Excerpt from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/06/7-attention-grabbing-topics-at-the-nations-biggest-cancer-meeting/?utm_term=.8576f9221465 Hitting harder at advanced...
Always great news. Keep it up!...
Everyone is different of course. Viagra did little for me, Cialis a splitting headache. Levitra does the trick for me as long as I take it correctly - on a truly empty stomach: 1 hr before, 2 hrs...
Congrat's Todd. Great news going into the holidays! Rolerbe...
Just had my 5 year post RALP PSA test done. Wishing all my brethren hear the same gift of nothing for christmas and all through the coming year. Hang in there guys!...
Great news! Nice uplift in your journey!...
John, Make sure to also try Levitra. They are all different. I get nothing from Viagra, a splitting migraine from Cialis, but Levitra works well for me (as long as it's on an empty stomach). I too,...
All normal as others have said. Provides just a little consolation to have a little 'lube'! Certainly a good sign to have a useable response so soon after the RALP. The overall recovery curve can be...
Contrat's Bill! All the stat's say that you can (reasonably) consider recurrence to be a rear view mirror issue. I certainly hope that holds true. I'm about a year behind you, but I hope to catch up!...
ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2012) — Results of a phase III clinical trial of the drug Enzalutamide, published August 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine , show the drug extends life by an average...
If Levitra can get you 70% of the way there, then you might consider a ring to maintain and sustain. I'm in a very similar state, and that combo works well for me...
The best way to stop progress is to stop looking for it. The current argument seems to be: health care is 'good enough' as it is, and probably too good given the cost. So, we should stop spending...
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/lgo-prostate-cancer-prognosis-tool.html Among the many types of cancer, prostate cancer is particularly fraught with uncertainty for patients and doctors: It's one...
Sooner and Jaxum, I have occasionally had some issue with urine at orgasm as well. To help erection, along with levitra, I use a ring, which has the added benefit of preventing, or at least greatly...
Yeah Spotty!...
Don't feel guilty tooyoung, you're off to a good start, and that is valuable for others to see also. Because of the nature of the site (and human nature) those of us who have a smoother path tend to...
Casey and JohnT are on the right track. As Ziggy says, we will look back in horror at the overtreatment. But, we are here now, with the limited tests we have now, not with tests that can reliably...
New Urine Test Shows Prostate Cancer Risk; Test for Gene Fusion Can Assist in the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2011) — A new urine test can help aid early detection of and...
My first colonoscopy plan got interrupted by a detour into PCa/RALP. Had to do the liquid purge for that procedure. It's really time to do the 'scope, which I'm not too worried about, but the draino...
I 'interviewed' three surgeons (and two Onco's). Screened all on number of procedures, etc. Picked the one that 'clicked' with me best in terms of communications and rapport. Very happy with the...
My experience was that the 3 orals did nothing for me in the early post-op period, but Viagra to a small extent and Levitra to a much larger extent started working after about 6-8 months. Never did...
ScienceDaily (May 18, 2011) — about half of prostate cancers have a genetic anomaly that appears to make tumor cells responsive to a new class of cancer-fighting drugs, a new study from the...
Great news Jerry!...
Hello and welcome Notso. First of all, hang in there, you've got lots of runway left. Summary of just one man's journey. Your mileage may vary as results seem to be all over the place. I got some...
I was able to kick the pads at about the 4 month point. I don't recall any particular change due to anything other than beer or tea, which added volume but not much impact to flow rate....
I can't say that none of them ever do it, and 'Law' might have been too strong a word, rather it breaks the contract they have with the insurance providers, for which the insurance providers (and...
Clocknut, It certainly does not *make sense*, but the way ti works is that the insurance companies negotiate to pay a fraction of what *they* determine to be 'reasonable and customary' (R&C). The...
Last test was a 0.02. Certainly nothing to 'worry about', but when has that ever stopped anyone from worrying anyway? That one was done at a different place with a different assay, and after a solid...
Thanks for the update, and glad everything came out okay (sic). Would certainly spook me too!...
One thing to add about levitra -- needs to be taken on an empty stomach. I was having very mixed results until I followed this rule. Best is 2 hours before or after meals....
dtherren: Levitra also requires empty stomach. Best 2 hours before or after meals. (okay, that gives you about a 15 minute window...) but I find that for me, if I take it an hour to hour and a half...
Great news Petal. And the better news is a recent report (on another fairly recent thread here) that indicates that the probablility of BCR is very low after the 5 year mark with such low PSA's. Time...
I can only add that, if you are able given your other meds, try out all the regular drugs (Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, etc.). Everyone seems to have a different level of response to each of these...
Ziggy, although you say you were lucky to come across and get into the TFT treatment option, you still took some risk as a 'pioneer' of a lesser used treatment. So thanks for that! Glad you've had a...
Some recent stat's reported in another thread here (will look it up when I get time) indicated that if you got to the 5 year point without BCR, you were very likely never to get a BCR. Risk decreases...
It is a contentious subject -- are members of the population being helped or just 'messed' with? Thanks for the data links Ralph. "It's not what you don't know, its what you know for sure, that just...
Reported in Science Daily:...
Best of luck with the plan, Mel....
Wigged, So far your post cath journey sounds pretty typical. You have every chance to dry up in the future. I took about 2 months to get basic control, and in another month had several bags of pads...
Hoping for the best......
Great news! Good for you, Clock! Hope you can stay off the 'table' for good!...
Really great news, James! Keep it on the level!...
p_elliot, I agree with Purg. Say whatever you want. You will have to apply your own 'truth or consequences' filter on the results as there are naturally some strong opinions, just like on every other...
Ziggy, I haven't actually been pressuring him at all, we've only had one conversation. His 'resistance' is just the natural distaste when considering a procedure for the first time. I'm not sure he...
It is a question of relative risks. John has said that the 10 year survival rate for psa in this range is near 100%. Any other references than the one from 1998 I linked in? In that, the 10 year...
Here's a link to the article I cited: http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/280/11/975.full.pdf John, you may be right. Hard for me to tell whose demons I'd be chasing, his, or my own....
I agree it's a tough call. His health, apart from CABG (quadruple bypass) and a series of Stent's is pretty good. Could probably use a knee replace in one, but he gets Cortisone shots every 6 mos or...
My 78 y.o. father has been 'watchful waiting'. He called last night with the results of his latest PSA. Which has been slowly but steadily rising. Up to 8.5 from 8.0 about a year ago. GP says time to...
There is nothing wrong with asking for the specific doctor you feel most comfortable with. I had my doctor sign that he, and only he (barring an emergency during the surgery) would perform the...
I have used Viagra (50mg) and Levitra (20mg) together with no adverse side effects or drug interactions. An ED doc I spoke with told me I was wasting my time combining. I don't do this all the time,...