American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, 1994 Does this mean he is "Board Certified"? Not very confidence producing. Nor does his continued employment at UPenn inspire faith in the ivys....
I saw a short story about this in our local newspaper today and have to say I am stunned to read that this Doc may be allowed to perform seeding again if he gets more training and that no mention was...
Inwm said - Here's hoping all of us October members have a better new year than the one we just finished :yeah: Amen! Merry Christmas everyone!...
Alegar - You're not alone. Tim has also been using pantiliners for a couple of weeks. Usually one during the day and one at night. Not quite ready for au natural but he is much more comfortable with...
Aimzee - I may have missed it on another thread....but may I ask what happened that Ron needed a nerve block? I'm assuming unmanageable pain? So sorry to hear that was necessary. ED is on our back...
Aimzee - Will do. Tim's still using the free Cialis 5 mg samples so it will be a while before he tries the pills from ADC. But I will keep you posted. I have used the Retin-A equivalent and find it...
I received the package from ADC yesterday morning. I had to sign for it. Nothing extraordinary about the markings....it came by Express Mail. Everything that was ordered was received. The Cialis...
Aimzee - We registered Tim before we knew he had prostate cancer, just because so many people kept urging him to register so that part was done should he ever need VA services. So the...
Jim - My husband is a veteran - he served from January 1969 through December 1973....he does not qualify for anything. We recently registered him with the VA, his status as a vet is acknowledged but...
Just checked the tracking number on the USPS website - here's the latest on my order from ADC (cracked me up that the tracking number begins with ED ...lol: Label/Receipt Number: ED54 6368 XXXX X...
I just ordered the Cialis equivalent for my husband from ADC last week and we are awaiting delivery. I am disgusted that BC/BS refuses to cover the medication and decided that it is not worth the...
I hope it is not a persistently occurring nightmare. But it sounds as if the "damage" while aggravating, was limited, easily remedied and didn't extend to the bed or bed linens - so that is good!...
Tim's down to < 1 pad a day (dry most all day, sometimes a little leaky late afternoon and evening). His doc said once he is 97-98% continent to go without any pads because having no protection makes...
The test was done at the same hospital where all his PSA tests have been done. Prior to this, of course, there was no need to worry about what happened after the decimal as there was always a number...
Thanks, corvetteman3! We're tee-totalers but I'll be happy to buy the beer! tatt2man - Thanks for catching my typo...it is indeed <0.06. I fixed it. Now I feel like I can really celebrate! Hooray!...
We had Tim's 6 week follow-up appointment yesterday and the surgeon informed us that his PSA is zero and no further treatment is necessary. Just PSA tests every three months for the first year....
My brother had a biopsy at age 48 and had horrible pain during the procedure....so much so that even now, 6 years later, when told that my husband was having a biopsy, he made a point to urge us to...
Now, if there was any history of ED before, it greatly reduces the odds of success. No history of ED prior. And even if we had noticed the exception on the THREE pages of things NOT covered when we...
142 wrote: "Getting any ED meds paid for by insurance is a big challenge. I've had Uro and GP write letters of medical need, and they have been refused outright and on appeal. Call the insurance...
Time for an update....Tim seems to have the opposite problem as the other October survivors, too many BMs...some mornings he is literally in the bathroom most of 2 or 3 hours. He'll sit until he is...
Since I didn't know what the cystogram test involved, I googled and found this study - Is a cystogram necessary after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18047953 ...
My husband was not tested....just had the catheter removed after 11 days. Only question asked - was he having any blood? He was so irritated about the catheter after 11 days, I would not have wanted...
Your dad is on the young side for being diagnosed with PCa (our uro doc said average age at diagnosis is 72). If your dad is healthy otherwise, he has a life expectancy of more than 20 years....
My husband was diagnosed in July and we briefly thought about waiting until the Christmas holidays for his surgery because we know that is always a quieter time at his office and having him out then...
Ger42 - Here's hoping along with you that the worst is over. Keep us posted. The last two days Tim spent 7 & 10 hours at the office. Not sure how productive it has been as there is still a lot of...
Ger42 - Definitely not the news we hoped to hear....nor, I suspect, news you wanted to have to report. I pray for speedy resolution of the problem and await a further post from your wife. Each story...
Ger42 - Glad to hear he is home and feeling a little better. Sounds like you had a very rough go in the hospital. It is amazing that you got the results of the pathology report back so soon. We had...
I thought it wasn't possible to die so quickly from prostate cancer. I am stunned that this person could be first diagnosed in March and gone by October. I thought even if no treatment is sought that...
Today was a GREAT day! Catheter is out and Tim feels like a new man! What's a little leakage???? We can attest, at least for right now, it is NO BIG DEAL! And the pathology report is as good as we...
Ger42 - I hope everything goes smoothly for you. It will be good to have the surgery over with. The anticipation almost made us (well...me mostly) crazy - fortunately, the last two days before...
I just heard a program on NPR about prostate cancer (for prostate awareness month in September) and they spent half the program saying that it is not even agreed that screening should be done at all....
Things had been more or less the same for the last two days and then, wham! , today Tim has a lot of pain in his testicles and scrotum area. I was at his office today and when I returned about 7:30...
Woodworker - Oh, how I wish my husband had done what you did - had a first colonoscopy at 50. I could and should have nagged him but I was in la-la land too as far as regular check-ups. You surely...
Aimzee wrote: The conference time with the urologist was 1 1/2 hours, then we had a 45 minute conference with the surgeon, and one week before there was another 15 minute conference. Well, your 2 1/2...
My husband had a colonoscopy about 7 weeks after his biopsy, 5 weeks before his RALP which was last Friday. All clear once again. He is a 7 1/2 year colon cancer survivor. He was 56 when he was...
Thanks 142 - I will check for one of those items today when I get out and about. For last night we took the rubber band (with holes & button connection) from the leg bag and used it to hold the...
Aimzee wrote "Pipedream this must be difficult to read that 20 or more men were given a choice that Tim was not. Hopefully, he will be one who gets his catheter out in a week. I am sorry it has...
Thanks everyone. We had a miserable night - up three times to empty the leg bag, once for an hour because of a very loose bowel movement that wouldn't stop. You guessed right that I tried to get the...
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I'm back with a another report and a question or two. Tim was discharged from the hospital late this afternoon. Everything is going well. We are both surprised as...
Just a short note to check in after a long day which started at 3:45 AM....the surgeon did 3 RP's today and Tim's was first. The surgery was uneventful and they were able to do the robot assisted RP...
Thanks, Veteran for the information. Hopefully that will be Tim's schedule tomorrow. We'll make a couple hour visit to the office, then we'll be on our way to Pittsburgh which is about a 3 hour trip....
Thank you all so much for the advice and support. I confess that as the RP-day draws closer, my anxiety level is rising. My husband seems to be completely calm. You should have seen him at the...
Received this Google News Alert today - What is not included in the article is what the researchers define as the "most aggressive form of prostate cancer". Is there a way to find out? Also, is it...
Just what I like to read as my husband's surgery is coming up on Friday and I am becoming increasingly anxious. It seemed like a long time until surgery when it was scheduled but now feels like it is...
Hi, Julie - Before you decide on BT, (in addition to Patrick Walsh's book) check out "How we survived Prostate Cancer - What we did and What we should have done" by Victoria Hallerman. Her husband...
I called the surgeon's office today to talk to his nurse with some questions as I felt that they had done almost nothing to prepare us for the upcoming surgery. She was friendly and somewhat helpful...
I know what you mean. In addition to extensive reading here, I've just completed "How we survived Prostate Cancer - What we did and what we should have done" by Victoria Hallerman. And am deep into...
Interesting you should bring this up....we tend to think that because one bad thing has or hasn't happened as the case may be, nothing else will go wrong. A friend had his second biopsy for PCa (24...
My husband, Tim....on Oct 1st....
I hate to put a damper on your conclusion - "Clearly, being a morning person causes PC"....but I have a least an exception to that rule! My husband is the ultimate night person. The only times he...