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Looking for a surgeon -- any recommendations?
My 54 year old husband was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer: Gleason 6, T2b, PSA 3.1. Radical prostatectomy has been recommended. We live near Minneapolis/St. Paul MN and can travel to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, University of Minnesota Medical Center, or any hospital in the metro area. Any recommendations for…
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a cholesterol question...
Ok I have my annual physical including all of my blood work (first time with my PSA test) and got my test results today and everything is great except my HDL Total cholesterol: 138 LDL: 89 Triglycerides: 107 All is looking great and then my HDL comes in at 28... Shite I eat sockeye salmon or sardines 3-5 times a week, no…
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support groups
I belong to a man to man group in the Albany, NY area. The area I am most interested in is dealing with the fact that after treatment the mental effects of this disease are more distressing than the disease itself. My concern is primarily for the answers I seek on how to deal with this and furthermore how can I use this…
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18 months
PSA is still at non-detect 18 months after Davinci! Wish the anxiety related to waiting for the test results would go away. QOL issues "are" going away. No incontinenece. EDs been slowly improving since one year, with the pills working real well and 5 out of 10 naturally. For the guys just starting this journey, hang in…
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Has Anyone Heard from erisian?
Wondering if anyone has heard from erisian. He regularly posted to this discussion board up until earlier this year, maybe about the April or May time frame. Since then, I have not seen anything from him. I really miss reading his posts as they were quite informative and enlightening. I just hope he is doing okay. Best…
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So we have someone here that complained about my posting regarding my ED study with Northwestern was
Offensive or spam that I posted yesterday....this is too funny....I really fell sorry for you.....
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post op advice from Catalona
Here is the link for post op advice from Catalona http://www.drcatalona.com/PatientAdvice.asp
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Is Aspirin A cure for PC?
From Science Daily News a very interesting article on the use of aspirin for lowering recurrance of PC: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101025133750.htm There is also a good article on the benefits of proton therapy: http://procure.com/protontherapy/tumorstreated?gclid=CO_u99ql76QCFUIUKgodM0Mo1Q
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Flag All Spam and Ban The Posters
Who the F*CK are SunOnoble and dorisEknight? I just spent 10-15 mins flagging all the identical spam ads that they (actually probably the same person) posted for something called "difulcan" (and other drugs) in 21 different threads (sometimes posting multiple identical ads in the same thread). WTF!!!???? Administrator:…
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12 month PSA = 0
Just to let everyone know. Good luck all, Mike
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Dad starting chemo-advice on taxotere?
My dad is 65 and has prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. Lupron and radiation didn't help. He is now going to start taxotere. I know everyone responds differently to treatment, but I would like to get some feedback about how effective this is and what to expect. Would love to hear something positive maybe about…
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Surgery and Blood Thinners
In all of the reading I have done prior to my surgery, I found little to nothing on having surgery if you are on blood thinners. As it turned it, that became a problem in my surgery and resulted in a 12 day hospital stay, another opertation at night to address a problem, and 2 blood tranfusions. My surgeon was well aware…
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treatment decision
I have made my treatment decision after a lot of prayer and sole searching. I will have the Da Vinci robot surgry the week after Thanksgiving here in northern Virginia. I read many of the posts here and it seemed to me that going wtih what my doctor reccommended is best and he has done over 100 of these operations. My…
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1 year anniversary
Tomorrow, Oct 19, is my one year anniversary of DaVinci surgery. All four of my PSA tests this past year (including the most recent one a couple weeks ago) have come back zero. Incontinence was a non-issue almost from day one. ED has been a problem, but has improved (slowly) over time (still not there yet though). I'll be…
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Great site for diet, exercise and living life
Great site...start living beyond your PCa and enjoy life a little...http://www.realage.com/ Best to all
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Treatment decision.... AS
(My case info is: Age 56. 7/22/10 biopsy results confirmed on 8/17/10 showing 1 of 12 positive, with 5-10% of core tissue involved. Gleason of 3+3=6, PSA before biopsy 2.3. Nothing on DRE. Family history (father) with PC. Stage: T1c. General health good.) I've had around 60 days of deliberations and research since being…
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Husband's progress with cabazitaxel (Jevtana)
I said I would be back to post my husband's progress with this new chemo drug. So far, he remains the only patient at our medical facility who is on this drug. A second, much older gentleman might be starting it in a few weeks. I can tell you that so far, after three rounds, the side effects appear to be quite minimal. The…
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New screening drug coming out
I happened to share a table at Panera this week with a Pharma rep. He said there a new soon to be (if not now) released drug to test increasing PSA if it shows up on your blood test. Unfortunately, I forgot it's name but if the problem arises, ask your doc. jj
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PSA 1524, Decision is to Treat Myself the Holistic Way.. I will regularily update my progress for ev
Hello everybody... In early 2004 I went to my doctor for my annual checkup, my Dr. did a blood test for PSA and my first up the butt examination, the blood test revealed I had an elevated PSA of 43 and he felt some irregularity’s on my prostate.. I was 53 years old then, when my doctor gave me the scary news, I was very…
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New Study-Myriad Polaris rates cancer--10-yr survival 98.5%/non agressive, ~70% medium, 42% high
If true, this could be a game-changer; Lots more people might choose AS ----highlights-------- Myriad said the study found cancer patients who the Prolaris test determined had nonaggressive tumors had a 98.5 percent chance of surviving their disease over a 10-year period. Those whose cancers fell in the middle range had a…
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Latest PSA results
I am one happy/relieved guy with my lastest PSA---0.1. My 2nd 0.1 after surgery & IMRT since being diagnosed In March of 2009 at the age of 65. Praise god...life is good. Hope you brothers out there are getting good news as well. George
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Botox Injection for Incontinence
All, Haven't posted in awhile. But I wanted to share some info with you. For all of you experiencining an overactive baldder which is causing your incontinence here's how I am currently being treated: Last year Botox injection 100 units----no results-no change. Yesterday--New Doctor--Botox injection #2---200 units---should…
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Great news in the treatment of advanced disease
Great news and hope for those of us with advanced disease. Abiraterone may become the standard for treating advanced PCa. Full story here: www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USLDE69A1MU20101011
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ProfWagstaff - Something to Make you Laugh
Are you Professor Wagstaff of Huxley College or Professor Huxley of Wagstaff College? In my day I went to three colleges and fooled around with three college widows. I my day a college widow stood for something...in fact she stood for plenty. Anything further father? Anything further father that can't be right, isn't it…
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Cancer is not a Disease, it is a Survival Mechanism, Definately worth reading for anyone with Cancer
I have been reading this book, it can be downloaded and read on your PC or Kindle for less than $10.. or purchased for $23 if you are fighting cancer this book will definately worth your consideration, basically it informs you of what is going on.. most importantly is the fact that whatever treatment your on you need to…
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PSA Level after release
I had radiation theropy in 2006 and was in remission. Due to some advise from this wonderful discussion board, I eliminated dairy products from my diet about 3 weeks ago and my PSA level dropped back to my lowest level after treatment. My doctor was shocked! That being said I know that after "release" ones PSA level will…
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NEED HELP CHOOSING A SURGEON
My local uro seems like a nice guy with over 2000 prostate surgeries in his life. I have an appointment with Dr. Partin at Johns Hopkins. I'm trying to deceide which doc to choose. Anyone have anything to say about Dr. Partin from Hopkins?
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About Cancer- It has it's limts
An old friend pasted this on her Face book page RE her cancer experience. My wife copied and sent it to me, and I share it with you. What Cancer Cannot Do! I hate cancer. But remember what cancer can't do. Cancer is limited... It cannot cripple love, cannot shatter hope, cannot corrode faith, cannot eat away faith, cannot…
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Recent Radical Prostatectomy
I recently had Radical Prostatectomyon Sept. 20, 2010 and I am curious about how long does being in control continence after surgery. Is this a on going problem or does this problem get better over time for some men. However I know that is is rather early for me right now , and I have been doing the exercises and I am not…
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Awareness
For those of you that may not know yet, Zero and PCF are collecting signatures for a petition to the NFL to have the players wear light blue for a game in September next season to promote Prostate Cancer Awareness. If you have a Facebook account you can access and sign the petition by visiting the Zero or PCF page. If you…