Home yesterday all is well Help please with gas pain remedy!

soxfan

I too had a little rough time with the gas, that was one of the hardest parts. After the first BM it got a little better and kept on walking also but one thing I fount that helped me especially at night when laying down was to put a warm pad on my lower stomach which helped relax the muscles and pass gas, at least it helped for me. Great news on getting through the surgery and it does get much better with each day, may you have a speedy and sucessful recovery.

Norskie

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norskie

Age 49, PSA 6.22 on 9-26-06

Biopsy 11-01-06, 2 of 13 cores 10% cancer, 2 other cores abnormal Up-dated 20% prostate cancerous

Gleason score 3+3=6 After Surgery Pathology report 4+3=7 a couple agressive Grade 5 cells found

Da Vinci surgery 01-09-07 UW Madison

Pathology Report- cancer 100 % capsual contained 1-18-07

1st & 2nd Post PSA Blood Test .1 and less - Undetectable

3nd Post PSA Blood Test 01-17-07 .3

March 27th PSA .4 Begin Salvage Radiation April, 14 2008

Incontenence-Pad free since end of May 07 4 1/2 months post surgery 

ED back to 95% prior to surgery - no medication required.

Sox,

They would not allow me to leave the hospital until I passed gas and had some sort of a BM. My 1st suggestion would be to call the Doc and let them know he has yet to pass gas or have a BM.

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52 years old
T1c 3+3=6
DaVinci July 16, 2007
largest cancer .2mm
Bladder Sling installed during prostate removal
nerve sparing with both nerve bundles intact
all cancer contained within prostate nothing near margins
11 weeks post-op - no more pads
3 PSA's all < .1 - Undetectable

I too was not allowed to leave the hospital until they heard farts! It was four days before a stool. He needs to walk. Movement is the best thing to get the gas moving as well as the muscles lineing the intestines. I used to think this was gas left in the abdomen from the surgery they were talking about. This is the gas caused by the systolic movement being brought to a complete standstill - and it takes a while for it to get going. So this is methane building up. Use those stool softeners - my doc said three times a day - even before a BM was anywhere in sight. That first BM is weird...and you must not push at all. It's a real lesson in trusting your body. He has to sit there and relax and let the bowel muscles do all the work with no aid from his abdomen. It will take some time. it gets better quickly, though.

Call your doc and tell them.
Paul

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47 at Diagnosis.

Father died of Pca 4/07 at 86.

1/06 PSA 3.15

1/07 PSA 4.6      (Biopsy 3/07 just suspicious)

10/07 PSA 5.06   (Biopsy 11/07  1 of 12 with 8% involvment) (1mm)

Da Vinci surgery Jan 5, '08 at Mt. Sinai Hosp. NYC  www.roboticoncology.com

Saved both nerve bundles.

Path Report:  Stage T2cNxMx

-Gleason (3+3)6

-totally contained to prostate,

-10% involvement in L & R Mid lobes

PSA 0 at six weeks

Pad free on March 14 - (10 weeks.)

ED - Take 100mg viagra every night.

Totally usable erections at 10 weeks.

Soxfan,

A huge congrats to you guys.  I am very happy to hear that your recovery has started.  I have heard of this gas problem before my surgery.  I needed to prove to them that things were movin before I could go.  My daughter ( my nurse) had me up walkin to beat the band. Man I walked and walked.  No lying down during the day at first either.  Up, Up, Up.  I guess she herself had a gas problem and didnt want me to get it.  I hope yours is quick to subside.

Boy its great that all is pretty good.

Take care,

Frank

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Diagnosed 01-08-08 @ 53 years old 

DRE normal - High PSA for 5 or more years

2004 Biospy negative - 2008 Biopsy positive (01-08-08)

10 cores, 1 positive and at 1% of that one core

Current PSA 6 - Bone and Ct scans negative

clinicalg Staged at T1C - Gleason 3+3 = 6

Robotic Da Vinci performed March 27th, 2008

University of Chicago,5 hour surgery , 3 hour recovery

Unexpected Cardiac issues appear and disappear?

Hospital stay 30 hours - Catheter out in 7 days  normaly expected leakage - Erectile funtion back on line 9 days 

Post Pathology T2C, Gleason 7, 10 % of both portions of prostate, Seminal vessels clear, fat tissue clear,Tumor on top of prostate distal from apex. 1 positve margin at urethra and bladder.

Six week PSA < 0.05 Ya Ba Da Ba Dooooooooooo.  Put a steak on the grill Wilma!!!!

Oncologist to discuss case with Urologist and Radiation Oncologist to consider radiation.

Hey there dirtmover, congrats to you on getting here although this point can be frustrating ...so sorry. Did you try milk of magnesia and LOTS of liquids? Putting a pillow under your knees helps too. 48 hours should make a big difference, we will be thinking of you! Annie

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dx. 3-08  @ age 63. gleason 6 . 1 out of 12 cores positive. 4th biopsy in 8 years. previous 3 negative. followed closley due to family hx.grandfather, father and 2 uncles dx. with prostate cancer. dre negative, cat and bone scan negative. davinci scheduled for may 27, 2008. 2 daughters, retired hospital administration, air force family years ago.

thank you annie were still laid up in a motel 700 miles from home ,last night i got a good nights sleep for the first time before the proceedure im tryin to drink more but im afraid of the gas pains again,im eating chicken soup and oatmeal tho,, not all is bad today i woke up with very little pain in the shoulders which was almost unbearable before im gonna go put some of those unlimited miles on the rental car today and try to feel normal again.......THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT what an awsome brother/sisterhood we have here..........mr and mrs dirtmover

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Diagnosed November 2007

PSA 3.9 / Gleason 6 / TC1 6 cores 1 shows 25%

Sugery scheduled 5/29/08 - City of Hope - Dr. Mark Kawachi