Comments for The Blog of George Brickner (aka Dupa T. Parrot) http://georgebrickner.com/blog My personal web log of miscellaneous stuff Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Prostate Cancer: PSA Test Results by George http://georgebrickner.com/blog/2009/11/06/prostate-cancer-psa-test-results/comment-page-1/#comment-79 George Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:32 +0000 http://georgebrickner.com/blog/?p=741#comment-79 Hi, Carol and LB, True, the PSA value can be affected by many things including cancer, BPH, prostatitis, a recent digital prostate exam, etc. However, I had a prostate biopsy earlier this year and the results were indeed cancer. Hi, Carol and LB,
True, the PSA value can be affected by many things including cancer, BPH, prostatitis, a recent digital prostate exam, etc. However, I had a prostate biopsy earlier this year and the results were indeed cancer.

]]> Comment on Prostate Cancer: PSA Test Results by Carol http://georgebrickner.com/blog/2009/11/06/prostate-cancer-psa-test-results/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Carol Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:25 +0000 http://georgebrickner.com/blog/?p=741#comment-78 Hi George - well I know now considerably more about PSa than I did when I woke up this morning! Seriously, thanks - it was interesting. If I've understood it right there's not really any such thing as a "normal" level that work across the board, it all seems to be relative to the individual - so I can understand why your oncologist wanted to sort out a personal baseline for you. The bit that puzzles me is why they use that parameter when it apparently isn't necessarily an indicator of cancer and could be caused by other things such as BPH. I would have thought that someting like the ESR level might have been more useful since it has normal values and goes off the chart in the case of cancer. I'm not suggesting anyone has got it wrong, just that there's obviously a bit of information I've missed that explains that and I'm wondering what it is. Enough of my musings - hang in there George and LB sends extra special snorgles (he's soft like that) Hi George – well I know now considerably more about PSa than I did when I woke up this morning! Seriously, thanks – it was interesting. If I’ve understood it right there’s not really any such thing as a “normal” level that work across the board, it all seems to be relative to the individual – so I can understand why your oncologist wanted to sort out a personal baseline for you.

The bit that puzzles me is why they use that parameter when it apparently isn’t necessarily an indicator of cancer and could be caused by other things such as BPH. I would have thought that someting like the ESR level might have been more useful since it has normal values and goes off the chart in the case of cancer. I’m not suggesting anyone has got it wrong, just that there’s obviously a bit of information I’ve missed that explains that and I’m wondering what it is.

Enough of my musings – hang in there George and LB sends extra special snorgles (he’s soft like that)

]]> Comment on Prostate Cancer: Oncologist by Felicia http://georgebrickner.com/blog/2009/10/16/prostate-cancer-oncologist/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Felicia Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:21:43 +0000 http://georgebrickner.com/blog/?p=705#comment-75 Keeping our fingers crossed. Keeping our fingers crossed.

]]> Comment on Prostate Cancer: Cystoscopy by shijunge http://georgebrickner.com/blog/2009/09/15/prostate-cancer-cystoscopy/comment-page-1/#comment-40 shijunge Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:44:13 +0000 http://georgebrickner.com/blog/?p=663#comment-40 Keep me posted, if I am offline, Son .. May be moving soon ... Keep me posted, if I am offline, Son ..
May be moving soon …

]]> Comment on Prostate Cancer: Cystoscopy by Starshadow http://georgebrickner.com/blog/2009/09/15/prostate-cancer-cystoscopy/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Starshadow Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:43:41 +0000 http://georgebrickner.com/blog/?p=663#comment-39 Hope all is well... Hope all is well…

]]> Comment on CATcerto. ENTIRE PERFORMANCE. Mindaugas Piecaitis, Nora The Piano Cat by molly http://georgebrickner.com/blog/2009/07/19/catcerto-entire-performance-mindaugas-piecaitis-nora-the-piano-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-20 molly Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:39:10 +0000 http://georgebrickner.com/blog/?p=584#comment-20 Meow! Meow!

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