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.

Welcome to HW, Skippy. Thanks for sharing the cost of your surgery info. Keep us posted.

David in SC

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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