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Mrs. B.

Support for Wives

My husband, age 59, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and his doctor reviewed all available treatments with us and recommended surgery due to his young age. My husband agreed to have surgery in early December. Does anyone know of support groups available for couples or for the wives of these men? Meeting and... Read more Chevron

posted 11/27/2007, comment (1)|

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jdjd

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Caregiver

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caregiver guidelines for wife

As the wife of one who is scheduled for robotic prostate surgery in a few weeks, I would welcome advice , information and insights regarding how to best care for and help my husband. What should I expect in how much I should or should not do? Correspondence from wives who have "been there " would be great. Thanks

posted 11/26/2007, comments (3)|

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Craftcpa

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Father's PSA

My 83 year old father has been undergoing Lupron therapy for the past year. When treatment started his PSA was 4200 and it had spread to his bones. His PSA dropped to 1.6, but on last testing it had started to increase to 2.1. Does anyone know margin of error on PSA test? How fast can he expect the PSA to increase now that it has apparently... Read more Chevron

posted 11/14/2007, comments (0)|

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johnie

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Living With Enlarged Prostate

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Prostatis again?

5 years ago i had orange semen frequent urination pain on ejaculation then and aching in testicle This was diagnosed as prostatis and after 3 large 6 week doses of antibiotics over 2 years it went away. Now i have predominantly yellow semen but other symptoms are absent. Is this usual as one ages - i am 57?

posted 11/12/2007, comments (0)|

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kjb101

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Interested

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Androgel great ! / PSA goes to 4.1/ Cancer found

I am 54 years old and had low testosterone levels , viagra and others would give me headaches and backaches the next day, my urologist put me on Androgel with excellent results PSA 3.4 . The following yearly check-up found my PSA at 4.1. After being Biopsied 2 out of 10 were found to have 20% class 3 +3 cells. Now Im being told I need... Read more Chevron

posted 11/09/2007, comments (2)|

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