I had my third PSA test 0.03 Tra-La! No ED. Over the last month I've lost the need for any pads whatsoever. I had been using 1/3 a pad a day. I may get a leak when I sneeze or cough, but often I...
Thank You. OBB...
I posted a lot when I got this. It kinda freaked me out that I read more bad stories than good. Then I read some posts about how the guys who keep getting zeros just quit posting. I think it's...
I'm BPII Didn't get the real bad manias that cause the real suffering to me and those around me. Well maybe a bit of suffering. On the other hand the depressions we awful for me and everybody who...
I'm doing fine since doc and I found right medications. Never been happier in my whole life. Here are a couple of my friends who put a bigger smile on my face:...
Great! Keep it up! OBB...
Same as the last time. Six months out stress incontinence reduced to the point that I don't wear pads. No problems with ED I'm riding the bicycle 100+ miles a week. Surgeon commented that it looks...
I'd take that. I'm surviving so far. All we ever have is today. I was called a liar. I was accused of making up the story to get free time off. Conversations with my surgeon were illegally listened...
First post-op PSA at three months and a week. .03. I'm at a pad a day, less if I don't work out free. Don't really need the Cialis. Doc says keep using the pump so I get bigger and better. No...
jka, I can understand the point of view of his mother and the church. I am BP-II and have had the condition well under control for some time now. {I have edited your post, OBB: Forum Rule #4. No...
Hey gezzer, It appears the ads go beyond puffery and make claims based on some very specious grounds. What I found particularly interesting was this paragraph and the implication it has for PCa...
From the charts I've read PNI is not used to predict long-term outcomes. They found it in me and I had negative margins. I was told nothing to worry about, move along in my life. OBB...
I don't think posting things that bring joy to the lives of people who suffer from depression is off topic at all. I find it therapeutic and healing. Pets are sometimes recommended as therapy for...
Congrats! Odd way to live, three months at a time. But it's what we have. OBB...
OK, just a little levity. And we're all guys here. My wife (God love her, and I do, too) is in the other room watching "Nights In Rodanthe." with Richard Gere. This is such a bad chick flick that...
Glad to lend an ear, Bill. Here's a thought. My biggest problem with bi-polar (before I finally found the right meds, yay!) was that I would lose perspective of the importance of issues. Little...
Mine in mornings. Lamictal gives me a kind of subdued coffee-like bump only a bit different. Like 10fold I'm afraid it would keep me up at night. Another mood stabilizer, Seroquel, just knocks me out...
I keep one of those daily pill container boxes in the night stand and fill it up on Sundays. Seroquel puts me under at night. Without it I cannot sleep. Lamictal keeps the depression at bay, and also...
Very well done! Happy holidays. Even better knowing you have one New Year's under your belt. I can't say I have gone alcohol free, but I did notice that once I found the right meds for my bi-polar my...
Tony, Thank you. One thing I've learned well on this forum is that a guy has to be sure of his choice. Once the choice is made there really aren't any do overs. I have yet to read a regret in here;...
Anybody go any faster than 10 days from dx to surgery? Needless to say I'm on the fast-track side of this issue. I look at my path report with perinueral and capsular invasion, a 3+4 pre- and post-op...
Thank you for sharing. I was told 10-13 years with no treatment. Not nearly what you heard. Our ages and numbers are similar, which makes reading your story encouraging. OBB...
I ran very lightly about six weeks after my surgery, but decided to pull back a bit. However, I can't pass up running up any flight of stairs. I have no mind for distance running. If I run I have to...
Here is an interesting article. It even quantifies chances of cancer from CT scan alone. It's from the Wall Street Journal. Like we have enough problems. "Oh so the test for my cancer can cause more...
Mel, It looks like your on your way to surgery. Hope the back gets better soon. I've been plagued by a bad back forever -- a congenital thing that was discovered in my mid thirties. Surgery lasted...
Good Luck. Enjoy Life. OBB...
Every once and a while I feel a little dribble. I'll feel it coming out of my bladder. I can pinch it off, but usually a drop or two gets free. I have deep bucket seats in my car. The edge of my seat...
Congrats with the Zero. "Prostate Cancer disease not play by the rules." That is what the senior doc at my clinic told me post-op as he made his rounds. He could not stress it enough. Just gotta sit...
Really, I'd agree that the experience of the surgeon is important. There are a lot of new surgeons getting into robotic because it is promoted as the hot new ticket. My wife was a surgical nurse for...
My .02 here. The moment the Uro found the lump all I could think about was the cancer. It was the Uro and wife who were thinking ahead of the surgery. My wife is also my nurse. Odd situation here....
Welcome Home MIZRAV! Of course we were standing behind you -- just not that close, because, uh, we're all guys here. Don't believe for a second that this stage isn't that bad. It stinks being all...
6071 Congrats on the zero. I'm waiting for my first post-op test in January. I have a question for you. My pre-op PSA and gleason was relatively similar to yours. Post-op staging the same T2c. But...
Hang in for dinner time for sure! Can I come over? Ow, we're having lasagna tonight! Gotta love that, too! Sounds like something is not working. Every once and a while I think I get that flat...
I am sorry for your loss, Amy. Tears fill my eyes. The salt stings. Peace. OBB...
Hi Mel! Sorry you're going through this. I have some strong opinions on this, but they are just that, my opinions. I'll give you some background on where some of those opinions come from and you can...
With a Gleason 6 and a PSA 2.8, where are they going to look with the CAT scans and what are they going to find? My surgeon and my wife (my wife works for the surgeon) tell me that my PSA of 3.5 and...
I'm thankful that I am alive today, and full of hope that I will be here another year to celebrate this day. I wish this for all. I hope in the coming year that we can have a health care system that...
BD, IMHO, we're always cycling, but like a clock that has stopped we are "right" twice during the cycle. From what I've read in here and experienced in my own life, the only real way a friend or SO...
I leak a bit after a strenuous walk. I think it is because I wear out the muscles in the floor a bit. I'm finding that doing a bit of power walking is just as challenging for my cardio system as...
Jen, My cath was pulled at about ten days, again my wife pulled it for me. It was not as painful as a good, swift kick to the groin, but almost. I'm glad I was at home and had the opportunity to stay...
Jen, We took my J-P bag out when drainage got down to 40ml a day. By "we" I mean my wife, Karen, is also my Uro nurse (she is also the one who dragged me, kicking and screaming, to the free screening...
Good Luck Sonny Almost always good to have your wife there by your side. OBB...
Reading most posts this is a problem a lot of other guys would like to have. I'm about six weeks out of surgery. I've been getting erections every now and then without the pump or Cialis. These are...
The worst thing about bike training is that it fed the depression. I ended up as a horrible endorphin addict. All I could do cut the coffee and work days on end. Make hay while the sun shines. I'm...
Just a few thoughts from a guy who grew up with a gazillion sisters and a father rarely at home... I'm into a wonderful second marriage but had a pretty good time between marriages. A really good...
Ralph, My condolences to you and my prayers for your wife. I cannot imagine losing my dearest; she has been so important to me during this PCa. I lost my best friend to a hail of bullets a few years...
Jason, I had symptoms like yours when I was your age. They were diagnosed as epididymitis, i.e. a testicular infection. But your Uro would know that. Also the infection does not mean you will get...
I just have to wonder what equation they use to determine the value of the life saved vs. the cost of the cancer tests. What's that formula? If I'm reading my search information right a mammogram...
Welcome Braz, Try the KitchenAid KFRS365tss for outdoor grills. And really, you gotta get out with more 3rd grade calculus students. OBB...
Stephanie "But my husband knows everything. He keeps telling me he needs me, he loves me, he wants to help me." Read that over and over and over. And believe that. Read this once: "But maybe he'd be...