After my experience with prostate cancer and trying to follow all of the
oncologist's orders I am beginning to wonder why it is necessary for
these medications and scans be be "shockingly" expensive.  Is it because
we are at the medical delivery system's mercy?  If I did not have

Paul's 16 month post proton treatment PSA (taken on 9/24/08) is 0.4 ng/
ml. This represents a 50% drop from the 0.8 reading in March 2008.
Still heading in the right direction!
I'm especially happy about this result as I've read at least one study

I had my annual results this week and am happy to report still <0.02
so another year passes and one step closer to "cure".  I'm looking
forward to signing on as a blood donor again next year.
Also had surgery for bilateral inguinal hernias last month.  All good

Obesity could lower male fertility
Monday, September 22, 2008
Packing on too many pounds may cut down a man's chances of becoming a father.
Researchers at Penn State's College of Medicine studied a small group of men

Albert wrote:

I am wondering if any of your experiences can give me some insight and
advice regarding this situation.
About a month after the operation, I stated taking 20 mg of Levitra in
an attempt to get impotence out of the way but to no avail. After

Has anyone heard from JK lately?
Tom

Sunday the 14th, Cincinnati got hit with a hurricane.  For those outside the
States, Cincinnati is about 1000 miles inland!  Hurricane Ike hit Texas,
took a right and came up through the heartland over the top of Curtis's
Evansville, over me and causing 8 inches of rain in Ron ...

Today is the first anniversary of the passing of HUGH RICHARD KEARNLEY
(1951-2007), Hughie to us.  May his life be the last man claimed by
this disease.
Leah

I have a couple of questions....maybe someone here knows the answers.
1) Do patients on Abiraterone continue to take Lupron, Casodex, etc,?
2) Do patients on Taxotere continue with Lupron, etc.?
3)  Is there a remote possibility that Abiraterone could be available

The following URL was posted to the Yahoo prostate cancer support
group:
  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122127.php
It reports the results of a new randomized trial in Germany of

I am a 55 year old white male in reasonably good health. During a routine
medical examination my family doctor discovered that my prostate was "bulky"
and subsequently ordered a PSA test.
The PSA returned a score of 5.5, and so I was referred to a urologist. The

A prostatitis patient recovered experience
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I was ever been a prostatitis patient for seven years . The prostate
expand and pain sharply. My waist pain, dizzy and weak. I had seen

I heard a news bulletin on noon news today about scientists announcing
that there seems to be a danger in a high calcium level in the blood of
advanced cancer patients.  Some conjecture about whether it's due to the
calcium, or the parathyroid hormone that regulates calcium level in ...

My PSA has increased to a point that I have decided (in conjunction with my
radiation oncologist) to have salvage radiation. I am going in tomorrow for
the first of two or three visits to be imaged to prepare for the salvage
radiation. They are going to use CT guided IMRT for the ...