http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/ Protons for Prostate Cancer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:53:43 GMT C Pdk http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4828 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4828 Bruce, If you haven’t already, go to the ProtonBob website and become a member. There you can check to see if your insurance company has approved anyone else Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:42:39 GMT C Pdk http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4827 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4827 Hi JC,   In our research for our insurance appeal, we had the most difficult time nailing down the impotence rate of PC treatments. There is much more info on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:16 GMT Bill http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4826 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4826 Thanks Fuller. The Wikipedia article states that the linac accelerates charged particles. Photons have no charge. But conventional radiation therapy is Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:57:59 GMT zz Jones http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4825 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4825 Yep, these are dumb questions... and the answers are also dumb. Here's my try: A linear accelerator is large tube (usually) that is pumped as dry as can be so Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:25:35 GMT Fuller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4824 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4824 A year is a bit too long. I am not a physicist either, but one thing I learned when I had to research Prostate cancer treatment methods was that Google is Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:53:56 GMT Bill http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4823 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4823 I have not been able to answer a couple of seemingly simple questions dimly related to proton therapy. First, in conventional radiation therapy, what does a Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:50:47 GMT Fuller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4822 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4822 Bruce, Thanks for the rapid response. There are some here that have fought the insurance and won. I do not know if there has been a success against Humana or Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:56:49 GMT Bruce Farmer http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4821 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4821 Fuller, Thank you for the welcome. A little about my situation: I'm 59 y.o., in July I had urinary track pain, with some blood in my urine. Alarmed, I when to Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:56:14 GMT Fuller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4820 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4820 who says: "I live in the Houston area and I am pursuing PBT with MDA. However, Humana has denied treatment as "not medically necessary" and I am appealing Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:42:24 GMT donandmar http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4819 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4819 Dear JC: Excuse the typo. My journal address is:http://protondon.blogspot.com/ Don O. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:42 GMT JOHN DADAK http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4818 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4818 I'm from south Florida and elected to go to JAX. Had three treatments so far and went as smooth as can be . Elected to go to a dinner  for patients last night Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:52:35 GMT ppreuss@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4817 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4817 Yes - Gerry Troy is an important part of working with patients and those who support them. Gerry, however, announced this Wednesday that he will be retiring Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:06:16 GMT Fuller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4816 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4816 Here is another "unsubstantiated" opinion: Proton Therapy is the one treatment for prostate cancer with the LEAST impact on sexual capability. Stack the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:47 GMT Fuller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4815 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4815 Sharon, I am sure this discussion is not meant to be a "selling" thing. I think that we each tend to push one site over another if we went there. I am as Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:29:11 GMT Fuller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4814 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/protoninfo/message/4814 Cal's question is designed to make you ask: "Who is Gerry Troy?" Thanks Cal!!! Well, Gerry is a great guy who was "recruited" by UFPTI from guess where???