When I saw my urologist for my first visit, he said that he was very happy that I had not had a saturation biopsy because in his experience there can be significant scarring around the gland making...
Reachout; You are absolutely correct. My surgeon told me during my preop consultation that there is a small recognized "underdiagnosis" or "false negative" call of clear capsular invasion or clear...
My wife showed me an article in one of her magazines once that said single malt scotch had relatively more anti-oxidants than red wine. As if I needed another excuse. Maybe cognac also has the same...
I also wore mine below the knee with the bag along the calf and valve down at the ankle. The valve opened by pulling up on a lever. But watch out - I accidentally bumped the valve getting into the...
Angela, Thanks. It was a shock when my third biopsy was positive, but sort of a relief as I can now move on to seek some treatment. Looking back, I wish my urologist, or myself, had been more...
I have had three "12 core" random biopsies. The first was done by my urologist. He injected some lidocaine on each side of the prostate for a periprostatic nerve block, but I'm sure he did not wait...
Hi All: Here are some more details that you have suggested, and some of my thoughts so far. I know that my biopsy results are about as minimal of PCa you can get, but these are my concerns: 1.my PSA...
Hi All: Just a quick intro for now. Been looking in off and on over the last three years, and now it's time to join in, with a new dx, (which actually is somewhat of a relief.) All the data is in my...