplements I have been taking might have
this ole disease under control. Not so. My uro called yesterday w/ the
latest results - a rather shocking 1.1! So it went up only .07 or <12%

...since I had nothing to do with it, but I invite you to share with me the
encouraging news, just received from my oncologist, that after almost five
years -- radical prostatectomy, a couple of Lupron shots, and finally
external beam radiation therapy -- my PSA is still holding at ...

Just some random points from my latest appointment with my doctor
yesterday, FWIW, in case it triggers any useful dialog or ideas.
Refresher: PSA 8.8, Gleason 8, T3c @ age 61, RRP Oct ’04 w/ negative
margins but SVI. PSA still < 0.03 @ 18 months, but with pre-op PSAV >