It was two years ago that that big bear of a man, Hugh Kearney, left us.
Rest in peace, Hugh.
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I got my first flu shot ever yesterday at 11 a.m.  By 8 p.m. last evening,
while everyone was whining that it was getting too cold in the living room
and I was hot.  I had my bedroom window open all night (went down to 50
degrees) and I was constantly kicking off my covers to ...

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/701917
Two University of Toronto researchers have developed a portable device they
say will accurately diagnose prostate cancer in 30 minutes.
It works with either a blood or urine sample and they are already working on

I am considering some fitness training to improve my physical condition.  I
never did one second of sports in my life and spend more and more time
behind a computer these last years.  I feel that my condition is
deteriorating and Eligard is not going to help my muscles either.

I am covered for drugs as a retiree at my university which employs
Walgreen's Health Initiatives to manage the program.   In practice I
submit claims to them and when problems arise I call them.   alghtouh
I am covered by Medicare, this is not a Medicare Part D Plan.  Rather

Kevin has an appointment with his medical oncologist on tuesday and if
his PSA is the same or higher, he will start chemo that same day.
We both have read all the side effects of both drugs and the med. onc.
went over them with us. What we would really like to know is what first

Hello all first time here,something us guys should be aware of, sort
of taboo subject don't you think?

I posted last month about my sudden rise in PSA, found at my annual physical
exam.
Just to review:
Here is the historical data:

I'm still holding in there at non-detectable PSA (<0.01 ng/ml), now 20
months after robotic prostatectomy.  No real progress on ED or incontinence
(1 pad/day).  Unfortunately, my wife's breast cancer recurred in the spring.
She completed a nasty course of chemotherapy that ...

As you can see below Kevin's PSA continued rising, 15.0 on 8/12 to 20.8
on the 8/19 blood draw.
On 8/24  we saw his medical oncologist and after some discussion Kevin
signed up to enter the Abiraterone phase 3 trial.  We then sat down with

   My husband latest PSA results are 6.7
Background
He is 68 yrs old.
Had BPH and takes Flomax 0.4mg each day

Hi all.  Went to the VA hospital today to meet with my RO and get my
latest PSA drawn.  I'm 5 months out now from my round of SRT.  Got good
news, my PSA is still going down and is at 0.01.
The only bad news of the day was that one of my fellow Air Force buddies

It has been 6 years since the RRP HT and EBRT and the PSA is still
undetectable, after a gleason 9 with a psa of 9.4
The oncologist now says that I am cured... and placed me on the phone
contact list only (if the PSA ever rises)

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151733.php
Prostate Cancer Drug Abiraterone Shows Impressive New Research Results
Article Date: 28 May 2009 - 6:00 PDT
New UK research confirms the groundbreaking cancer drug abiraterone

Does anyone know what is going on with Google these days? When I do a
search for something it only shows a few results, in the past it always
showed results going way back.
The second question has to do with clinical trials. There is one I know