New MemberSix weeks after RP

[Guest guest]

Welcome to schultzter schultzter@... who has

joined the ProstateCancerSupport group and who says:

recovering from radical prostatectomy after 6 weeks

and wondering what the future holds for me.

Wlcome to the club you never wanted to join. You’ll

find plenty of friendly folk on this List who will do what they can to help you

through.

You might find it useful to visit YANA

- You Are Not Alone Now www.yananow.net a site set up for newly diagnosed

people. The first section gives some basic information in plain language with

links to more complex and technical sites. The second section of the site is

where men are invited to tell their prostate cancer stories and how they

arrived at their decisions regarding treatment. Many people have mailed to say

how useful they have found this, especially because most of the men are happy

to respond to specific questions. The section of the site can be found by

clicking the link labelled Experiences or going to http://www.yananow.net/Experiences.html

But in any event, please post some details of

your diagnosis – your Age, your PSAs leading up to the diagnosis, your

Gleason Score and Staging (these terms are all explained on the YANA site) and any questions you might have. Just

remember – there are no dumb questions. We all started off where you are

now, but we’ve collectively learned a lot over the years.

All the best,

Terry Herbert in Melbourne,

Australia

Diagnosed ‘96: Age 54: Stage T2b: PSA 7.2:

Gleason 3+3=6: No treatment. November '06 PSA 31.4

My site is at www.yananow.net

As a physician, I am painfully aware that

most of the decisions we make with regard to prostate cancer are made with

inadequate data: Dr

“Snuffy” Myers.