Prostate Cancer Support

Androgel Question
On August 27, Paul wrote: My uro has seen my T drop to 345, this 15 months post RLRP. He is recommending a bonedensity scan and Androgel to restore my T level. Does anyone here have any experience with Androgel? I had read some posts from back in '04 with potential concern that the Andorgel may have ca... 29 Aug 2008 18:51

Hugh Kearnley
It'll be two years since that remarkable person was finally silenced but not forgotten on this board. I google his name and all the old conversations pop up. They put a smile on my face, a tear to my eye, and a hurt to my heart. Three cheers to you Hugie wherever you are. WhiteSoxFan ... 29 Aug 2008 10:38

Pick a likable surgeon
"A college classmate, a physician with a low opinion of his profession, advised me to forget the numbers, to visit both surgeons, look them in the eye and decide which one I liked. Huh? Why should I care? I wasn�t drinking a beer with the guy. Partly, my friend said, a likable surgeon would respond if somethin... 27 Aug 2008 06:25

Race for the Cure theft
Race for the Cure director charged with fraud Monday, August 25, 2008 16:31 MDT BOISE - Authorities have arrested the local Race for the Cure executive director on embezzlement charges. Boise Police detectives arrested Mary Guinard at her Meridian home Monday afternoon. She's accused of embez... 26 Aug 2008 09:55

Color doppler - is it effective?
I had color doppler before my surgery, and it found the 1cm node I was diagnosed with, and missed the .5cm node found in the post op biopsy. I wouldn't think that .5cm is "too small to be detected". I mentioned that the color doppler didn't seem to be useful, whereas the nurse said "It did show that the cancer ha... 25 Aug 2008 14:29

da Vinci surgery on-line
http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/body.cfm?id=1113&action=detail&ref=97 da Vinci� ST Surgical System See a robotic-assisted hysterectomy online! On Wednesday, September 17 at 6 p.m. a minimally invasive hysterectomy for actual staging of uterine cancer, performed by Gregory Willis, DO will air online. During t... 23 Aug 2008 21:40

Study backs use of gene-based urine PCA3 test in prostate cancerdiagnosis
x-no-archive: yes There are 4 scenarios in which PCA3 could help in making better decisions in diagnosing and treating PCa: 1. which men with ? 1 negative biopsy have a high probability of a positive repeat biopsy 2. which men with an elevated PSA level (between 2.5 and 10 ng/mL) or a low PSA level... 22 Aug 2008 14:03

Weekend Humor
An older gentleman had an appointment to see the urologist who shared offices with several other doctors. The waiting room was filled with patients. As he approached the receptionist desk he noticed that the receptionist was a large unfriendly woman who looked like a Sumo wrestler. He gave her his name. In a ... 22 Aug 2008 09:56

clamps
I tried the squeezerclip when it was still the geezer squeezer. I found it too bulky and didn't like the foam part of it. I then tried the MIC (male incontinence clamp) and have been using it for a few years now. It's much smaller. The website has the unlikely name ppstop.com jim J. Connor wrote: "sk... 22 Aug 2008 15:05

Re Ron's post. A Question from the trenches.
>Ron reported :A brief review on the status of HIFU in the treatment of PCa can be read at the Johns Hopkins Health Alerts webpage http://tinyurl.com/552umm: In the first world war the canon fodder used to be called the PBI - the poor bloody infantry. 'Barbed wire is a fact of life, boys. Come on, one more go... 24 Aug 2008 14:58