Some 4 months after finishing my salvage radiation I just got another
PSA result which is going in the right direction but still not where I
wish is was. PSA is now 0.1.
Am I too impatient? I seem to recall the Rad Onc said it can take a

Paul called the Dr.'s office today and the nurse said his results are
in but Dr. is out unitl Tuesday and Tuesday is going to be a busy day
but they will try to work him in.  I guess Paul just said "okay". He
let me know and tried calling back but the office is already closed.  I

my understanding is that prostates have dormant cancer cells until they
become activated and grow. 3 of my biopsy samples had cores of less
than 10%.  i was told that was the limit of resolution of the test.
what if it was a fraction of 1%.  would that be a positive test for

Saw doc today for my regular checkup and discussed the likelyhood of
recurrence beyond three years.  He said it's fairly small especially
beyond five years but can happen occasionally even out to 10 years as
we all know.  He did say he just got a new patient who had a

check out your local area and see what they are doing in the field of
prostate cancer awareness.
if nothing is happen,  shake things up.  
going to do my part.

On June 28th I had a biopsy in which 12 tissue samples were taken, one
of which was cancerous.
When I recently called Memorial Sloan-Kettering to schedule a
consultation with a surgeon, I was told that they wouldn't put me on

You can personally help find a cure for cancer without spending much
more than a few minutes of your time to set up your computer to donate
its spare power (like when a screen saver would start) to do medical
research for a non-profit organization.  This has been set up by IBM,

August 29, 2006
   I ordered a new book called outsmart your cancer.  I feel anyone with
cancer should read this book immeditaly.  It tells none totic methods
that have been proven to work for cancer.  I ordered the bood from a web

Hint for anyone doing self-injections at home...as I do once a week.
Nick
alt.support.arthritis
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mountainguy1958 wrote:

Dr Catalona states:
"In my PSA Study, the median PSA value for the age group of men without
clinical evidence of prostate cancer is 0.7 for men in their 40s, 0.9
for men in their 50s and 1.4 for men 60 years of age or older.

an acquaintenance revealed that his intensity of orgasm degraded and
caused him problems after conventional open surgery to remove his
prostate.  this occured a number of years ago, before robotic surgery
was available.

Different ISP - different thought similar on-line handle.
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June 2001 - appt with urologist #1 on referral from PCP
    PSA 10.1 - biopsy showed PCa in right node

      I hve been able to stay away from this group for a long time.
Now I have decided to come by again I tried to find an answer for my
question, but eventually gave up. My doctore, a urologists, would care
less that this concerns me.