Re: ejaculate

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You're not giving us your full story, so I'm going to _guess_ that you've had a

prostatectomy.

The prostate produces most of the fluid that makes up seminal fluid. When the

prostate is removed, most men have no ejaculate (or very little ejaculate).

If your ejaculate is " thin and clear " , I'd say that you have more ejaculate than

most of us (post-prostatectomy).

When a urologist says " cancer-free " , he usually means that your PSA is so low

it's unmeasurable -- less than 0.01. There's really no other test that I know

of. And " unmeasurable PSA " doesn't _really_ mean " cancer-free " -- it means

that, if any cancer remains, it's so tiny that it doesn't produce enough PSA to

be measured.

DRE's after a prostatectomy? Two considerations:

.. . . You've had surgery, and may have some scarring that would make a DRE

difficult -- " Is that a tumor, or a post-surgical scar? "

.. . . If you _did_ have any tumors growing, they'd be picked up by a PSA test

before the doctor could feel them.

I don't have a medical degree; you might want to talk with your urologist about

this stuff.

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> Hi,,,,I wonder if I can get any replys to this post? First I think of my self

as cancer free, by what my urologist tells me although I dont really think he is

doing that great of a job. Anyways my ejaculate has been thin and clear since

my prostate biopsy over a year ago. My Dr said he didnt know what would cause

this, he said it may be the proscar I am taking. I have not had a dre for over

a year, I just assumed either my urologist or family dr would do one with out

asking. Good luck to all thank you dan

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I think Dan may have had a prostate biopsy and was found to be cancer negative.

GREAT! But after my biopsy, there was certainly a change in my ejaculate along

the lines described by Dan: thin and clear. And that was after the initial

reaction of blood in the ejaculate and very temporary impotence. So the biopsy

itself can be the cause of some notable disruption in the normal function of the

prostate and consequently some disruption of our normal sexual function. I note

that I can recall no discussion of these side effects of a prostate biopsy with

my urologist prior to the procedure!

Dan........how about filling us in on exactly what your situation is? Are you

cancer free because you had prostatectomy or because your were fortunate and had

a negative biopsy?

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> Hi,,,,I wonder if I can get any replys to this post? First I think of my self

as cancer free, by what my urologist tells me although I dont really think he is

doing that great of a job. Anyways my ejaculate has been thin and clear since

my prostate biopsy over a year ago. My Dr said he didnt know what would cause

this, he said it may be the proscar I am taking. I have not had a dre for over

a year, I just assumed either my urologist or family dr would do one with out

asking. Good luck to all thank you dan

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