Thank you to everyone for all the information and support. Had a Ct
scan and MRI, blood work, just got the results. Everything fine except
gallstones, psa stable, further Biopsy showed DNA shows slow growing.
confined to one small section. Since I'm 59, healthy, a little

I have a friend whose father is 81.  He had EBRT for PCa about 4 years
ago.  Over the past couple of years he's developed a problem with
hemorrhoids that seems to be getting worse.  He never had that problem
before.  Does EBRT cause, or exacerbate, hemorrhoids?  (Apparently the

I've read about this described as SeedNet, where ice crystals are
inserted through small needles to destroy the prostate tissue.
It reads like there are minimal SE, quick recovery, even done under
local anesthesia.

I'm 59 PSA 4.9 Gleason 6 (3+3) one out of 13 positive ultrasound shows
nothing size consistent with reading, DRE showed nothing, free PSA low
and scared to Death. Read Dr.Walsh's Book, Uro wants me to go to
Atlanta for Da vinci. Dr. up there does 200+ a year since 2003, but

Hi to eveyone in the group. I would like to share with you a moment of (my)
happiness. At my daughter's wedding on oct 6th. The video is not upright,
you need to incline your head a bit and you will see it.
Regards Colophony

The Bathtub Test
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director how
you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a

Hi Sy
Hi Sy
This is addressed to you, but primarily to all those contributors to
this site who I have found contribute their time because they are

TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients.
The hormonal form of vitamin D, which is activated throughout the
body, inhibits the growth of human melanoma cells.  (See Colston et
al. Endocrinology. March 1981)

No one wants a pissing contest with you. Most of the men out here have been
here for quite a while. Most have been treated by one form or another. Many
are experiencing undetectable PSA's but others are fighting the beast hoping
to buy enough time to watch their daughter graduate ...

Oct.31 Follow-up appointment after second HIFU, on seminal vesicle.
Appointment was officially with my consultant, but the NHS dice throw
put me in with another specialist, one I'd never seen before. In the
past I have said, 'No, I want to see Mr Emberton', but it hadn't

Had a RP 5/05 and haven't had sex since.  Strange thing is, my lack of
libido has kept this ED rather manageable.  I still love to look at women,
porn, oh yeah and my wife, and I can still orgasm with a lot of work and
imagination, but its like a scared turtle most the time and ...

Have read Dr. Walsh's up-dated Book, confused me until I started re-
reading it  Rise in PSA over a 9 year period from a 1 in 98 to a 4.9
in April has stayed there. So do I just tell my Uro to send the Biopsy
to one of those labs or do I do it ? I don't know him that well,

Hi everyone.  I'd love to hear from anyone who has been faced with rising
PSA after a radical prostatectomy, and what options they considered, or what
treatment they're now on.  Here's my story;
Robotic RP in Nov 2005 Gleason 4+3, T2c, PSA was 5.7, age 49.

Of course that's what most of this group talks about, so I know it's
redundant (and I apologize for posting so many times) but I'm big on
summaries and recaps, etc.
I'm expecting a high Gleason score from my bipopsy for a number of

Unfortunately,I joined this little club yesterday when my biopsy came back
with a Gleason score of 6 (3+3) to go with an earlier PSA of 7 and an
"abnormally firm" prostate by DRE.  My urologist ordered a bone scan and
abdominal/pelvic CT for next week and we started to discuss ...