New Member - first PSA post surgery

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Welcome to genobeno59 genobeno59@... who has

joined the ProstateCancerSupport group and says:

Recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and have had

radical prostatectomy. Just had my first PSA test since surgery.

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis but welcome 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. June '07 PSA 35.0

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.