Prostate - People Who Are Living With Enlarged Prostate

Jonley

I am 63, had BPH for 6 years, have been on Flomax, need surgery.

posted 03/03/2008, comments (14)

UNABLE TO HAVE AN ORGASM

Dear Dr Greenstein,I have BPH and am on Flomax and, more recently, Avodart.While on Flomax alone I had no problem having an orgasm.However, while on Flomax and Avodart I am unable to have one. I came off the Avodart but remained on Flomax and now find that I cannot have an orgasm. Is this a side effect of both Flomax and Avodart? - and... Read more Chevron

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rplundberg

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posted 02/21/2008, comments (4)

Concerned about a spike in PSA level

Dear Doctor, I am 58 years old and have been getting annual PSA tests for 10 years - always tested in Nov-Dec of the year. (My father had Prostate Cancer.) My PSA levels between 1997 and 2003 were between 1.7 and 2.1. In 2004 and 2005 they were at 2.8, and back to 2.4 in Dec... Read more Chevron

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gromitsprinkles

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posted 01/18/2008, comments (8)

A little anxious about Greenlight PVP

Doctor,In a couple of weeks I am scheduled to have a Greenlight PVP surgery. Everything was OK until about 8 months ago when I got an E-Coli infection, which wound up in my prostate. To make a long story short, I had a lot incontinence and urgency issues, and painful ejaculation. Finally it turned into retention, where I had to... Read more Chevron

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stillHurting

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posted 01/12/2008, comments (2)

Causes for persistent testicular/scrotal pain

I have been living with frequent urination and scrotal pain for almost six months. It started with what my doctor thinks may have been an acute bacterial prostatitus in early July. I was in so much lower back and lower abdominal pain I went to the emergency room, where the did a CAT scan for kidney stones. The pain subsided, and... Read more Chevron

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dalemilton

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posted 12/14/2007, comments (0)

Impact on PSA after stop taking Proscar - Velocity of PSA Increase

I have an enlarged prostate and started taking Proscar when I was 59 at that time I had a psa level of 2.71 my psa gradually decreased to .089 4 years latter and after a micro wave preocedure. My Dr then had me stop taking proscar at age 64, 6 months latter my psa was 3.12 and one year latter, today, it is 3.2. Obviously the... Read more Chevron

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