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mickeyboy Regular Member Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 56	Posted 1/11/2007 7:09 PM (GMT -6)
	Hi to all and i hope you are all coping and healing from your diagnosis and operations, well my time has come, in about 7 hours i will be on the table and will be joining the club of post ops, all i can say is many thanks for everyones thoughts and advice since i have been on this forum it has helped me cope with this little glitch in my life and i am sure it will help me even more post op, now it is time to move on and after tomorrow get my life back to normal. Not looking forward to it but its got to be done, hope the doc hasnt been out on the town tonight hes gonna need a steady hand tomorrow. Well here goes !! Watch this space Back soon Mike ( London Uk ) Back to Top

BenEcho10 Regular Member Date Joined Jan 2007 Total Posts : 133	Posted 1/11/2007 7:12 PM (GMT -6)
	Good luck Mickeyboy You will do great. Ben DIAGNOSIS: 09/25/06. Age 49. PSA 4.6. PSA free 2%. Gleason 10. Clinical stage T2a. SURGERY: 11/08/06. RP at Johns Hopkins. Surgical pathology Gleason 10. Stage T3a (positive margins.) Negative seminal vesicles, lymph nodes, bone scan. POST OP: First post op PSA was 0.00 in 12/06. Back to Top

spinbiscuit Veteran Member Date Joined Apr 2006 Total Posts : 818	Posted 1/11/2007 8:23 PM (GMT -6)
	Hi mickeyboy, Good luck to you, and hope to be hearing from you after the procedure as soon as you feel up to it of coarse. Glen Diagnosed at age 60 PSA went from 2.2 to 3.8 in 14 months 2 of 14 cores positive at 10% Gleason 6(3+3), negative DRE, neg. boundaries DaVinci surgery on 02/23/06 Back to Top

jetguy Veteran Member Date Joined Sep 2006 Total Posts : 741	Posted 1/11/2007 8:53 PM (GMT -6)
	Yeah, let us know how well you are doing. Bill Gleason 3+3=6, T1c, one core in twelve, another pre-cancerous. 62 years old and good health. Married 37 years. To same woman! Back to Top

bluebird Veteran Member Date Joined May 2006 Total Posts : 2542	Posted 1/11/2007 9:41 PM (GMT -6)
	Mickeyboy, ~~~~~~~~~~~#$%^&* Group Hug %^&(%~~~~~~~~~~~~ See different THREAD titled: Group Hug for Mickeyboy.......* Postings from: GreenAcres M. Kat Buddy Lee & Murphy..... mama bluebird - Lee & Buddy… from North Carolina Link to our personal journey…>>> Our Journey ~ Sharing is Caring April 3, 2006 53 on surgery day RRP / Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy with "wide excision" PSA 4.6 Gleason 3+3=6 T2a Confined to Prostate June 29th ~ PSA Less than 0.1 Non-detectable Post Edited (bluebird) : 1/13/2007 7:07:21 PM (GMT-7) Back to Top

hawkfan75 Regular Member Date Joined Jan 2007 Total Posts : 165	Posted 1/11/2007 10:53 PM (GMT -6)
	Good luck! I'm just one week behind you and will be looking forward to you post-op report! PSA 4.7 (up from 3.2 one year ago) Biopsy November 8, 2006 1 of 10 cores positive 5% 2 others questionable (small gland proliferation) Gleason 3+3 Robotic surgery scheduled January 19, 2007 Back to Top

Tony Crispino Veteran Member Date Joined Dec 2006 Total Posts : 8128	Posted 1/12/2007 1:09 AM (GMT -6)
	Good luck Mickey! I'll pray for you tonight. I look forward tou your return to the forum. From a friend in Vegas... tc Back to Top

lawink Veteran Member Date Joined Oct 2006 Total Posts : 621	Posted 1/12/2007 1:10 AM (GMT -6)
	Thoughts and prayers Mickey! Looking forward to your post op postings! ;o) Linda & Bob Bob (60) had laproscopic prostate surgery on Sept 27, 2006 - 2/12 malignant biopsy samples - gleason 3 + 3 = 6. Follow up PSA results and pathology results received Nov 14th are NO MORE CANCER! Gleason changed to a 3 + 4; cancer completely confined to prostate; (even a second more agressive, previously undetected cancer) PSA UNDETECTABLE. Next PSA check Feb 27, 2007. Bob also takes Hydroxyurea to control Polycythemia (elevated red & white cells & platelets) has secondary condition . . Myelofibrosis) -- If anyone has experience or knowledge of these, please post us. Back to Top

biker90 Veteran Member Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 1464	Posted 1/12/2007 1:13 AM (GMT -6)
	Hi Mike, When you read these posts, it will be done!!!! Greatest feeling in the world. Best of luck and my prayers are there for you...... Jim Age 72. Diagnosed 11/03/06. PSA 7.05. Stage T2B Gleason 3+3. RRP 12/7/06. Nerves and nodes okay. Pathological stage: T2B. Gleason 3+4. Cancer confined to prostate. PSA on 1/3/07 - 0.04. Next PSA on 4/4/07. "Squeeze before you sneeze!" Back to Top

56pontiac Regular Member Date Joined Sep 2006 Total Posts : 234	Posted 1/12/2007 10:36 AM (GMT -6)
	As I post this you are already on your way to recovery. Welcome to "the other side". Let us know how it's going and check in with us. From this point on it will get better every day. Back to Top

Pete trips again! Veteran Member Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 1899	Posted 1/12/2007 12:36 PM (GMT -6)
	Mikey, It's like you have been peddling a bike up hill all this time, now you are at the top of the hill. Well, it's all down hill from here on! You made it through the rough part (mental) now's the easy part (physical) God save the Queen and Mickey too! Your Yank friend, Pete 53 years old, Surgury, Radical Prostatectomy 8/20/03, PSA 6.6, Gleason 3 + 3 = 6, Adenocarcinoma extent (moderate) Stage & Margin:T2NOMX, No Metastases, Organ Confined, bone scan: Neg. Back to Top

BenEcho10 Regular Member Date Joined Jan 2007 Total Posts : 133	Posted 1/12/2007 12:42 PM (GMT -6)
	Hi Mikey, Congratulations on having your surgery behind you! Focus on taking it easy and healing up. You are in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy and complete recovery. Ben DIAGNOSIS: 09/25/06. Age 49. PSA 4.6. PSA free 2%. Clinical pathology: Gleason 10. Stage 2a. SURGERY: 11/08/06. RP at Johns Hopkins. Surgical pathology Gleason 10. Stage T3a (positive margins.) Negative seminal vesicles, lymph nodes, bone scan. POST OP: First post op PSA was 0.00 in 12/06. Back to Top

djhouston Regular Member Date Joined Jan 2007 Total Posts : 68	Posted 1/12/2007 6:19 PM (GMT -6)
	Hi, As a new poster and, by definition by being in this forum, a new friend, all the best to you. dj dj's stats: PSA (10/04): 2.9; PSA (2/06):4.4, on Androgel (serum T about 450) at age 56; negative DRE, no symptoms. PSA (5/06):5.7 with a free PSA% of 8, OFF Androgel (serum T 163). Biopsy (5/06): 4/12 samples positive; postitive samples only on right side; max Gleason 4+3=7 (in 2 of the 4 -from area nearest bladder. DaVinci robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy + bladder lift + Right nerve plastic surgery (8/23/06). Catheter out 4 weeks postop, due to internal pinhole leak at bladder-urethra junction. Final pathology report:T2c-both sides,but in capsule; neg. margins, neg. lymph nodes, neg. seminal vesicles; final max Gleason still 4+3=7. Follow-up PSA (11/06): <0.008; serum T: 195 OFF Androgel (at present). Back to Top

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