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Phrase deleted Perhaps neither of us is good for the spirit of this board and for newbies and recently treated men seeking support. You can inundate the forum with AS noise and spam, and I could do...
wow, you are devoted to this, aren't you? I don't think the purpose of this site is to tell men if they are supposed to be treated or not. (Phrase deleted)...
trimix and bimix are the options if the pills don't work. Probably no need to look that far ahead right now. Bluebird's husband is seeing the top guy in the country so she might know why some...
what was your exact pathology after surgery? I'm sorry this is happening. Have you considered doing the test over?...
Well of course it's your opinion, you wrote it. so if several men militantly posted that they thought AS would be nuts in circumstances like yours, that docs should absolutely not recommend AS to men...
i've decided to change my process going forward. i'm entering year 4 and I've decided to skip having my surgeon do it for me and call me with results. I've spent enough time here to understand what...
I just thought your prior three statements: "I think men with this set of stats (this would be me), regardless of age should absolutely not have an invasive procedure" "I think I would actually be...
Guitar Man, quiting your job at the car wash and waving your mama goodbye may have worked for you, but it wouldn't work for me. We are all different in what we will tolerate. I wouldn't assume for a...
I think you're doing the right thing. I had similar numbers and my urologist gave me the option of the biopsy saying he was sure he would find nothing given my age and low PSA but that ideally my PSA...
sorry, Peter, I think something got lost in translation. I know that you come at this from an intellectually honest position. I was still focusing on John's use of of emotion/rationality which I take...
That's extremely reassuring, Jack....
Peter - if we accept that men with a G6 act irrationally we logically also have to accept that the medical professionals surrounding us advising us to act, which is almost all of them, and the...
wow, 98lbs? What did you weigh a year ago and what do you weigh now? I kind of hope you were well over 250lbs not too long ago....
David - no mention of Marinol or similar product for the appetite? I haven't taken notes on your weight loss but it seems you've been losing 1-lbs at a time for over 18 months now. What did you weigh...
Of course, Jack, through our personal experiences since we are not qualified experts in the medical field. But I am sure you will recognize that people may have differing views on what is helpful or...
I think the shock lasts a few days, that's what most people here report. They don't get treated or chose AS in those few days. Shock changes to sadness and eventually, in my experience, trauma. How...
Yoop - I've lived in Rome, London and NYC most of my life. Wouldn't survive without cynicism. I was responding to John T's statement which seemed odd to me, not to the piece you linked. Of course I,...
John - your words in the past were "some folks aren't wired for AS" So how are they being irrational as a G6 if they opt to avoid AS for a host of valuable reasons to them? Are they not being...
Oh Jim, please... It was your example in your third paragraph and how it relates to other posts on this very thread, not to mention endless other threads. But yeah, sure....
Jim - I don't consider it progress when the person being given the advice is portrayed as irrational and/or too emotional if he doesn't follow the guidelines proposed by the person also advocating...
Yes, and a teacher in marketing can also explain to you how he can get the public to buy an unhealthy product while thinking it's healthy. Problem with your point, John, is the decision is perfectly...
Bill: No good questioning your past actions. Best to look forward in my opinion. You see regret often in life and on this board and it's toxic. I'm not the academic, advocate or expert on this so...
side effects aren't uniform and it's best you ask your doctor what to take and when. In my case, I was told to either take 5mg daily or the 20mg Cialis every 39 hours. The purpose was to ensure blood...
My mother was manic depressive. It affected many choices in her life and had a detrimental effect on her well being overall. I spent a good portion of my young adulthood in ignorance trying to get...
hmmm, my guy said try all three and see which one works best for you. As for timing of when to start, I think it depends on how potent we are pre-surgery. I've heard of guys starting before surgery....
i don't think you get used to AS. I think you are either wired for it or are not....
I stopped taking them when I realized I no longer needed them. I think the blood flow they help generate is the same as the blood flow generated when getting natural erections so the rehabilitative...
okay, but I am not one of the lucky few. That is just incorrect information if not hyperbole. Reality is that the majority of men who seek treatment end up choosing surgery and do so rationally based...
that's harsh, Peter. I never walked in his shoes....
wow! probably a study of the adaptive nature of being heavily invested in our own choices. gbiers - just for the record, surgery was considered the golden standard for years. It has worked...
Great Swamp is cool and ther eis an incredible and authentic Mexican restaurant nearby called Casa Maya. It's 2 min away. The swamp has a board walk going through it for perhaps 1 mile, it's low to...
I think I had a color TV for the first time ever only a few months before I first saw Mork & Mindy. That's my lasting memory of him. That and "The World According To Garp"which was pretty hard to...
NKinney: We are all different. That's why we need to rely on sound medical advice from professionals and use anecdotal information from our peers to serve as as we best see fit. Professionals,...
he had severe depression and a pretty serious substance abuse problem. Both of these diseases are very hard to shake off. I think it's easy to say his final act was selfish but because of his disease...
I don't know. I think they go by statistics. Statistically it is improbable for me to get it back. But it was also statistically improbable for me to get it at 40. Going by available statistics, my...
I can think of some great reasons to come to Denver these days. I understand college applications to universities in Colorado are up 30% from last year....
fantastic. You must have some lens. Where you hiding out to get that close tot he fox? Looks like the wildlife you see at the Great Swamp in NJ....
Golan - A good site for such questions is franktalk.org. Although again, I think you will encounter people there who are working through issues/problems and it will not be representative of those who...
True, Mel. But I think it's because the word "cured" is almost irrelevant once we pass a certain age for some of us. Cured of one thing only to be inflicted by another. My American grandparents lived...
Golan - forgot one thing. You asked if you will be able to get back to the way you are now, the answer is "NO". If you have surgery you will have dry orgasms the rest of your life and unless you do...
I think we had this poll a few times before. I recall many folks answering it one time around. Golan - You have multiple options for treatment and surveillance. With how you paint the picture of...
or he was cured before he got sick again. I remember reading that it was 5 years of undetectable results to be considered cure....
NKinney, I think we feel the same way for different reasons but who's taking notes anyway? I'm just saying that what scared me 4 years ago doesn't scare me anymore. I wonder how I would react today...
good post, and thanks for lumping me with London instead of Paris. not to drag this in another needless direction, but your quote brings up another valid point in my opinion... "When cure is...
50 for colon, right? Or is it 45 for us with PCa?...
HCV - That's a fair post. By fit after a month I mean that I was able to get full erections with the help of pills. Pills I was able to wean off of within months. Once I no longer needed them I still...
David, my mother-in-law is staying with us for 3 months. She's Indian. What a cook! Sometimes the stuff feels like napalm coming out, but overall it's a treat to have her. Wish I could send her down...
Hi Chad: Sorry you are joining us. We have similar numbers as far as the G7 goes but you have higher proportion that I did. I think that with your current numbers (these can change post full...
if there is no biochemical evidence of disease one should feel free to consider himself cured if that is his functional and adaptive way of dealing with it or in remission if that is how he feels...