Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:   
      
   DS>  Hope you and yours had a good Christmas.   
      
      
              Christmas 2014 was a fairly quiet one, but IMHO we all needed that.   
   Once upon a time our daughter would grumble about being cooped up in the house   
   if Dallas & I hadn't arranged an outing.  In those days we went to every party   
   organized by some local charity or whatever.  With the SARS epidemic many such   
   gatherings were discontinued.  However, she's a bit older now as well....  :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  It has been busy for me, medical wise.   
      
      
              Never a dull moment, eh?  I seem to recall that another person   
   said, many years ago, "Can't I have a few dull moments... please??"  ;-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  I had a double ended (front and back) procedure just before   
   DS>  Christmas. They did a cystoscopy up through the penis and   
   DS>  urethra to look into the bladder, and took an image of the   
   DS>  prostate through the rectum. Naturally, I was asleep for both. :)   
      
   DS>  I'm a prime candidate for this new prostate relief procedure   
   DS>  called Urolift   
      
      
              I hadn't heard of it.  Thanks for the info....  :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  ...and I never thought I'd be so excited about a surgical   
   DS>  procedure.   
      
      
              It certainly does sound preferable to the alternatives.   
      
      
      
   DS>  Enlarged prostate issues are part of males growing old   
      
      
              So I gather.  In most cases they're probably not a serious cause   
   for concern... apart from the inability to pee, which can be lif   
   -threatening.  ;-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  I have a follow-up with the urologist in late January, but   
   DS>  the procedure likely won't be done until February. But, from   
   DS>  what I've read, this is an excellent option   
      
      
              I see you've done your homework.  I like that....  :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  and will likely mean I can stop taking Flomax (Tamulosin).   
      
      
              Yes, I've heard of Flomax.  As a rule of thumb I consider surgery   
   to be a last resort.  But if it means one doesn't have to count on   
   pharmaceuticals ad infinitum I'm interested... and I'd do a similar   
   risk/benefit analysis.  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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