out comes the cather

hey guys, some more good news. got the ole tube out today. feels great. my urine flow is not as good as i expected but its coming out. i did not experince no burning and no spasms yet. hope not to. trying to limit my liquids for today but tomorrow im going to load up and stay hydrated. used one pad all day. see how that will go tomorrow when i drink alot.    neil

Plugedup. That is great news....You should be dry in short order if you are using only 1pad a day.

Jeff T

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Jeff T Age 57

9/08 PSA 5.4, referred to Urologist
9/08 Biopsy: GS 3/4=7
10/08 Nerve sparing open RRP- Path Report: GS 3+3=7 Stg. pT2c, margins clear
3 mts: PSA .05 undetectable

10th month PSA <0.01
1year psa <0.01
ED- 5 mg Cialis daily, pump daily, going to try MUSE next. Next step injections.

Neil, glad to hear your rubber tail is a thing of the past, and at one pad you're making exceptional progress!

Thanks for the report.

Sheldon AKA Sleepless

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Age 67 in Apil '09 at news of 4 of 12 cores positive T2B and Gleason 3 + 3 and 5% to 25% PSA 1.5

Re-read of slides in June said Gleason 3 + 4 same four cores 5% to 15%

June 29 daVinci prostatectomy, Dr. Eric Estey, at Royal Alexandra Hospital Edmonton one night stay

Flew home to Winnipeg on July 3 after 5 nights in Ramada Inn  ---  perfect recovery spot!

Catheter out July 9, so far, so good

Final pathology is 3 + 4 Gleason 7, clear margins, clear nodes, T2C, sugeron says report is "excellent"

First post op PSA Sept 09  less than 0.02

PSA on Oct 23 test again less than 0.02

Oct 1st 09 -- dry at night, during day some stress issues, but better every week. 

Feel free to email me at:  sheldonprostate@yahoo.com    

plugedup,

If you made it through one night--congratulations! That's the first milestone out of the way.

Maybe you should change our name

DJ

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Diagnosis at age 53. PSA 2007 about 2; PSA 2008 4.3
Biopsy September 2008: 6 of 12 cores positive; Gleason 4+3 = 7
CT and Bone scan negative
Da Vinci surgery at City of Hope December 8, 2008
Radical prostatectomy and lymph node dissection
Catheter out on 7th day, replaced on 8th day, out again 14th day following negative cystogram
Pathology: pT2c; lymph nodes negative; margins involved; 41 grams, 8% involved by tumor; same Gleason 4+3=7
PSA 1/22/08 non-detectable! 8-)
4/23/09, 07/30/09 still undetectable!

If you had your catheter taken out, you shouldn't be worried about bladder spasms, they are usally the result of having a catheter in place.

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Age: 57, 56 dx, PSA: 7/07 5.8, 7/08 12.3, 9/08 14.5, 10/08 16.3
3rd Biopsy: 9/08 - 7/7 Positive, 40-90% Cancer, Gleason 4+3
Open RP: 11/08, Rht nerves saved, 4 days in hospt, on catheters for 63 days, 5th one out 1/09
Path Rpt: Gleason 3+4, pT2c, 42g, 20% cancer, 1 pos margin
Post Surgery  PSA: 2/09 .05,5/09 .1, 6/09 .11. 8/09 .16
Latest: 7/9 met 2 rad. oncl, 7/9 cath #6 - blockage, 8/9 2nd corr surgery, 8/9 cath #7 out  38 days, 9/9 - met 3rd rad. oncl., mapped  9/9, 10/1 - 3rd corr. surgery - SP cath/hard dialation, 10/5 - began IMRT SRT - 39 sess/72 gys cath #8 33 days, 11/2- SP Cath #9 in place

plugedup,

Well, you are the first person I've heard of to self cath after PC surgery. I sure wished I'd been allowed to do that. Hope it is letting you tolerate life for the time being. Some people I know self cath as part of their daily life. Other people find this hard to believe. But it can make a nearly normal life possible.

Sorry to hear you had bad spasms too, with no catheter. Please keep us posted.

DJ

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Diagnosis at age 53. PSA 2007 about 2; PSA 2008 4.3
Biopsy September 2008: 6 of 12 cores positive; Gleason 4+3 = 7
CT and Bone scan negative
Da Vinci surgery at City of Hope December 8, 2008
Radical prostatectomy and lymph node dissection
Catheter out on 7th day, replaced on 8th day, out again 14th day following negative cystogram
Pathology: pT2c; lymph nodes negative; margins involved; 41 grams, 8% involved by tumor; same Gleason 4+3=7
PSA 1/22/08 non-detectable! 8-)
4/23/09, 07/30/09 still undetectable!