My husband has been taking Lupron shots for prostate cancer for 8 years - off and on. Why is Lupron still so terribly expensive if it has been around this long? In the states, the cost was over $2,000 for a three month shot. Now, we live in Mexico and learned about Zoladex (Soladex) available here for $700 for a three month shot for basically the same thing. Even $700 is riduculously expensive. Are the drug companies trying to add to the misery of having cancer by financially ruining those unfortunates?|||A great deal of Takeda Abbott%26#039;s overall income comes from the sale of Lupron, thereby making it one of the most lucrative drugs in the world (this is even despite the record $875million fines they had to pay out under the federal RICO statutes for fraudulent pricing schemes and doctor kickbacks). It also is pricey due in part to the fact that TAP has had a lock-up on the patent until very recently, which did not allow for generic Leuprolide sales until the immediate past few years. TAP (a joint venture between the US-based Abbott Pharma and Japan%26#039;s Takeda Corp.) also has a chokehold on the GnRH market around the globe.

Zoladex, on the other hand, is a Goserelin implant made by AstraZeneca, which, while it has US holdings and offices around the world, is a United Kingdom corporation whose major product line(s) are not geared towards the GnRH family (in general). So, they are typically a bit cheaper.

In any event, TAP has a Patient Assistance Program which might interest you. It allows for patients to get reduced and even free Lupron depending on their circumstances. Call 800-830-1015 and ask for the Lupron assistance program for more info.

Also - see if you can obtain Viadur in place of the Leuprolide. It might cost much less. See http://www.viadur.com/about/answers.htm for more info.

Hope that helps.|||Because the makers of those products are paying companies of the generic brands to keep their products off the market for certain lengths of time. Sometimes many, many years.

On top of it - What additional funding B Clinton authorised for the research companies, Bush has stripped it away.

Sucks doesn%26#039;t it?

I am 65 and retired after a lifetime teaching- I have tried many things including acupuncture,cognitive behaviour therapy, diet modification chinese medicine(herbs) supplements such as Korean ginseng- I try to keep my mind active by being involved in things- I help at a school on two half days per week and I teach computers to senior citizens and learn Bridge on another day. This has helped but on the other days I find it more difficult because if I try to read for example, I just fall asleep. I can%26#039;t do a lot of gardening because I suffer with a very bad back. I go walking half an hour a day. What i%26#039;d like to do is get back to golf. I%26#039;m waiting for the cooler weather and back strngthening exercises I%26#039;m doing to work. I have prostate cancer and a heart problem but I don%26#039;t worry about these - the cancer is not causing any problems at this popint in time.Any ideas to help withthe chronic fatigue.????|||there could be many reasons for depression. You may have alot going on or feel like your not wanted, needed or loved. Yes depression can be cured but it%26#039;s REALLY hard to do. It really depends on what stage you are in. IM or E-mail free_help2@yahoo.com %26amp; they can help|||You may have sleep apnea. Go to a sleep disorder testing place and get tested. You might be tired all the time because you aren%26#039;t getting a good nights rest.|||Start meeting and dating exiting people, You can still learn something.What is your goal in life?|||http://www.chronicfatigue.org/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome check it out.|||You are on the right track of keeping busy, getting

involved, helping others. You didn%26#039;t mention church

or prayer life. You must include this and surround

yourself with Christian friends that will pray for

you and be there for you. Golf is very bad for one%26#039;s

back, but hopefully your back-strengthening exercises

will help. Good Luck and God Bless.

Interested to introduce a brand new supplement to the U.S. market. Can you give me some advice what needs to be done?

Hello,

Does anyone know what needs to be done be able to legally sell a supplement

that does miracles with many different diseases, such as cancer (most of them)(prostate

cancer, melanoma just to name a few), STDs, HIV and AIDS, ulcers, digestive

system incurable diseases, and many other internal and external disorders? This particular supplement is patented and is currently sold in only one country.. Are

there any specific steps that I have to go through??? I would like this product to be sold as a supplement not a drug. I would appreciate your help..

Thanks,

Jack|||If you plan to sell it as a supplement, you don%26#039;t have to do anything. You don%26#039;t have to prove it works, you don%26#039;t have to prove it is safe, you don%26#039;t have to provide evidence that the pills in the bottle contain the labelled ingredients and you don%26#039;t even need to have your manufacturing plant inspected to make sure it is clean.

You can%26#039;t claim on the label that the supplement will cure anything, but you can publish a pamphlet claiming such cures as long as the pamphlet isn%26#039;t displayed right beside your supplement on store shelves. And store clerks can make any verbal claim you want.

Smart move to market it as a supplement in the USA. If you called it a drug you would have to prove it safe and effective, test the pills to make sure they contain the labelled ingredients and have your plant inspected. If you called it a food, you would have to ensure that the pills contain the labelled ingredients and that they don%26#039;t contain pesticides, insect parts or other contaminants and you would have to have your plant inspected and approved.

If you market it outside the USA, you will likely also have to prove it to be safe, effective and safely manufactured.

PS: for other readers: %26quot;Patented%26quot; doesn%26#039;t means something works, just that is different from other patented things.|||If this is such a %26quot;miracle%26quot; product with all these terrible incurable and many fatal diseases……why has it not been legally marketed as such and sold all over the world? It%26#039;s really %26quot;patented%26quot;? Then why have we never heard of it? It would be FDA approved. You never even mentioned it%26#039;s name.|||If you market a supplement and say it cures someone then the FDA will treat your supplement as a drug. Just as a side note, your supplement won%26#039;t cure crap.

My son is a very sensitive 8 year old and I have gotten the news that his biological father has prostate cancer and is in the hospital.

Before too much more is said, please understand, he has not seen or spoken to this man in over three years, by the father%26#039;s choice.

His father is or was before cancer, in prison for the second time in two years.

His father%26#039;s family told me the news in a mass sent email, to friends, family, strangers, whoever was in the address book.

His father has had a history of having %26quot;diseases%26quot; that are killing him since i met him in 1993. He is still alive.

I am not on speaking terms with his father, but if the worst were to happen, I would take him to see him, sick or dead. That would be the only way I would travel that far (over 600 miles).

I have no idea how to say this to my son or even how much of it is true, please help.|||Unfortunately, there isn%26#039;t really any easy way to do this.

It%26#039;s amazing how resilient kids can be……he hasn%26#039;t seen this man in over 3 years…..the kid only knows what you tell him.

I would say don%26#039;t say anything yet…….wait and see what happens. This could just be another attention ploy and no reason to put your kid through it.|||BS%26quot;D

i would not even tell him a word. When it happens, you will deal with it then.

seriously would not tell him.|||You must tell him everything including the prison, other sicknesses, etc..

I know that I don%26#039;t think like a normal person, but I would take him to see him b4 he died. I am not much for funerals.|||I wouldn%26#039;t say anything till i was 100% sure of it being true.|||Given the past history, why not just wait until something definitive comes about? Once you know for sure that the situation is terminal, then you can inform your son. No sense stirring up a situation at this point.|||Honestly, I would not tell my 8 year old son anything. And I would especially not take him 600 miles away to see the father, sick or dead. What%26#039;s the point? It sounds like that father had alot of problems, and he was not involved with his son%26#039;s life for the past three years. As a Mom, I believe you should spare your son any grief over this. Don%26#039;t drag him into a messy situation. Whether the biological father lives or dies doesn%26#039;t really matter right now. When your son is older, you can always discuss this with him and explain how you are protecting him at this time. It will not help your son in any way to have him see his father. Take care of your son.|||It%26#039;s difficult when parents call their children %26quot;sensitive%26quot; It usually means serious behavioral problems stemming from being overindulged.

That said, Son needs to know the facts. Not the editorials from you - just the plain facts.

Since Bio-Dad has a history of hypochondria, get the facts first. Yes, this means contacting him and/or his family for the truth. After all, they broke the silence by emailing you. Do your best to get the facts first.

Once armed with the facts - and let%26#039;s assume that Bio-Dad genuinely has terminal cancer of some kind - then break it truthfully to Junior that his Bio-Dad is quite ill - and that it is serious enough to warrant traveling to visit him in person. Explain that this trip is out of respect for his now genuinely dying Bio-Dad - Not necessarily to patch up differences between the three of you.

If Jr asks what kind of illness, tell him the truth. It%26#039;s cancer and they can%26#039;t operate on it or take medication for it. So he genuinely doesn%26#039;t have long to be in this world. That%26#039;s why you%26#039;re making plans to visit him once more - and again it%26#039;s out of respect.|||Considering the father%26#039;s past history of %26quot;illnesses%26quot; I think you need to make sure it%26#039;s even true. If he truly is sick then just be honest with your son about it. Sensitive kid or not no child really wants to hear about a parent being ill, even if the parent is mostly absent. Just be supportive to your child and let him know that it is ok to feel upset and that whenever he wants to talk you will be there for him.|||I agree completely with Barbara on this one.

Call the hospital, get the facts and then talk with your son.|||Here%26#039;s the thing: It sounds like his father may not want any contact. He may just be that way. However, there are a lot of people that when it is time for them to face their own mortality they get very religious and forgiving.

You need to be prepared in either case.

You should talk about it with your son and explain that if his father wants the privacy to deal with his illness alone that is something that has to be respected. However, sometimes experiences like this can change people%26#039;s lives (for better or worse). He might want to see your son again to become a better father, or he might just want to be able to say goodbye and get some closure.

In any case, it%26#039;s better that your son have some time to take the information and process it. Get used to the idea. That way, whatever happens it%26#039;s not going to be like he was suddenly given a %26quot;shock%26quot;. He%26#039;ll have been given time to think about the whole process, and what it means to the group of you.

Please explain to me why people refuse to fix their pets!

I understand that there are a few reputable breeders out there who are breeding to better the breed an offer high quality pets to good families.

But, why, when it costs less than $100 at a low cost clininc to have the dogs fixed, why wouldn%26#039;t they? Do people not understand that it is healthier for the animal? Why, why, why???!!!

I really want to know if there was a legitimate reason for it.

Also, spaying a female before they reach 18 months old decreases their chance of getting breast cancer by 200%. The risk of prostate cancer and enlargement is likely to occur in 80% of male dogs who are not neutered .|||My parents weren%26#039;t much for bothering to spay/neuter the dogs. They gelded the horses, and castrated teh calves, but the pets…no. I couldn%26#039;t tell you why. I do kn ow that *I* am totally different. As soon as I am done showing or breeding them, they get altered. If any flaw shows up and I decide to place a pup I am growing out for show, it is spayed or neutered. Any that don%26#039;t make the cut for growing out to show get placed on spay/neuter contracts. I find altered pets SO much easier to live with!|||Some people act as if pets are just objects and not living things. They are lazy and greedy.|||Some people are just that cheap. And many people aren%26#039;t educated about the health risks of not spaying and neutering. Some people still think that females are %26quot;better pets%26quot; after they%26#039;ve had a litter. These people are stupid and vets try their best to convince them but they aren%26#039;t always successful|||Well, just from my own experience, it seems like some (not all) guys are really hesitant to neuter their male dogs, because the idea just seems to upset them. I just sometimes want to yell at them, %26quot;Your dog is not going to miss his testicles! He%26#039;s a puppy, and he won%26#039;t care that they%26#039;re gone!%26quot;

I think other people just kind of put it off, procrastinate, and forget. My vet%26#039;s office offers it as part of a puppy package along with shots and deworming, and all that stuff. It seems to help.|||they want their dogs to reproduce|||Because they won%26#039;t let us take them into the show ring if we do.

Tell me,,,,, would you have him fixed??

http://www.hunt101.com/img/317248.jpg|||because unfortunately people dont want to take their time to do the research and get the facts that you have shared with us. people get dogs for all sorts of reason and unfortunately they dont think about the fact that it takes more than just purchasing the dogs to make it safe and give it a good start in life. thanks for the info i hope it helps wake some people up about what the risks are.|||Answer this for me plz. I did get my dog fixed and now he is lazy and depressed. He used to be able to clear a 6 foot fence with ease and now he is 30 lbs overweight and does little more than lay on the ground and give me pouty looks. Don%26#039;t get me wrong, he will play…for a few minutes but he is always worn out. So playing only last minutes. Is this because of being fixed…he%26#039;s only 3 years old.|||http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuterhttp://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.h…

Kats, I am not a breeder, I am a working dog handler and trainer. I also do not believe in fixing a dog because I have seen first hand what fixing does to the drive of a working animal. I also do not believe that I should have to subject a dog to a medical procedure just so I can relieve my self of my responsibility of looking after that animal. That%26#039;s what it comes down to, being responsible. In 27 years I have never had a breeding with all intact animals. In Europe it is against the law to %26quot;just%26quot; fix an animal for no reason. They do not believe that you should do it just because. As far as medical benefits, read the articles I sent you above. None exists and the latest research says that it may actually be bad for them.|||lets fix u see how u like it

I HAVE JUST DECLARED WAR! STRIKE ONE IN EFFECT!

What would you do?

Here%26#039;s the situation. He%26#039;s addicted to oxycodone(perks),and has been addicted for a couple of years,now even worse,he%26#039;s an alcohic. Everyday pills and booze day after day,everyday,month,year was repeating it%26#039;s self,he had 2 back surgery%26#039;s,and prostate cancer at age 39 yrs old,and had it removed,and his mother died,I had no problem accepting no sex for the last 3 yrs,but for 3 yrs,no affection whatsoever,it%26#039;s like he lost everything so I must loose too,he made me feel like dying inside,he had given up.We have a 4 1/2 year old boy together,and just before he had his prostate removed we found out I was pregnant again,the boy is 5 now and the girl is 3 1/2 yrs old. I became cold towards him,and angry,he turned me (scorpio) into a Black Widowed Spider.I hated him for what has happened.He comes from a family with schizophrenia,drug abuse,alcohol abuse,mental problems,and I was seeing alot of mental problems starting at the end stages of our relationship,he was getting into porn,he worked for a place where they take care of mental patients (it%26#039;s true)and got fired for abusing one of them,he steals things whereever he goes,but one thing he loved his children they were his life,but he could only take care of them with a bottle in his mouth, He has never been abusive through the whole time we were together,I myself yes did attack him twice,one for getting me evicted,and second for me having to put my 2 dogs asleep,I had to deal with this all by myself.I kept kicking him out,and then allowing him back,then the last time was Christmas he came back,I was doing very well for the children and myself,I felt like living again and was so happy,I remained alone with the children,but let him back to try again,then it was like I felt like dying again,he new it was over,he did try,but the booze and pills still continued,I would look at him like I wanted to rip his head off,I stayed away from him so I went into my son%26#039;s room to clean it this was a couple of days after Christmas,he wasn%26#039;t working at that time I paid for everything,at this time he was going through about 7 days withdrawl from the pills,so he was drinking heavy,but whenever he drank,he%26#039;s a happy person,you would never know he just consumed 15 to 20 beers. It was the strangest things,I could never understand,and still can%26#039;t. He came down into my son%26#039;s bedroom with a diaper,I was working for hours in the house cleaning and then taking a 5 minute brake,he told me to change my daughter%26#039;s diaper,I looked at him and told him to do it himself,he took the diaper and shoved it into my mouth,I started kicking him and told him to get the f away from me,I got up and went into the kitchen,he followed me and through the bay wipes at me so I bent down to pick them up then while I was down he came in back of me and started to shove the baby wipes into my mouth.I couldn%26#039;t breath,I got away abit on my knees,and then he started kicking me,I turned and looked up and there he was kicking me with a smile on his face but he wasn%26#039;t the only one kicking me my 4 year old son was kicking me too,both were laughing,I looked at my son and said don%26#039;t do that to mommy,I got up,and he used the palms of his hands to hit me in the ribs and chest,I freaked out and started to fight back,my son at this time was at my feet laying on the floor,his father kept hitting me and I was falling on my son,trying not to fall on him,my son later said daddy was stepping on my hair,my son was pinned to the ground by his hair,my son got up and his nose was bleeding,I looked at my son but his father was in front of me blocking me with his hand,so I fought to get away,then I was some how on the ground again,and I couldn%26#039;t stop screaming,I went into shock,then I realized I had wet myself,I grabbed the counter to pull myself up,and went to help my son,I put him in my room,I grabbed the phone and he said he would kill me if i called the police,then he wasn%26#039;t there in the room,I tried the phone but there was no dial tone,so I proceded to the basement,and there he was moving away from the wall,he had unplugged the phone lines,so I kept trying til I could get them back on,and i did, so I called his father crying and told him what has happened,and to get his son out of my house,and he replied he wasn%26#039;t going to do that,and for me to call the police,but I knew i couldn%26#039;t.I also called my sister.He listened to my phone calls,after I grabed the phone and a knife and went to my room where both my children were now sleeping.I locked my door and stayed awake all night afraid,he didn%26#039;t come near me,I knew had to leave early in the morning for an appointment so I waited and when he left around 6 or7 am,I came out of my room and locked all the doors,now I knew I had him out and if he did try to re enter it would be break and enter and I would have called the police,on Jan 12 we heard from him again,he threatened me if I call the police, and we haven%26#039;t heard from him yet,that same day I checked all windows in the house to make sure they were all locked,the basement windows have boards and thing up in front of them and I found 3 windows unlocked,I new it was him,and the boards and things were placed back,I keep my children with me everynight, I%26#039;m afraid,I don%26#039;t sleep at night I protect the house,I wait for the sun to come up then I rest,I%26#039;m tired,hurt,exausted,the pain from the attack was bad I had problems breathing my ribs ad chest hurt so bad,it took a month to heal,the children I keep very busy,and happy.I am ready to go to the police station and report him,but it%26#039;s been a month,no doctor records,but I did take pictures of the bruises.I told my son what his father has done is very bad,and that was the end of the story. He will never see his son again,nor does he care,no financial help at all. LOVE AND WAR!|||GIRL,

you put your story out there.

GOD BLESS YOU

i was going to say I%26#039;m Capricorn and he%26#039;s Gemini. NO.

MY OLD MAN IS ON THE SAME COCKTAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

be strong GOD has great plains for you. your child may be the next president of the united states on your hands.

don%26#039;t be discourage,mommy%26#039;s are endures

and that is not a love war it is an addiction for you too.

you love or loved this man been through hell and back.

listen by a book on self esteem or from the library while your child is at school.

i know that feeling when your fighting ,deep in your soul it%26#039;s a feeling you cannot describe.

please attend church and give it to GOD.

the best of luck sisters in astrology and cocktails

VICKI

I made an appointment for my six month old male chihuahua to get neutered. While I was in the waiting room, the vet gave me a copy of an article about the pros and cons of neutering a small breed dog. The article focused more on the cons. I didn%26#039;t understand why the vet was trying to tell me… I thought that neutering was a must! The vet then tells me that it%26#039;s up to me if I want to get him neutered, but that the health benifits are not significant. He said that there is only a very small chance that my dog could get prostate cancer later in life if he is not neutered. On the other hand, the vet said that it is a very good idea to spay a female dog due to avoiding major health problems like breast cancer. He said that the probability of my dog getting another dog pregnant is very small as well (my major concern was that my dog didn%26#039;t father any puppies). He gave a few reasons for this. So I left without neutering my dog, and the vet didn%26#039;t charge me for the visit.|||He is totally wrong. Get your dog nuetered… it%26#039;s only responible. I you are not going to breed or show, get him fixed. It%26#039;s the right thing to do.|||Did he tell you that most dogs that bite are intact males?|||get him neutered or he will hump you and your shoes. and he could get a dog pregnant|||You should get a second opinion…call another vet and explain them your situation.

You were doing a responsible thing, and your vet may just have a prejudice against your breed, your decision, etc.

The best thing you could do is just call and get another opinion from a trusted vet.

Good Luck.|||Wow, I thought that vets were for population control. I would have him neutered to decrease the chance that he would want to pee on things indoors, avoid unwanted puppies, and neutered males smell better.|||Get that dog fixed, although, I waited until my dog was a bit older (11 months) before I got him fixed.|||Well I%26#039;d get another vet and have him neutered. It is not wise to allow your dog to go un-neutered at all. The most reported dog bites are from intact male dogs. They also tend to be more territorial and will mark their territory in your home. The happy dog is a neutered one.|||If Bob Barker knew about this he would dropkick your vet through the wall!|||I think your vet is an idiot. I%26#039;d find another.|||Time to find a new vet. This vet sounds irresponsible and actually quite uneducated.|||besides the most obvious reasons TO neuter your dog, there are the behavioral ones to think about as well. Intact dogs are usually more aggressive and territorial and will most likely mark their territories (INSIDE) far more often than neutered. I had my pug neutered when he was a year old, and his marking tendencies almost completely dropped off.

All the vets I%26#039;ve ever taken my animals to have always stressed the importance of neutering.

I would go get a second opinion. You can always talk to your local shelter for more facts.|||I think your vet was slated to not want to do neutering though I don%26#039;t understand why.

The likeliness disease a dog will get is cancer, and the most common type is reproductive organ related whether male or female. A dog of either sex should be fixed so as to reduce the chance of cancer and accidental pregnancy. It takes but a few seconds for a dog to become impregnanted.

Did the vet mention that a neutered male puppy will stay puppy-like and playful longer into it%26#039;s life than those left unaltered? Also, male dogs left intact will likely mark and have a higher want to roam/escape a yard and be more aggressive than if not neutered.

I think you should consider getting you dog neutered and possibly consider a new vet overall as I would be concerned why he would give you material that you saw was obviously AGAINST neutering without giving the full view of both the pro and cons.

PS. You%26#039;ll save money on your licensing fee if the dog is fixed too.|||Did you ask the vet when he starts to lift his leg to mark (pee) on everything was he going to come to your home and clean it up?

If you catch a male pup before he learns the habit of marking his trail he will pee like a girl and never mark your couch the chair the wall or anything. But if you wait until he is picking up that leg and has learned how….He will mark forever. Millons of un-wanted pets are put to sleep because of opps! And one nite stands (LOL0 please reconsider!|||Wow! what a vet. That%26#039;s crazy!! That%26#039;s one of the first things my vets recommend.The health benefits are enormous!

1.) They live longer!!

2.) Prostate cancer and testicular cancer is not that uncommon..

3.) impregnating another dog.

4.) Prevents marking indoors.

5.) Decrease aggression.

There are no benefits to leaving your dog unneutered unless you plan to breed them.|||I think you need a new vet. Having your dog fixed when he/she is old enough ensures no unwanted puppies for yourself or others and reduces, if not eliminates, the possibilities of illness later on.

My Dad never nuetered his dog and as soon as he started aging (over 10 yrs) it was nothing but problems, which our vet told him could have been eliminated had the dog been nutered earlier in life.|||I would seek another vet%26#039;s advice. And who would want a male dog marking everything. And whining when neighborhood female dogs are in heat.|||I would ask another vet to see what they think|||I would be VERY concerned about this vets credentials!!!! Sure the rate of prostrate cancer is not extremely high but other prostrate issues are as are anal fistulas/tumors in intact dogs of ALL sizes. I persoanly have seen many of these issues..Go find another vet and get your guy neutered..he%26#039;ll live longer %26amp; be healthier for it.

The probability of your dog getting another dog pregnant also isn%26#039;t that small ..if it was there wouldn%26#039;t be so many small dogs as well as big dogs in rescues %26amp; shelters.|||OMG!!! That was very wrong of him. Neutered dogs do have a lot of health benefits and they also end up in shelters way less. I can%26#039;t believe he told you that. Go to another vet. It doesn%26#039;t seem like this one has your dog%26#039;s interests at heart.|||ok im not goign to yell at you, but you need to understand a few things.

1. prostate cancer is Very common, especially in the more well known breeds such as chihuahua%26#039;s. now im not nocking them, but its a fact. the more well known the dog, the more health problems show up in them. and prostate cancer can and will kill him.

2. males will go Miles away from home if they smell a ***** in heat. again another fact. we have had dogs come through wood fences, jump over chain link, break into cars with a female inside, Go thorugh a Glass window, and even hurt someone to mate with a female. yes yorus is a little guy, but he will still do it, he may not be able to hurt anyone but he Will hurt himself.

3. Also temperment if you neuter your puppy as soon as a vet will do it, it can stop a Lot of temperment problems, Marking being number 1. because testoserone doesnt go through the body… unlike if you let him mature then fix him, though even then it lowers it. my show doxie, is 4. we just fixed him. we used to mark, and now its stopped. he was also very possesive. i know im corting problems in a later date, with his health but im keeping a very tight watch on him, with everything. but it does help with temperment.

All of these are facts if you can find the right people who will tell you. a lot of people dont want to. or they may not care, but there are others out there who will. this vet sounds like a unresponsible vet, who you need to stop seeing. atleast in my opinion. and if you dont belive me, go to another vet, even more then just 1 other. look till you find one who you feel is right for you and your dog. but do get your dog fixed as soon as possible. Please. its just all around better.|||i have a Yorkie/maltais, and i would recommend that you don%26#039;t get them neutered, because the anestagia they use to put them asleep is very strong , and can prevent your dog from ever waking up!!!!, i%26#039;m not getting my dog done, too scared i love him too much think about it !!

My husband had surgery to remove his prostate last April, because of prostate cancer. He was lucky, it didn%26#039;t spread. He came home early today complaining of his side hurting and a stomache, and being freezing. My sister took him to the doctor, but I AM SCARED. What could be wrong?????? Or am i just overeacting?????|||yo Kayla… not to worry unless this side discomfort lasts for more than five days or there is sweating while having the chills ( flu )… as for your concerns you can cross off prostate cancer recurrence as causing these aches and pains~~~|||Sounds like he might have a stomach flu…stomach ache, fever that is making him feel cold.

Take a deep breath and let yourself calm down. He is just as likely today to catch a virus now, as he was before he had the cancer treatment. Chances are it is nothing.

Good luck to you!|||first, i%26#039;m glad that the cancer was found in time %26amp; it was removed. good for you that you got him for another 1.5 yrs.

but, sugar, the ONLY person that can truly answer THIS question for you is HIS doctor.

other people (and even other doctors will only be able to spectulate- that is NOT what you need right now).

did you go to the dr%26#039;s visit with your sister %26amp; your husband… or were you too upset.

my i suggest that you pray (to the God of YOUR understanding.. whomever that maybe) for strength %26amp; courage.

and be CALM when you get the info(whatever it may be) about the dr%26#039;s visit.

it %26#039;may be%26#039; nothing. but if it is NOT you will need that strength %26amp; courage to help YOUR husband to get thru this too.|||You have to trust that he has healed from the prostate surgury. Would you be as worried if this had happened before that ?

It could be a simply case of the flu , or a nasty cold , it MIGHT indicate a recurrance of cancer . Taking him to the Doctor was the thing to do. You might be slightly less scared if you went with him .

Good luck, hopefully its something minor .

Feminists with sons: Do you want your boys to have men%26#039;s rights and not be discriminated against by feminism? How do you feel about the fact that feminism has caused society to focus on breast cancer awareness, but ignore prostate cancer? How do you feel about education being given more attention to girls, while boys are ignored in comparison? How do you feel about the fact that if your son becomes a loving caring father and husband, yet divorced an immoral and abusive woman, the courts will side with her and won%26#039;t let him see his own children and he%26#039;ll lose much of what he%26#039;s worked hard for to her? How do you feel about how it%26#039;s now politically incorrect just be a man? Should your son be referred to as a %26quot;potential rapist%26quot; as feminists like Andrea Dworkin has alleged? Do you want the best for your sons?

Also, feminists without sons — if you did have a son would you want him to have rights?|||I just saw your question LS and have to say a big yes for my boys to have a good, successful life free from discrimination.

Will fight tooth and nail to protect my sons from harm of any kind.|||I believe there will come a day when feminists will feel more pressure to answer questions such as yours. Keep up the good work.|||i am sure feminists are like most parents — they would rather eat their children than have them take power from them. its the story of saturn played out over and over again. do you really expect an answer from them?

i think hate mongers have hidden behind the label feminist far too long. lets try to restore the concept of feminism as a constructive movement and also stop giving credence to hate mongers on both sides. if we stopped giving sexist males a voice the hate mongering females would wither and die because they would have nothing left to fight which is really their sole purpose.

until we are all ready to move forward constructively nothing is going to get accomplished.

the only thing i can answer your question with is knowing the rules of womens only spaces — women with male children are usually banished from the tribe when a male child reaches a given age. so the boy is a victim of sexism and ageism at a very early age. sad but true. victims can become abusers.|||The fiction called feminism is a 1970s fad that died with Disco. Sure, some people still listen to the BeeGees, but no one outside their clique takes them seriously. Besides, what do you care how others raise their children? Raise your own offspring to maximize their self-actualization, and let fadists blather.|||No, the feminist would rather kill their son|||My sons are going to be intelligent, university-educated, popular, and comfortable in their masculinity and sexuality, so they won%26#039;t turn into paranoid misogynists.

No worries here!

Edit: Read again, honey. I did answer your question.

Edit II: Riiiight. First of all, I%26#039;m not a ball buster. The men on this forum may think so, but that%26#039;s only because you%26#039;re a bunch of whiny-@ss pansies. Secondly, if I had a gay son I%26#039;d be totally cool with that, so I fail to see how that%26#039;s an insult. Thirdly, being gay isn%26#039;t some sort of learned behaviour because of the way mommy treated you - please.|||I know a woman, whom most men would refer to as a ball buster, who’s only child is a son. She learned a lot about men by having a son, and realized then men have feelings too, even if they don’t show it the same way that women do.

I think it was just desserts that she have a son. She’s not so hard on men now.|||Carrie should learn from Raimbow%26#039;s friend.

To be mother (or father) is agreat responsability to keep alert and learning,for someone else%26#039;s sake(then after,maybe the own%26#039;s).

If you going to put that Pressure on your Child to turn him a %26quot;winner%26quot; you already become a %26quot;loser%26quot;.Learn to accept a new Being first,then a new Person however they wish to be.

Do not manipulate,boys or girls.|||Carrie%26#039;s sons would end up gay. Of that I have the utmost certainty.

Anyway, feminists have got to be the demographic least likely to have kids ever, they probably don%26#039;t care on those grounds.|||I like rainbow%26#039;s answer . I think unfortunately some very intelligent people can have some insanely stupid perspectives. This is not all feminist by a long shot , just the most vocal and perhaps most influential of the feminist . These are the people that use feminism as a weapon to bash males .

My only wish is that these women can use there new found perspective to influence the more radical feminist that the other side has genuine concerns .|||Because I believe in freedom and democracy and equal rights, my son grew up believing in democracy and equal rights, too. That is partly why he is a successful, highly respected attorney and politician today. Those beliefs have served him well. And, because his beliefs have proven so worthy, HE, not you, is making the laws. You see, there are many definitions of masculinity and %26quot;alpha male%26quot;. My son is a true and wise leader and I gladly follow him. What %26quot;jewels of wisdom%26quot; did YOUR mother teach YOU that has afforded you any true respect from the world or any real power? (REAL masculinity has nothing whatsoever to do with owning real estate. Most of the real estate in the U.S. is owned by women, you silly. LOL.)|||I don%26#039;t have any sons but my sister has three of them so I have a pretty good idea about raising them. What I can tell you is that she did not raise them with the attitude of %26quot;boys will be boys%26quot; and let them get away with various misdeeds simply because they were boys. She never would have tolerated them harrassing girls and making lewd and sexist comments about them. I know exactly what it feels like to be on the receiving end of those comments because I went to high school with boys who were like that and so did she. She also did not push them into sports or other types of %26quot;appropriate activities%26quot; for boys. Two of them did play sports but it was their choice, not their parents%26#039;. She encouraged them to do well in school and one of them recently graduated from college and is now going for a doctorate. This particular son did not like sports but preferred art, literature, and classical music. How many other parents out there would have even tolerated having a son like that? They likely would have thought he was gay or a sissy and made him play sports in an effort to toughen him up. This young man, by the way, is not gay. He%26#039;s had a girlfriend for the past several years.|||I want my little brother to have the same rights than anyone else has, but I certainly don%26#039;t want him to start hearing about them from people like you, who promote the idea that all women are out to take men for all they%26#039;ve got. I want him to be a man who trusts women.|||First off you have many questions within this posting. To answer your first question men are not discriminated against by feminism. Feminism is a movement to bring about social and political equality on par with men. On the contrary, we live in a society where males have power. What I mean by power is that collectively males are the ones who are in the highest seats of power from government to the workforce so, no, as a male my son would not be discriminated against.

In terms of the feminism being the cause of breast cancer awareness while at the same time ignoring prostate cancer in society I would definitely dispute that. I think that in terms of medicine there tend to be more gains with treatment of illnesses in men than with women (just my opinion). Breast cancer receives so much attention because of advocacy from many different people and not just feminists and also because if affects so many women.

Educationally, girls are not given more attention than boys, just the opposite. The difference is that now we as a society have become concerned with the differences between girls and boys in the classroom and are talking about it. Part of that is that in the past there has been high rates of teen pregnancy and the idea that girls aren%26#039;t as smart as boys. Again through advocacy, there have been advertisement campaigns dedicated to encourage girls to be involved with after school activities as that will reduce their dropout rate. That is not to say that boys do not drop out of school but of those the percentage is lower.

In terms couples divorcing custody and visitation are considered to seperate things. Also, one has to take into account whether the couple was legally married or just lived together. In certain states if you were legally married then the parents have joint custody (50/50) and with that visitation. However, if you were not married, the custody is usually given to the mother and the father has visitation rights. The men need to petition the courts to have visitation rights if they cannot come to an agreement. This is also slowly changing, increasingly you see men who are the primary caretakers of their children.

It is not politically incorrect just to be a man. I think that many men are feeling encroached upon with certain criteria that has been used to %26quot;level the playing field%26quot; as it were. Historically and currently men are usually given preference over women in the job market. When you look at high level positions such as a VP or CEO there are not as many women in comparision with men. That is not to say that there have not been substantial gains either. In think that the perception is that all these women are overrunning everything but that is not the case. When women do acheive a certain level it may be more publicized or noticed because it is not the norm.

Lastly, as a parent you want the best for your children whether they are male or female. I think you need to take the time and analyze some of the issues you have brought up here and reasearch them for your own benefit.|||I think you need to relook your sources. There is a LOT of information about prostate cancer, boys are NOT ignored, but rather girls are being put into a more equal place and are getting more attention, and to quote Andrea Dworkin as the be-all-end-all feminist is to quote David Duke on the rights of race.

As far as the courts are concerned, yes, often moms are given rights over dads, but I%26#039;ve been hearing more about the rights of the children over the rights of the parents, which is how it should be.

Feminism is equal rights and ranks for ALL!

Please help me. I recently has some symptoms of prostate problem (frequent urination). I had a PSA test and the result was slightly elevated at 2.7 while the cut off was 2.5 (new range as of 11/16/07). My MD ask me to retake the test in 2 weeks. I am only 36 but I had a PSA test earlier this year and it was 1.9 while the cut off was 4.0. It%26#039;s been a week since the symptoms started, but it seemed better last night (I hope that it%26#039;s not too early to say). Do you know if those symptoms can go away on their own? I am worrying so much about prostate cancer. Do my PSA level cause a concern? Please help me. Thank you.|||I have a raised and steady level that was increasing upto 19.2. My age of 58 it should be less then 0.5. I was preferred to an urologist. She (yes a women) performed many tests that can cause increase of your PSA regardless of cancer or not. I was tested for the testicles, bladder, kidneys, and prostate that could increase the PSA. The testicles were an ultra-sound. The kidneys was x-ray filling them up with Iodine. The bladder had a camera up inside my urethra and got see it on a monitor. The prostate got biopsies of 4 so far in 3 years. They put you on your side and insert a probe in the anus and a needle goes in about 12 times in your prostate. It does not hurt at all and I get filled up to numb it. Since my PSA has decreased to almost 6. So far no cancer and I will have to have a blood test often to be sure the PSA is checked. Earlier after 50, had an enlarged prostate and then having urenary problems, including urge contentices. I am ok now though. You can ask me in more detail if you want.|||well my fried psa is not specific for prostatic cancer its raised in any other condition too like infections as wll only test that is 100 % sure for prostate cancer is biopsy thats it and prostatic jypertrophy ur age 36 is too early i guess i think u have simple infection drink some crane barrey juice and use antiobiotics like ciprofloxacin 500 mg 2 times a day for a week thats it did ur md prescribeb u those or some thing else let me knw