Welcome Skippy_1954

Welcome to HW.

Skippy said:
I'll second NotHard in recommending Prof Phillip Stricker of the St Vincents Prostate Cancer Centre in Sydney.
As to the cost, my own open prostatectomy in Nov 2007, done entirely as a private patient, had an all-inclusive cost of approx. AUD 24,000 (USD 21,500) of which my Australian private health insurers have refunded about two thirds.

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Skippy_1954 (Australia)
age at dx 53,
PSA at dx 6.0,
biopsy, Aug 2007: T2aNxMx Gleason 7 (3+4)
open RRP + PLND 01Nov2007, both bundles spared,
post-op pathology pT2aN0Mx, Gl.7 (3+4), margins negative, no perineural involvement, lymph nodes clean.
PSA since surgery undetectable (below 0.04).
Continence back to 100% of pre-op state within 2 mths of surgery;
potency initially nil, 30% at 12 months, 50% at 24 months with regular tadalafil + sildenafil before practical attempts.