Rt side answers (1529)

A: Congrats on finishing the rt. I had the same rt, 38/68GY, and had no problems. I just had my 3rd PSA draw @ the 18 month mark and it too came back @ <0.04. I had the ultra sensitive test and caught my recurrence before it got to .1. As far as after salvage rt I really don''t know if it would be important but that is the test my Uro Doc uses. I am your age and am beginning to ramp down my business also. Looking forward to travel and fishing when my wife in 2 yrs. good luck David to get my 3rd post radiation reading in a month or so. Hope the beast is still in remission. I would think you would want the ultra sensitive testing, since you had recurrance prior to the radiation. David in SC...

A: studies have shown though that without rt you have a 40% risk of local recurrence within 2 years. that''s a high number. so rather than plan for recurrence, take steps to avoid getting it again by doing the radiation. take tamoxifen to further reduce risk....

A: What is your radiating target area. How many Gray''s will I get and over how many sessions. What prep will I have to do each day before treatment? How many, if any days can I miss? What type machine will you be using? Will you use any inserted marker system? What is your experience with this treatment, how many have you done. That''s a start., good luck, sorry you are having to do this so soon after surgery. 3 weeks ago. I was a little surprised that the Radiation Oncologist was a little indifferent about me starting rt right away and he definitely stated that I don''t need hormone therapy. I''m now in the dilemma of deciding about rt...however leaning that...

A: Bob, I will be in the smaller group of exception. I had my open RP 2 years ago, and its now been 1 year since I finished my Salvage Radiation, and I have never had any ED at any point, and I have never used a pump, taken any ED pills, or ever done an injection. I am doing this on one set of nerves spared. I, nor my doctors, have any explanation for my good fortune in this area. Just thankful. David in SC 6 weeks after surgery, but could more or else get one when I wanted to in subsequent weeks. A strange change was that it is easier for my wife to get things going than for me! As for using it, well I had a big problem with urine leaking out or squirting out during lovemaking, regardless of the position, technique etc, though I did not...

A:   hi paul..every hospital has different rules, but generally speaking, no, you do not need a degree to become a supervisor, but mostly these days you need one to become a department manager. i hate to say it, but it seems to me to become a supervisor you have to be one of the favorites; they seem to take favorites and minorities for supervisor jobs. where i work, this one woman has been there for over 19 years, and she put in for supervisor job. they have it to a minority who has been there for two years, and so far im not too impressed with him. nobody will admit it, but thats mostly how it works. so, save yourself a bundle of money and effort, and i guess be glad you dont need a degree for supervisory work.  ...

A: sorry you are having to deal with this problem, especially over christmas time. hopefully by being on the antibiotics for an extended period of time your infection will clear. hang in there....

A: What did Your doctor say? Have a feeling the guys with experience in this area will say - get another test in a few weeks/couple months. My Oncologist says the number is in line with expectations and want to see me in 6 mth. for another PSA. pk5 Sorry, but I don''t think that 1-2 hours is frequent peeing unless that''s at night. I was peeing about every 20 minutes at one point towards the end of rt, and even now I still can''t manage much more than 45 minutes during the day time and 2 hours at night without needing to go. And I don''t think I''ve ever been able to go longer than 2 hours in my whole life without needing to pee. I tried something like Flomax (different name here in Holland so I''m not sure if it''s the same) and that actually made me leak...

A: No, this is not normal. Call the doctor first thing in the morning. . ...

A: Hi Angela, The important thing here is that you have been to a doctor and had an EMG so we can feel confident that is is a muscular problem. That"s good news because muscles can be successfully self-treated. I"ve worked with many thousands of people through the years, if your problem is muscles, then I know you can take care of it yourself. The description you are giving me tells me that you have a strained serratus anterior muscle (under your arm, just in front of your scapula) and probably your infraspinatus (on the surface of your shoulder blade), subscapularis (underneath your shoulder blade), and I wouldn"t be surprised if you found spasms in your latissimus dorsi (a lower back muscle that crosses over the bottom edge of your shoulder blade and then...

A: charles, it would be anything, i dont know of any patients who had that surgery who had long standing pain so if the US shows nothing, that surgeon will not likley be able to help you. it may be scar tissue, it can attach inside and tug when you move, or it may be something totally different. i suggest you see a different doc, you dont describe the pain and that can make a differnce, what does it FEEL like? you may need a pain doc or a neurologist...