Cancerous Prostate

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I know that this news group deals with prostate cancer. I have looked for a similar page for bladder cancer – but with no result. I also looked for a page for chemotherapy – but with no result. 4 years ago I had a radical prostatectomy – and had good PSA’s for [...]

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On March 17, dan wrote, referring to a series of PSA tests with results of <0.1: Even though our local lab doesn’t do the ultrasensitive assay, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this qualifies for the 12 months of undetectable that Strum references.
I’m truly sorry to say [...]

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Hello Prostate Cancer Survivors, and wives, and friends.     I get to go on a trip.  I take my wife, and my older sister to New Zealand.     I will miss the group, and hopefully all the problems get addressed. I am not bringing Viagra.  Customs?     [...]

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I do not see any posts from tDub.  Do I remember correctly that he had the AMS 800 implant around holiday season?  Are you still out there and how have you made out?  I hope your experience has been better than mine (see earlier post to Dave Perry). Please let us [...]

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AN all-woman team of Australian scientists has achieved a breakthrough
I just wrote to the newspaper.  You can all skip this, but I am irritated. "Why did you do this?  Is this article about a woman’s group?  Or about a medical breakthrough?  Would it not be news if we didn’t know [...]

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… Actual webcast of an RRLP http://www.stronghealth.com/services/urology/webcast.cfm …
That is some video.  Makes me glad I’m a computer programmer and not a surgeon.     Alan

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Steve,  Thanks for your comments.   After the 5.4 reading, I took levaquin for two weeks. [...]

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Yes, exactly.  I’m suggesting that Ed’s PSA is outside the bottom of the investigated range.  If you plot his PSA data, both the September-05 5.4 and January-06 2.5 readings appear to be upward aberrations (infections?).  All the rest of the data, including the late Nov-05 1.9, are well grouped.  I think [...]

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Hey,     Happy New Year, and I mean it…..another year yet. I know there are out there, peeing themselves, not getting erections, bad PSA. I iust hope in the next year your problems subside. My best wishes…. I never liked getting a Radical Protatectomy.   I live with [...]

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Christmas greetings to all. My husband (64) was diagnoses with Prostate Cancer last July with PSA 5.2. After much research, of which this NG was the primary source, he had surgery at Stanford University Hospital with Dr. James Brooks. Thank you John Loomis and Peter Headland. RP Surgery on 12/15/05, [...]

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Hi all, I have read through most of the your posts and realize that PCa is a whole new world to me. I wish all of you the best.  I may be premature posting here so forgive me if I am. I am a 50 year old and do to a series [...]