Prostate Biopsy Alternatives and Options: My Story

Personal Blog on Treatment and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer, Prostatitis and BPH

Entries for February, 2009

First Day at the NIH

Despite nearly being stuck at O’Hare airport in Chicago due to thunderstorms, my flight managed to depart for Reagan Washington National.  For anyone looking for a hotel near the NIH, I’m staying at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda until I’m admitted on Sunday.  The Hyatt is very conveniently located right atop a metro station.  One transfer [...]

Making A Difference

I don’t plan to be racing anytime soon in order to raise funds for worthy charities related to supporting prostate cancer research.  Instead, I’d like to give credit to another Darren who is my age and is now racing for a cure:
http://darrenritch.blogspot.com/2009/02/help-me-make-difference.html
If you are considering a charitible contribution for medical research, please take a look.  [...]

Ultrasound Images At Last

$950 later, I finally got a whopping five ultrasound images.  This was from my prostate ultrasound test in New York City last month by Dr. Robert Bard.  The lure of the “3-D/4-D” power doppler sonogram was the promise of hundreds or thousands of color enhanced images that could be turned into a three dimensional view that would also show motion in [...]