post op testicle discomfort

My RRP was on 1/21/09 and I had the same prob up until just recently, getting less frequent as time went by. I don't remember it over the last couple of weeks so I expect you'll have the same. If not, better talk to your doc.

Good luck,
Garth

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Vitae:
DOB: Q4'46, HT: 5'9", WT: 180
PC:
Biopsy: 12/08
Cores: 4 of 12+ positive
PSA: <2.5
DRE: Slight enlargement, one node
Gleason: 3+3
Surgery: RRP on 1/21/09
Catheter: 15 days
Pathology:
Adenocarcinoma occupying 5% of prostatic volume (right posterior aspect)
Gleason: 3+2
No extraprostatic extensions
Perineural invasion within prostate only
No angiolymphatic invasion
No seminal vesicle invasion
Clear margins
AJCC: pT2a
Post-op PSA's
3/10/09 < 0.014 (undetectable by machine)

Same here. But I am now two years away from surgery and still have occasional discomfort. But I think it is now due to the clinical castration treatment I am still on. I believe this is rare but normal.

Tony

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Age 46 (44 when Dx)

I had robotic surgery and had some minor pain in my right testicle. I emailed my doctor about it and he was not concerned. The pain disappeared after few weeks.

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Age: 67
PSA 9/05 1.15; 8/06 1.45; 12/07 2.41; 8/08 3.9; 11/08 3.5 free PSA 11%
Dx 12/30/08
2 cores out of 12 were positive Gleason (4+4) and (4+5)
Negative CT scan and bone scan done on 1/16
Robotic surgery performed 2/9/09
Surgeon: Dr. Randy Fagin, Austin TX.
Pathology report:
Prostate weighed 57 grams size:5.2 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm
Bilateral 10-20% involved
Gleason 4+4
both nerve bundles removed,
pT3a Nx Mx
Negative margins
seminal vesicles clean
Lymph nodes: not dissected
1st PSA test 4/7/09 result <0.1

Danipani's response made me wonder - is the scrotum really inflated during the Davinci procedure?

My surgeon did not mention that as part of the procedure and it doesn't sound very pleasant.