numb tongue

Not in my case, sorry you are having the issue

Scott

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Diagnosed @ 48yo 04/07

Welcome here #56, glad you found us, and glad you are on the other side of your surgery. Haven't heard of the numb toungue before, hopefully someone else here has.

David in SC

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Age 56, 56 at DX, PSA 7/7 5.8, 7/8 12.3

??? It was numb to start with...you said after 8 days it was still numb? Wonder what caused it to be numb in the first place. I know that they stuff tubes down you, but haven't heard of them giving anything that would last that long. Have you spoken to your doctor yet?

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You are beating back cancer, so hold your head up with dignity

56,
I haven't heard of that before. Perhaps as was mentioned the tubes during the op did something to a couple of the nerves in your tongue. I sure would raise the matter with my doc though. During the op you're tilted for a few hours, feet up, head down which tends to make people dizzy after a while.....perhaps another little rare side effect?
Bill

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1/05 PSA----2.9 3/06-----3.2 3/07-------4.1 5/07------3.9 All negative DREs
Aged 59 when diagnosed
Biopsy 6/07
4 of 10 cores positive for Adenocarcinoma-------bummer!
Core 1 <5%, core 2----50%, core 3----60%, core 4----50%
Biopsy Pathologist's comment:
Gleason 4+3=7 (80% grade 4) Stage T2c
Neither extracapsular nor perineural invasion is identified
CT scan and Bone scan show no evidence of metastases
Da Vinci RP Aug 10th 2007
Post-op pathology:
Positive for perineural invasion and 1 small focal extension
Negative at surgical margins, negative node and negative vesicle involvement
Some 4+4=8 identified ........upgraded to Gleason 8
PSA Oct 07 <0.1 undetectable
PSA Jan 08 <0.1 undetectable
PSA April 08 <0.001 undetectable (disregarded due to lab "misreporting")
PSA August 08 <0.001 undetectable (disregarded due to lab "misreporting")
Post-op pathology rechecked by new lab:
Gleason downgraded to 4+3=7
Focal extension comprised of grade 3 cells
PSA September 08 <0.01 (new lab)
PSA February 09 <0.01

Had DaVinci 1-9-09 56 and no numb tongue for me. But I can tell you that my father had a benign tumor removed from under his collar bone a few years ago. The pathology report stated it was a nerve bundle. He has had a droopy right eyelid every day since he left the hospital. I guess random nerve pathways can go any direction. I hope your numbness goes away soon.

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Age at DX 57

Havn't talked to Dr. yet, go back to him in 6 days for cath. removal. Glad when that is out..Although it is nice not getting up in the middle of the night to piss. After cath. is out, sounds like a whole new adventure begins...

I do believe that any surgery can have some occasional strange side effects. In my case after the surgery my left heel was so tender that I could barely put any weight on it .
One morning the pain was gone.

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Age - 55
2004 PSA 2.7
2008 PSA 5.8
Sept 2008 PSA 5.66
Oct 2008 PSA 6.67
Biopsy on 11/25/2008 cancer found in 10% of one core , gleason 3+3=6
open RRP done on 1/14/2008. Pathology showed 20% of prostate cancerous, gleason 3+3=6, contained in capsule
First post op PSA 2/10/09 - 0.07
As of 2/11/09 down to one or two pads per day