My report - 3 weeks out from surgery

abaa2011

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Posted 11/7/2011 1:09 PM (GMT -7)

Hi Everyone,

I would like to thank everyone on the board for the wonderful advice, information and support provided. I have not been very active on the board but do follow the posts regularly. Just wanted to report out the results from my da vinci surgery on Oct 17, 2011. I was very nervous going into the surgery & was worried more about the incontinence and ED issues than the surgery itself. My family, especially my wife & this board helped tremendously in keeping my spirits up. The surgery went well & I woke up with the catheter in place. I must admit that the catheter was as big pain in the rear (figuratively !) & was glad to be rid of it in a week's time. My lower back hurt quite a bit after the surgery (- the doctor thought it must have been the hosital bed). Experienced bad nausea from the anesthesia & couldn't keep anything down for the first 2 days. I had expected my shoulders to hurt from CO2 but the back pain trumped it.

Incontinence wasn't a big issue - I had a pad in place for the first 2 days after catheter removal & didn't need to use it after that. (Would attribute that to Kegels). I do have occasional leaks but hope that it will get better. Currently experiencing ED - keeping my fingers crossed that it will improve over the next couple of weeks/months(?) I do take levitra 10mg every other day but it doesn't seem to have made a difference so far .

Thanks!

RARP - Oct 2011; Final Gleason Score: 6 (3+3); Gland involvement <2%; Pathologic Staging pT2aN0Mx

davidg

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Posted 11/7/2011 1:14 PM (GMT -7)

For the pills to work you need to fool around and I was advised not to for the first month post surgery.

Great news about your success.

40 years old - Diagnosed at 40
Robotic Surgery Mount Sinai with Dr. Samadi Jan, 2011
complete urinary control and good erections with and without meds
Prostate was small, 34 grams.
Final Gleason score 7 (3+4)
Less than 5% of slides involved tumor
Tumor measured 5 mm in greatest dimension and was located in the right lobe near the apex.
Tumor was confined to prostate.
The apical, basal, pseudocapsular and soft tissue resection margins were free of tumor.
Seminal vesicles were free of tumor.
Right pelvic node - benign fibroadiopse tissue. no lymph node is identified.
Left pelvic node - one small lymph node, negative for tumor (0/1)

AJCC stage: pT2 NO MX

Kurt52

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Joined : Nov 2011

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Posted 11/7/2011 7:36 PM (GMT -7)

52 yo with Da Vinci surgery on 10/3/11. Gleason 3+3, nerve sparing on only one side, cancer contained within prostate, zero margins, but throughout prostate. Foley out 10/12. Still with almost complete incontinence. Hard to get past the incontinence, at this point and think of anything else, but have had organisms without erections, also some mild erections. Libido intact. Taking cialis.

Purgatory

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Joined : Oct 2008

Posts : 25440

Posted 11/7/2011 9:59 PM (GMT -7)

abba,

good report so far, glad to hear it. you aren't even a month out of a major surgery, so don't beat yourself up yet, lol. please stay in touch, let us know how the rest of it is going.

david in sc

Age: 58, 56 dx, PSA: 7/07 5.8, 10/08 16.3
3rd Biopsy: 9/08 7 of 7 Positive, 40-90%, Gleason 4+3
open RP: 11/08, on catheters for 101 days
Path Rpt: Gleason 3+4, pT2c, 42g, 20% cancer, 1 pos margin
Incont & ED: None
Post Surgery PSA: 2/09 .05,5/09 .1, 6/09 .11. 8/09 .16
Post SRT PSA: 1/10 .12, 4/8 .04, 8/6 .06, 2/11 1.24, 4/11 3.81, 6/11 5.8
Latest: 6 Corr Surgeries to Bladder Neck, SP Catheter since 10/1/9, SRT 39 Sess/72 gy ended 11/09, 21 Catheters, Ileal Conduit Surgery 9/10

krm001

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Joined : Sep 2011

Posts : 112

Posted 11/10/2011 11:35 AM (GMT -7)

Great report abba. I had my DaVinci on 1026 and catheter out 6 days later. Still have lower abdomen swelling and some discomfort, but continent. Had the same concerns and nightmares before surgery. Good luck.

Age 70 healthy
PSA 1.2
One core left side base Gleason 3+3 (5%)
One core left side lateral base Gleason 3+4 (50%)
Partin Score 70+24+2+3
Stage T2a
DaVinci performed by Dr. Tim Wilson 10/26/11
Catherer out 11/01/11. Continent since
POST SURGERY PATHOLOGY REPORT
No margins involved
Prostate 67.5g
T2a N0 M0
Gleason 3+4
Tumor Size 1% of total prostate pT2a
28 lymph nodes disected - zero involvement

Water Guy

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Posts : 2405

Posted 11/10/2011 12:41 PM (GMT -7)

ABBA,

Only a month out and you seem to be doing well. Like others have said give it some time. I am at my 5 month post op and i have been continent since July 1 and my ED is getting better just as my URP predicted it would. You are still in the healing process and as you know each day will be better than the one before.

Terry TWG

AGE 61 with fam hist of PC
PSA
1.5 5/09
2.5 6/10
3.5 12/10 ref URO
5.25 2/11 all DRE Neg
BX 4/13/11 2 of 12 cores diag both sides 15% & 20% GS7(3+4)
RALP nerve-sparing 6/8/11 path G7 pT2C, Marg-Lymph-Sem-Vas NEG, organ confined 60% tumor involved 69grms 4.3X4X3 cm 100% dry 7/1/11
post PSA 8/30/11 <0.07
TRIMIX therapy for ED seeing improvement
Zero club member in good standing

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