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http://www.yananow.net/troopc.htm#garretson My favorite is "30 signs you've joined a cheap HMO."...
Three months ago I had my 6-month post-surgery followup PSA test and got "undetectable." (They were using the "ultrasensitive" test, so that's <0.01.) Two days ago I went in for the next test in the...
Found the link: http://www.bladderandbowelfoundation.org/bladder/infomation-and-advice/bladder-retraining/ ...
You've had a fair amount of trauma in that area, so there will be some swelling that will take time to go away. Patience... It is also possible over time to "train" your bladder. Someone posted a...
The technology is much less important than the skill and experience of the practitioner. Look around at the urologists and radiologists you have access to, pick the one with the best track record...
For the effect of positive margins on the prognosis/risk of recurrence, see Figure 2 in http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/reprint/23/28/7005.pdf . I believe that the nomogram in the article has been cooked...
…”10 percent of radical prostatectomy patients whose cancer appears to be confined actually have microscopic metastases that were not detected…” (Scardino & Kelman, p. 265). So even though everything...
Second Geezer's remarks. The nurse I dealt with after my surgery pointed out that it can be counterproductive to over-do it, which can result in tiring out the very muscle that you want to serve you....
All that work for nothing!...
Interesting article published by Stephenson et al out of the Cleveland Clinic, U Mich and Sloan-Kettering. Abstract at http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2008.18.2501v1 and discussion...
You've probably thought of this, but it helps to piddle before you cuddle....
Worried... Welcome to the other side. Relax and rest. Do your walks. Don't solve problems you don't have yet. Back to RickinDallas......
Your nums and dates are almost identical to mine: RRP on 3/23, Gleason 3+4, first post-surgery PSA <0.01. It looks like you've got your priorities right: #1: Get the stuff OUT! Your nadir of less...
The Han tables use "PSA 0.2 ng./ml. or greater" for recurrence. The Partin tables aren't concerned with recurrence, but rather with predicting (pre-surgery) whether the cancer will be organ confined,...
That's OK. In 3 weeks you'll be a grownup and you can start using the Han tables (or their competitors) just like a big boy....
Sounds like guardedly good news. On the definition of recurrence, see http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/full/24/24/3973 which says in part: "Recurrence defined as single PSA of at least 0.2 or PSA...
Johns Hopkins seems to be the caretaker for the Partin (and Han) tables. Their online version of the Partin tables http://urology.jhu.edu/prostate/partintables.php says in part "Now the tables have...
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/07July/Pages/Ultrasoundforprostatecancer.aspx ...
One other thing to ask for: catheter tube securements. In my case, they used a couple of rectangular adhesive bandaids, called a Cath-Secure, maybe 2" x 3", that were applied to my upper, inner...
Right. That's one of the frustrating things about learning about a study from a press release, which is often SIGNIFICANTLY distorted. Forgiven that, note that this was a retrospective study. So guys...
For the supply list, see http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=961219 [i]Larry, added the url links to make it clickable......
O geezer, you're naughty!...
Lewvino, Welcome to HW. You know me as lshick over on ACS. I was lucky that things worked out for me with the male pads, only needed them as a precaution the first night or two after the cath came...
A whole ton of stuff at http://video.healthhaven.com/Prostate_Cancer.htm . Videos on psychological impact of diagnosis, cryoablation, robotic surgery, finasteride, hifu, etc. This is an indexing...
Jacketch--Attaboy!...
London2000: the studies used different measures for recurrence. It's remarkable that, even with the differing standards, the studies (and there were others) came in so close together (3-6% for < 0.01...
I know we pooh-pooh the ultra-sensitive PSA test because its fluctuations are mostly meaningless. But I'm seeing some articles that point to a sort-of consensus that one use of those numbers may be...
Nicely done, Tud....
You might find it valuable to read Mike Stuckey's journey through the process, which is all the more valuable by being contemporary rather than retrospective. He wrestled with the same tradeoffs you...
I believe the "official" answer (so to speak) is 0.1. Purgatory's point is well taken, which I will paraphrase to say that anything below 0.1 is mostly laboratory noise....
"Surgery puts me out for 8 weeks." Depends on what you mean by "out," but not in my case, or those I've heard of. A week after my robotic surgery I easily walked four miles, and 12 days after I took...
On surgeon experience, see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19342300?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Numbers aren't...
I don't know whether it helps, but I suspect that his focus on PSA of 0.5 comes from http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17513807 . Note that the nomogram (figure...
From the folks that did the recent London study. Sobering reading: http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v101/n1/pdf/6605116a.pdf ...
Go over to yananow.net and do a search for "Menon." Lots of stories....
Cheeze. All that work for nothing! :smilewinkgrin:...
The "widespread screening" and "this cancer is overdiagnosed" discussion has metastasized...to breast cancer. See http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/339/jul09_1/b2587 and a discussion at...
I think Geezer got it right, but my two cents are along these lines. This is really an easy question (not that the answer is easy, mind you!). The question is: What's the lead wolf? Suppose three...
Membership card? I suggest dogtags with "V10.46" which is the diagnosis code (ICD9 code) for "Personal history of malignant neoplasm of prostate." Which in a way, says it all....
Not to be a spoilsport: it would also be good to remember that a negative biopsy report doesn't mean that you're free of prostate cancer. They do miss the stuff, some times. The point being not to...
The three most interesting documents I've found on salvage radiation are: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/23/2760 from which I take away the sentence "The increase in prostate...
Damifino. I guess the message is that there's a lot of fuzz on the numbers. This is probability, after all. So it sounds to me like "Be alert, but not hyper." I would guess (and with no...
Found the reference (actually an article that points to the same source). citing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11257657?dopt=Abstract ...
Let me add my unhappy welcome. I went with laparoscopic/robotic, but could easily have gone with open. You will hear it time and again that the skill and experience of the practitioner you choose...
Two followup points: 1) By any definition, you don't yet have a recurrence (minimum 0.2), though you may be creeping up toward it. Every month that goes by before you hit that number improves the...
Ouch. There's a line in Scardino's book (sorry, I don't have it with me) to the effect that only half (?) of men whose PSA goes above 0.2 actually have a recurrence. Also, the Mayo clinic (and some...
The full text of the referenced article and accompanying editorial is now on line, and it seems that (surprise!) the popular press read in the research what it wanted to read. Summary and pointers to...
Thank you. My wife does most of the writing ( NOT the PCa page!). I'm just tech support. :wink:...
There's a similar study for laparoscopic surgery at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/590539 . They don't break out ECE vs. clean margins the way the other one does. The shape of the conclusions is...