Lady Vicodin: Everyone is different, but I've been on Azilect 1mg since diagnosis 6 years ago, started Stalevo 125 3X about 3 years ago (after a horrible experience with Requip) and have had no...
Diagnosed roughly 6 years ago; symptoms right side tremor, stiffness, mild gait changes. Started on Azilect 1 mg and RequipXL 2mg. Increased slowly Requip over first four years to 8mg and started...
Damandblast: Everyone is different, particularly so with PD, but from my experience, I would suspect Requip might be the problem rather than Stalevo. I'm in year 8, with tremor the most significant...
I lost virtually all my sense of smell considerably before the diagnosable "symptoms" of Parkinson's were evident. Also, while there is never any standard in Parkinson's, it usually hits only one...
MRSParkinsons: Your husband's symptoms and age are very much like mine, but I do not have the joint problems. Also, his physician sounds a lot like mine, wanting to stay away from the dopamine drugs...
I'm relatively new to this business, having only been diagnosed for about a year. Right now, I take Requip plus Azilect and the two in combo seem to be controlling symptoms fairly well. My Doc says...
THEFRAS: For whatever it may be worth to you, you ought to hear my history. I acquired chronic prostatitis in 1987 and fought it for over twenty years with antibiotics, which would reduce symptons...
Steve: I can completely understand your frustrations with your dad, but give him time and he'll work out his own solutions. The best you can do is simply to be there for him. I do, however, have...
At the risk of being repetitive, several things I have found in dealing with MUSE: (1) make sure you give it time to warm up; (2) after administering, spend a pretty good bit of time (and effort)...
I've used 250 mg Muse for about the last six months, and each time I've used it following the directions specifically it has worked. My experience has been that if used properly it does the job. Some...
Mike: Get a very experienced surgeon and listen to him. Mine (who has done over 2500 robotics) told me he really wouldn't know what to do until he got there, but was very reassuring that he would try...
Dana: I had the robotic surgery in Atlanta at Northside Hospital in Feb 2008 with a very good surgeon who does about 300 per year. Mostly due to low insurance reimbursement numbers, he didn't do...
PV: Your friend sounds very familiar to me. I had a problem prostate infection from 1987 that stayed with me through my prostatectomy in 2008 for PCa. I took antibiotics for it for years, mostly...
Rookey: Welcome to the "club". As you will see as you stay with us, there is no "norm" regarding either continence issues or ED. It is not uncommon to go one or even two years without a huge...
ljm: FYI, there's another alternative you might want to explore that's not quite so intimidating as injections. It uses the same drugs, but is applied using a 1" long plastic applicator which is...
Dear Stonesfan: A product you might want to look into is MUSE (acronym for "medicated urethral system for erections), which uses about an inch-long applicator to place the drugs (alprostadil) just...
Duckfan: Your first post really struck a chord with me-I had a similar Christmas gift in 2007. After a lot of research and several interviews, my wife and I picked DaVinci at the hand of a surgeon...
Gerbe: Congratulations on a successfull phase I. As you can see from my signature, our cases are fairly similar except that I'm ten months ahead of you. For me, orgasm and erection are pretty much...
Bud: First, I agree with some of the earlier replies that with your situation it is highly unlikely that the PC has spread. However, I'll give you my story with a recommendation that you be maybe a...
Davisal: The one thing to remember is that everyone's physiology (and hence, experience) is different. You have my sympathy for your issues, but chances are that the passage of time (and little...
CMAHER: I was on virtually the same schedule as you last this time, waiting to do a biopsy after an increase in PSA, nothing on DRE. Hopefully (and probably) yours is nothing more than prostatitis,...
Dear Tra: I concur with most of what's been already said on this thread. First, worry about the cancer, then continence, then ED. As for me, I'm a happy robotic surgery patient. My history was very...
Similar to you, I had problems with prostatitis for over 20 years prior to PC diagnosis at age 59. My docs did believe in antibiotics for control of prostatitis, which alleviated some symptoms...
SHU93: First, I agree with a number of your early replies that you shouldn't get in too big a rush. Relax and be thankful that the PC is gone. I'm 8 months out, somewhat older, and making some...
IlseofGough: I had mine in February, and initial incontinence seemed much like yours (now non-existent). An outfit called Timm Medical makes a product called an "acticuff" to helps a lot with the...
Nemo57: For what it's worth, I think you made a good choice. As you can see from my signature, I had the same surgery with a very good doc in Atlanta on February 21 of this year. After reviewing all...
Welcome. As you can see, our situations and numbers are nearly the same (even to the extent of having gotten an infection from the biopsy), except that I'm ten years older than you. For whatever its...
GB, thanks for your reply. It's great to hear that all this effort and expense might pay off one day, after all. Stats follow in signature-as a newbie, I forgot to check add the signature....
I'm now about 90 days post-op from a RRLP at Northside in Atlanta (Scott Miller, MD). Continence issues pretty much were over after a couple of weeks, but ED issues persist. I'm on a regimen of 20mg...