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Prostate Cancer
Archives for November 2002
Discussion List
Help for hot flashes
Hi, My Father is receiving Lupron shots every month for his prostate cancer and is experiencing hot flashes at night(pretty frequently). His doctor prescribed him a hormone called megestrol to help with them and it has, but he wants to quit taking them because they are a hormone also that can affect his PSA. Has anyone…
Post brachyseed radiation therapy
I'm new to this group and have been scanning discussions. Have not found many experiences with brachyseeds. My husband had this radiation therapy Sept. 2001. The cancer was contained within the prostate. He is 73 and in excellent health otherwise so the Md's thought it would be a breeze for him. It wasn't. He had over a…
Bladder spasms
My husband had prostate cancer surgery a little over a week ago. He has a catheter. Two days ago he started having what the doctor said were bladder spasms. A small amount of urine is pushed out his penis, past his catheter and causes intense burning pain. The doctor gave him Pyridium for the burning and Ditropan for the…
Declared Cancer Survivor!!!!!
Just to let those facing or recovering from prostate cancer that my doctor Scott E. Tropper, MD radiation Oncologist and Medical Director of Center For radiation Therapy in Scottsdale, AZ. declared me cancer free!!! He performed Brachytherapy as na alternative to removing the prostate. I was never hospitalized as this non…
surgery difficulty/ease
I found interesting a remark my urologist made while he was removing my 24 surgical staples (October, 2002). I had asked him if the staples were put in using something like an ordinary staple gun. That prompted him to remark that yes, it was like a staple gun, and that there had been considerable progress in doing a…
stair usage after surgery
A question I'd like to pose here is how many people who have had the radical prostatectomy operation have been told to severely limit the number of times they go up and down stairs at home (assuming they have a place of abode with several levels). My urologist wants me to limit the number of round trips on the stairs to…