After the bad news that I posted about earlier, I finally have some
good news - at least in the sense that "no bad news" is good news.
After finding bone mets, I had an abdominal and pelvic CT Scan to see
if there were any visible mets in my soft tissues (lymph nodes,

My uro has seen my T drop to 345, this 15 months post RLRP. He is
recommending a bonedensity scan and Androgel to restore my T level.
Does anyone here have any experience with Androgel? I had read some
posts from back in '04 with potential concern that the Andorgel may

Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who reach their adult body size in their
early 20s may be more prone to prostate cancer later in life than their
peers who achieve their adult size during adolescence, Italian researchers

It'll be two years since that remarkable person was finally silenced
but not forgotten on this board. I google his name and all the old
conversations pop up. They put a smile on my face, a tear to my eye,
and a hurt to my heart. Three cheers to you Hugie wherever you are.

Hi, All
I've been reading this group for a while and thought it was time to jump
   in.
Born 1943, currently almost 65

I'm still incontinent after 7 months post-op and have resigned myself
that I may be one of the few that never regain continence...so I'm
already coping with a less than satisfactory urinary system (3-4 pads
per day). I manage to get by, tho...by just remaining diligent to keep

While researching PCa treatments I came across some diagrams of how
the operation was done and what was removed.  At the time I couldn't
help thinking "why are they just cutting all those blood vessels out?
Surely they must serve some purpose?"  That lead me to post the

Can someone explain psa rise post surgery vs. psa rise pre surgery?
If a high psa, say 10-20 range before treatment is so bad, then why is
a tiny psa after surgery, say 0.2, a sign of doom, so to speak?
If the original (very high) psa is because of prostate cancer and the

I have posted several times in the past when I was first diagnosed,
when I recurred, and to discuss various symptoms.  I've also reached
out for information or thoughts relevant to my very low PSA.  Well, I
found out this week that I have bone mets and have started hormone

Race for the Cure director charged with fraud
Monday, August 25, 2008             16:31 MDT
BOISE - Authorities have arrested the local Race for the Cure executive director on embezzlement charges.
Boise Police detectives arrested Mary Guinard at her Meridian home Monday afternoon. ...

After taking Fosamax for five years, I stopped last February. I had
developed severe heartburn and chest pains during exertion (such as
walking and snow shovelling). All kinds of tests (cardiograms, stress
test, endoscopy, abdominal ultrasound) were negative. I took daily

I had color doppler before my surgery, and it found the 1cm node I was
diagnosed with, and missed the .5cm node found in the post op biopsy.
I wouldn't think that .5cm is "too small to be detected".
I mentioned that the color doppler didn't seem to be useful, whereas

In the first world war the canon fodder used to be called the PBI -

Just got back from my 4 yr. post brachy. checkup. I'm thrilled to hear 0.2.
I hope the others in this group who are scheduled for appointments this week
have as good or better news. I don't post much these days, but I'm still
here and read regularly.

I would like to post on a sensitive subject but would like the post
and those associated with it to disappear after a certain time
interval.  I can google posts that I have made in news groups years
ago.  I don't want this to happen with this subject.  Is it possible?