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Post Radiation
6 months ago my husband had radiation for his prostate, he had a gleason score of 7. Now he has had alot of bleeding from his rectum,has anyone else heard of this being a side effect or common?
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ED - John Mulhall's lecture
For those guys with ED, or those looking at PCa treatment, you may be interested in listening to Dr. Muhall's lecture. He's the doc that wrote, "Saving Your Sex Life". http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/94910.cfm
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RE: my husband just had his surgery earlier today
Thanks for the words of encouragement. He had a rough night, pain from the urgency to pee. Some discomfort at the incision sites. Basically on and off sleeping yesterday. MUCH better today. Moving slowly but up in the room, eating okay. Pain and discomfort under control. But experiencing the rebound pain from the CO2 from…
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my husband just had his surgery earlier today
Okay... so my husband just had his DaVinci today. The surgery went fine. Minimal bleeding and cauterizing as per the Dr. He's had pain and spasms in the bladder. Now what? He's 46, in otherwise good health. The fact that the prostate is gone is leaving me wondering how is the rest of his life affected? That made the…
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Making Decisions Regarding Surgery
TO EVERYONE OUT THERE, BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION TO DO SURGERY FOR PROSTATE CANCER THINK VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG AND HARD before you proceed. The quality of your like will be significantly down graded. TAKE IT FROM ME I am not speculating, I am stating a fact,this is a bad decision and if I had this insight that I am now…
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Was treatment the right choice?
I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer on June 15, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Madison, WI. Initially they told me I was had a Gleason score of 8 which is aggressive and fast growing. It took the VA until Oct. 13, 2009 to finally surgically remove the cancer that engulfed 60% of my prostate. In Jan. 2010 they did a PSA on me…
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Vacation Needed?
For the last 18 months beginning with the positive biopsy in Jan 09 I have been occupied with cancer it seems every day. This is Memorial Day weekend. I a going to see if I can just hang this cancer stuff up for the next 3 or 4 days and forget it. Not easy with the leakage and hormone effect that are constant reminders of…
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2nd Post Op PSA
Surgery January 21 First Post Op PSA < 0.1 (March) Second Post Op PSA < 0.1 (Yesterday) Keep the zeros coming Joe
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TheraSeed Palladium-103
I was diagnosed with PC less than a month ago, PSA 3.3, Gleason 6, Stage T1c. I have been reading all of your posts for hours and have not seen many comments on TheraSeed Brachytherapy. I know of someone who recently had the seeds implanted and has had no complications with incontinance and ED. The litature I have read…
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So what about HIFU????
I see alot of people on here mentioning HIFU...and saw one tread where someone was talking about it being the next thing to a total cure...and yet someone else telling them to stop pedaling their unapproved cure...??? I am perplexed.... Please someone tell me what it is and if it is a good or not so good treatment??…
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Padless
Well, my surgery was January 21st and here we are at June 1. Look Mom, no pads!!! I was down to one a day, and a couple of weeks ago starting not wearing them when I was just hanging around the house. Since I wourk from home 3 days a week that was a good way to start testing the waters (no pun intended, well okay, maybe).…
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Quality of life: Treatment Comparisons
Interesting document from the U of Mich school of urology on quality of life issues after the 3 types of major treatments (note- proton therapy is not included in the study): http://www.med.umich.edu/urology/events/Other/PCNews.pdf The chapter you want is on Quality of Life- that starts on page 6 of the document. Strong…
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Dencil 4 weeks post op.
Hi Everyone... Thought I would come over and post Dencil's progress... He did have the radical prostectomy (open) surgery last monday... has had no problems..other than some pain for a few hours right after surgery... went to the dr today and had his staples removed and got his test results back Please excuse me but I am…
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Bone & Joint Pain
Diagnosed with prostate cancer January 2010, Initial CT scan showed metastatic lesions. Bone scan lit up like a Christmas tree. Biopsy showed 2 of 12 cores at 80%. Gleasson score was(5+4) 9. PSA was over 700. Initial treatment was Flutamide & Lupron. Response to medication dropped the PSA to 7. Flutamide was discontinued.…
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Dennis Hopper
I just saw a notice on MSN that Dennis Hopper died today with the inference that it was due to prostate cancer. It said he was diagnosed Oct 09.
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Looking for Post-Op Feedback
Randy, Erisian, bdhilton, lewvino... to all - What's up CSN fam! I was looking for some feedback. I'm now currently 1 month post op from Da Vinci. I will going for my first PSA 9 Jun. Post diagnosis - initial Gleason 7 (3+4) downgraded to Gleason 6 (3+3), negative seminal vesicle, negative on the lymph nodes...staging went…
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Testimony Before House Appropriations Committee
On May 20th, 2010, Dr. Jonathan Simons, CEO of PCF, made a statement before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, regarding the Prostate Cancer Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. You can read his testimony here.…
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Any Vietnam Vets that had this surgery?
I had the surgery in Feb of this year. C&P assesment in Dec of 09. Still now receiving compensation at this point. Prostate cancer is a "given" with Agent Orange. Still changing pads 10-12 times a DAY! Anyone file for SS disability due to this? I for one CANNOT work right now what with changing pads so many times a day.…
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REHAB
I just want to say, that anyone contemplating surgery (DaVinci or open) needs to go into this knowing that they have DAILY work ahead of them. Daily kegel exercises, daily use of the vacuum pump (which our insurance actually paid for! and our urologist had already checked out and had it waiting for us at time of cath…
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Acupuncture for E.D.Rehab?
Hello to all my brothers.My first post.I am 6 months post daVinci.Been using the Pump and pills for past 3 months.Has anyone had positive results with Acupunture for recovery from ED?Do you know of any trustworthy studies of this?I spoke with a Chinese Dr. in Tampa who said she can help me with the nerve trauma and…
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Calypso treatment
Anyone have Calypso treatment for PC? I an curious as to the side effects after treatment. They tout fewer side effects in their literature, due to the ability to stop radiation while the prostate is moving. thus less collateral damage to other nerves and organs. If this is really true, it seems like a great option.
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Longest Wet Run before drying out
I'm just wondering what the longest time someone went leaking and then dried out after surgery. Anyone leak over two years and then naturally get control? 18 months? 1 year? I'm just trying to figure this out. Some say after 1 year what you have is where you will stay. Is that ture?
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impotence, injuection question
The question is, on a short term basis, is it safe to inject an impotence concoction three times over a 48 hour period. The story behind the question is that after prostate surgery three years ago, I, now 70, was unable to obtain an erection. I really did not have any need to do so until a year ago. I tried viagra and all…
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brachy
Had seed implant on May 17, took catheter out May 18th, urinated 2 hours later on my own. no pain, just a little nausea, praise the Lord. procedure done ar Rex in raleigh, by Drs Bennett and Hoffman. very good experience with all concerned.
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unbelievable
I have not seen this on the board as of yet, so let me see what your opinions are. My husband had a radical prostatectomy via robot on April 10th in west LA Kaiser. Had surgery early Sat morning was home by Sunday evening, amazing. Surgery went well Dr said cancer confined to the prostate, removed 7 lymph nodes and spared…
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From Sonny- Update with latest testing and Oncologist Visit Today
Hello my PCa brothers and sisters, Haven't been here in a while and I apologize. Been following my son's end of season baseball tournaments and getting him moved back home. Big adjustment on this one I tell you. His team made the regional's and was knocked out with a 2-2 record. He pitched well and garnered a little more…
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Viagra and Hearing Loss?
Maybe a link between hearing loss and viagra and other ED meds: http://wcbstv.com/health/viagra.study.viagra.2.1706310.html Any concern? Just another bump for PC men.
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Extreme pain and retention
I am 3 weeks post RP and had cath removed at 7 days and was dry from day one with normal urinary functions. A week later, I went to bathroom and could not urinate...pain was awful. Dr. called in antibiotics which gave relief almost instantly and I went a week with normal functions. Then, it came back...couldn't go, pain…
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Dencil Cath removal ~~~~
Just an update... Dencil had the open prostectomy 2 weeks ago so....he had his cath removed at 9am this morning , so it has been 5 or so hours...so far he has been dry.... Dr told him this morning to do his kegels morning, noon, night and at stop lights, and commercials...I said" Do you know how much he watchs tv? ha~~…
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Treatment Decision
A nurse told me of a website nccn.org that has a grid that shows choices for different levels of prostate cancer.........I went to the site, but was not able to find the grid.....hopefully one of the other posters on this site is a lot smarter than me, and can tell us what to access in order to find this grid. Yours truly,…