hello peeps
you are all very brave to tell your stories i read with sometimes tears in
my eyes
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"c palmer" <PALMER_ENT@webtv . net > wrote in message
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>I have BPH, and the size of my prostate is 32ccm. Is it a very great
> one, or not so much ?
>
> =====> i question just how well the machines can measure the prostate
> when it is inside the body.
>
> in my case, they measured mine with a TRUS unit and it measured at 39
> cc.
>
> i had the usual symptoms about getting up in the night. but they also
> put me on the table and checked to see just how much urine i was
> retaining after going to the bathroom. it measure at about 30 cc.
>
> they said that the prostate had grown enough that it was pushing into
> the floor of the bladder causing a pool to form, which is why i was
> holding back urine.
>
> then, i got the news that i had prostate cancer shortly after all of
> this took place.
>
> when they ripped out the prostate and slapped it on the path table and
> weighed it. it weighed in a 55 grams, which is a big difference from
> the 39 grams just a few months before.
>
> hope this information helps.
>
> knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional
> "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
> invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
> * community.webtv . net /PALMER_ENT/doc
>