My husband had robotic surgery with nerve sparing October 15, 2005.  He
has some erectile function but right now we have sex using trimix and
our sex life has never been better.  It lasts a lot longer and the
erection is so hard you don't have to worry about any "power

While I rarely post these days, I scan the group regularly. What really
annoys me, and has done for the 6 years (when I was 60) since I joined the
"club" is the oft repeated comment, often reported as coming from medical
practitioners that "PCa is slow growing ...". From this ...

Painkiller drugs can help prevent enlarged prostate, says study
Posted on : 2006-08-30 | Author : Jack Myers
News Category : Health
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/8451.html#

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After a PSA reading of 66.5, my husband had a biopsy about two and a half
weeks ago and was  diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer which has spread
to the bones, even to the sternum and clavicle, so you can perhaps realize
how concerned we both are.

A woman in another newgroup said that motherwort,
a medicinal herb you can buy without prescription,
relieved her menopausal hot flushes.
According to the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherwort)

The British Journal of Cancer announced that many men diagnosed with
low-grade prostate cancer do not benefit from radical treatment,
research suggests. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5012142.stm for
the BBC news blurb.

i am concerned about prescribed post treatment use of viagra since it
causes my sinuses to fill up and i get flushed like too much sun
exposure.  any suggestions, especially for my sinuses?
gary

Took a day off and got an education on daytime television.  Did you
know that they are advertising vacuum pumps for male impotence on TV
now?  That was news to me.  I think it was Star Medical Systems and it
was on AMC I think.  We were watching the Ghost and Mrs. Muir and then

I'm curious as to what can be done that can help decrease the odds of
getting PCa. What type of foods etc can help? I believe Dr Catalona
listed lycopene capsules but what else? Is actually scarfing down
tomato paste a couple times a week a viable option as PCa *does* run in

My server no longer supports news groups and I am trying here on Google
It is hard for me to figure out--hope I can read any replies.  My
email is voyager100@sympatico.ca is anyone wishes to send a reply to me
there.  And I am lost without a spell-checker.

Sorry if this question sounds a bit inane. I've watched several videos
on the robotic prostatectomy, including most recently Dr. Yew's video
which was very very clear. Perhaps I missed something. When there is
nerve sparing surgery involved, just where or what do the nerves get

I am 60 years old. I was surprised by a recent PSA uptick at my annual
physical exam.
The data is below. I might add my doctor is not at all concerned. Any
thoughts? (Note that this last one was in 7/06, about 1.5 years after the

the ultrasound ablathermic (hifu) tratment uses an ultrasound probe
inserted through the rectum to image the pca.  that is included in
their $23K surgery.  they will not do it seperately at a more
reasonable cost.  is there a way to get it done at a more reeasonable

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