My daughter (24 yo) has been in remission for more than a year and just had a colonoscopy with no evidence of disease. We have discussed stopping simponi and going back on ASA meds. We haven't yet,...
My daughter who has UC (pan-colitis now in remission) has moved to Amherst, MA for graduate school and is looking for a new GI doctor. It would be wonderful if we could find a high quality,...
Thanks everyone for replies! I'm a medical person but you all offer the type of practical info you just can't find elsewhere. platinumpixie and Joanna-- I especially appreciate the local info. I work...
My daughter is about two years into her diagnosis of UC. We've tried lialda and steroids as well as canasa suppositories without prolonged remission; she started Simponi in November. She got some...
Thanks for the reply Katmom. I am thankful not to have this disease although I would take it in a heartbeat if I could from my daughter; it is literally the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with...
thanks so much for the responses! We will wait to see what the stool tests show and then make our decision....
I found this site so very useful when I had prostate cancer. I'm doing great now but worse from my point of view is that my 19 year old daughter has UC. We are at the point of her first flare up and...
Thanks everyone for the info. I figured it wouldn't be easy-- Paul...
Wondered if anyone has experience with the effect of a prostate cancer diagnosis on getting life insurance? I was considering increasing the amount of my term life and wondered if they'd let me at...
I'm c urrently using the daily cialis. I try to do 5 mg but its so hard to split those pills in quarters that i've given up and do thirds--so about 7 mg/day. At almost 6 months out i can get...
Read my thread "ed injections question" as well as searching the forum--there's lots of info here. The technique James C describes in that thread (pump till slight erection, ring, injection, penile...
Thanks all for the responses! I use a single medication, a prostaglandin solution made by a compounding pharmacy--not the caverject exactly but equivalent i guess; I assume its alprostadil or...
I started on the prostaglandin injections last month--the ones that are made by the compounding pharmacy. I've had variable success--increased my dose as per my urologist, but have noticed that the...
lifeguyd, We divide sedation into four arbitrary categories: light, moderate, deep and general anesthesia. It is really a continuum. For light sedation, a patient will report feeling more relaxed but...
Sorry I don't know any urologists in Boston. My biopsy was done in the urologist's office with antibiotics given a couple days before the procedure and an antibiotic injection imeediately prior to...
I'll take a stab at this one although it's sort of tricky. A DO goes to a osteopathic medical school. A MD goes to a allopathic (traditional) medical school. Both have to do residencies after medical...
Thanks all for the comments. I guess I'll keep trying with the pump till I can try the injections. I understand about the "pivot" point underneath the band at the base of the penis, but it seems like...
I know this is a hugely variable issue, but thought I'd share my experience. Once my wife and I got over the shock of the diagnosis we started talking about the implications for our sex life. We...
I've been trying to perfect the pump use; so far I'm able to get an erection sufficient for sex but not as rigid as pre op; the erection is a little floppy; I find it distracting and at time...
I just did a little more research on outcome and surgeon experience. Apparently the learning curve for open prostatectomies is much more than 50; 250 is the number this article quotes: The surgical...
Tough question. I'm an anesthesiologist and I can tell you that unfortunately the only physicians that get booted are the really bad ones. Trying to figure out the mediocre from the best is...
Thanks James! This forum is a wonderful thing--I'm glad I found it. The pump was uncomfortable prior to the ring deploying. I think it must be just what you described--the last little bit of blood...
I like the idea of baseline cialis plus a viagra dose prior to activity time--i'll definitely try it. I have a question about the penile rings--how tight do they have to be? I tried two different...
Bill, I had a similar procedure to yours in July of this year. Had much the same fears as you, with the added irony that I am an anesthesiologist. I was totally freaked that I'd make a fool of...