BTW, I've gotten a lot of laughs with the Jarvik prostate transplant (with the choice of hot fudge, butterscotch or strawberry ejaculate). Here's another one: Doc: "How's it going"? Me: "Well, OK . ....
I WONDERED what that fluid was!! I also get a small amount of a clear fluid. I wouldn't call it an ejaculation, but there is something there. Thanks, Purgatory, for clearing that up. I'm about 95%...
WOW! These posts just show how important sex is to us old guys. I used to think you quit having sex when you were 50 or so -when I was 20. Glad I was wrong. But, here we all are, talking about the...
Geezer, Congratulations on your outcome!! Sounds like you found a great doctor, his concern for you and his level of engagement with you and your wife really comes through in the post. Test again in...
First, thanks to ALL of you for making this site so informative and productive. I've learned a lot since I found it several months ago. HealingWell is heads and shoulders above the other sites I...
I'd never noticed the Donate button, done -and the best money I've ever spent....
I use a very professional off-shore pharmacy and pay less than $2 each for either 36 Hour Cialis or Viagra 100mg generics. I've used them for a long time. They take a credit card, the pills arrive in...
This is the one I used and had excellent results: http://www.bonro.com/shop/ It wasn't cheap, but for me (and for my much younger wife), this was a big deal. It comes with a ring kit that retains the...
These posts emphasize what I have been saying since I began to post here: Whatever your treatment decision, choose your treatment provider carefully. Olmert clearly did. You can too. As long as we're...
Did the pump he is using come with a "ring kit"? The ring should fit tightly. A combination of lubrication plus the proper ring plus using the pump to set the ring at the base of the penis should...
Shelley told me that CO2 is routinely introduced to create more room in the abdomen during a laparoscopic procedure -which includes the Da Vinci robot . Unlike the carefully organized pics and...
See the posts a few pages back about the Jarvik Artificial Prostate transplant. That will cheer you up....
Depression and short term memory loss were the worse aspects for me. I couldn't remember what I had seen on TV the night before. The hot flashes were miserable, cost me a lot of sleep. It all...
DanaA: You're entitled to copies of ALL your reports and records. I wouldn't trust anyone with a recitation of my two path reports (biopsy and post RP). I got both reports in hand and I memorized...
Have your testosterone checked. It's an inexpensive blood test, can be done at the same time you do the next PSA (or sooner). Google low testosterone to see the many debilitating effects a low T...
This "erectile issue" is very complex. The Few, The Proud -(maybe ex-jarheads?) who don't have ANY issue are indeed the Few and the Fortunate. I've gotten almost all of my erectile ability back after...
I've been using offshore pharmacies for years. I was without insurance for quite a few years, got antibiotics and drugs for my BPH (Avodart, Uroxatral, Arcoxia) at a fraction of US price. India is...
Jerry, you have my heartfelt sympathy. This inability to settle on a Gleason score [i]with the prostate in hand is unsettling[b][i]. Maybe they just mis-labeled your slides. If you do the homework,...
This just emphasizes the point I've been hammering since my first post on this site, hoping to catch the attention of the newly diagnosed: Choose Your Treatment Provider Carefully!! There are a LOT...
Now ... it's broccoli?? When will this every end? One of the posters on the MD Junction site swears by wheat grass -grows his own. Think fresh lawn clippings in a blender. There are worse things than...
Geebra: To your question about ED with ADT: I had a Lupron Depot shot as part of a botched initial treatment protocol. This was before my Da Vinci RP (after I found a different urologist). I had no...
Ike: Looks like you made a good choice. It takes a lot of time and hard work. Congratulations on your success! Not to change the subject :) but I stumbled across this following a link from Uro Today...
Mike: With your numbers you have great treatment options. I would take my time making my decision. It's an important one. Get a second and third opinion. Read more of the older posts on this site....
STW Sorry about your father. One thing we're starting to notice is more younger guys posting on the site. The cancer is being caught earlier, with better options and better potential outcomes. After...
If I had to choose between "lead in my pencil" and "someone to write to", I would choose [i]someone to write to . I'd miss the lead, but I'd miss the someone a lot more. It's an interesting...
ALL of what BillyMac says is true. There is no single PCa patient. We are all unique. No after the fact judgement is intended. What I hope to do is motivate the newly DX'd to do the necessary...
I understand the problem of liability. It's the reason the OR nurses (like my wife) are VERY careful about what they say about the surgeons outside of their immediate workgroup. Like the one rushing...
Yeah, I hear what you say. No cancer is good cancer. But, the guys with pancreatic and the girls with ovarian would love to have early stage prostate cancer rather than what they have. Thankfully, it...
A concerted grass roots effort could almost eliminate PC deaths in a few years. How about this: First PSA at 40, then every two years after until 50. That would catch many of the early, agressive...
Even if we just posted the best, avoided negatives, that would be sufficient and less controversial. This is a post I put on MDJunction four months post op (successful Da Vinci RP): But, I did my...
This discussion of alternate treatments is great reading! It's an exciting time for new PC "diagnosee's". My first choice was HIFU, but my prostate was too big. All the other numbers were great....
Do we know this guy?? He sounds like a shill. Not all online pharmacy providers are created equal, prices vary tremendously. Some sell your email address so you wind up with endless spam. There is...
HIFU was my first choice and there were several opportunities to get into a trial when I was diagnosed (summer of 2008). Unfortunately, my prostate was too large. The trial sites were cherry picking...
The differences between surgeons re; the emphasis on ED recovery from the beginning is interesting. Now I'm beginning to wonder if it's just something they give us to do to keep our mind off the PC...
M Kat and others: Thanks for all the information. I will try Levitra next. I started with Viagra, but my urologist prefers Cialis, so I switched to that. Viagra worked faster for me, but Cialis...
My first PSA after surgery on Jan 2,2009 was .01. This was from blood drawn by my GP who also did cholesterol and testosterone. He agreed to T replacement if my PSA was undetectable. In early April I...
I'm beginning to believe (well, actually, I've believed this for quite some time) that it is NOT the treatment option, but the treatment provider who is the crucial factor in the outcome. Da Vinci...
Great, detailed story. The WHY behind the treatment decision is very important to newly diagnosed patients. There are often individual variables that make the decision more difficult, like your...
Purgatory: There's a relativly recent VA study that talks about "small and fluctuating" PSA levels caused NOT by PC, but just by small amounts of benign prostatic tissue left behind. I coudn't put my...
I'd like to try TRIMIX too, my urologist never mentioned it. I have no problem with the needle. I'm getting along OK with the Viagra or Cialis and VED, but I'd like to begin to move away from the...
The ONE good thing about PC for us long term prostatitis sufferers is that the BPH problems are over. I had a five year run with BPH and had just finally solved it when I decided on ONE LAST PSA and...
This post is a response to Dana A. My wife LOVES the pump. I'm slowllly but surely getting back to where I was pre-surgery 6 months ago (I'd say 75% as I write this), but she always asks "You're...
I am IMMEDIATELY put off by his urologist not providing him with a copy of his biopsy report. I had to ask my first urologist for mine. Those who have read my posts know what I think of my first...
I understand that Lupron (or it's equivalent) is necessary to treat cancer that has escaped the prostate capsule. It's better than the alternative, but it is truly the "devil drug" We had a recent...
MJLuke I had two months of testosterone after my first clear PSA in January 2009 (surgery November 2008). I was a special case since I had a Lupron injection (long story) and needed the T to overcome...
Yes, especially the 4 out of 636 with Gleason < or = 6 (0.6%) It would be a huge shame to be that early stage and still miss a bit. This interest and empahsis on the importance of erectile...
I had the great fortune of having a wife who is an OR nurse. She would often discuss in generalities the differences in skill levels that she and the other nurses noticed in the surgeons they...
I agree with Tony. There are on-going improvements in every treatment option. But, does every treatment provider implement these in his practice? Or does he just do the tried and true he learned 20...
I ran my numbers through Sloan-Kettering's pre-treatment nomogram again. I realized I missed an important part of the calculation the first time through. There is a button at the bottom of the page...
I pulled this off URO Today: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This study compared the overall survival outcomes of radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiotherapy (RT) while...