Hi Phil, sorry to have you join our group, but you will find a lot of great info here. Our local doctor told us that he wanted a decision made by 5 weeks post biopsy. That would give him 2 weeks to get us in for surgery if that was our decision. We did opt for surgery, however, we traveled to texas to have the da vinci. Kurt was diagnosised on Jan 29th and had surgery March 14th, seven weeks post biopsy. We feel very lucky to have had the option of having the surgery done rather quickly. His PCa had reached the margins, it just hadn't penetrated them. How long could we have waited, we will never know. Following his surgery, he was up walking the same day, came home 2 days later, and slowly started working 2 weeks later. Now, he is in full swing of things and even played golf on Friday. Good luck with your decision. Kurt says the hardest part of surgery is that you feel so good so quickly you really have to watch yourself so that you don't over do it. Courtney
Kurt & Courtney
47 year old
Great Health prior to dx
Dx on 1/29/07
PSA 4.1
Gleason 3+3=6, both lobes
Stage T2c, I believe
Tumor involves 20% of cores, both lobes
Live in OK
Da Vinci scheduled 3-14-07 in Austin
Post-Op Gleason 6, Stage t2c nx mx YAAAAA HOOOOOO!