now I know, here we go!

Mal,

Sorry to hear you got the bad news. But that is great that they could schedule so quickly for surgery. Be sure to keep us all updated as you go through surgery and beyond. Yeah, you are going to be limited on lifting for about six weeks after surgery, but sounds like you have some stuff to do to keep your mind of it :)

Our thoughts and best wishes are with you! Good luck!

Tanya and Ken

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Age: 63
Diagnosed: 10/30/06
PSA: 3.7 (2005: 3.4, 2004: 4.0)
Biopsy: 1/10 cancerous, 5% of one core, right apex.
Gleason: 3+3=6
Da Vinci: April 10, 2007, Denver CO
Path results: 1% of prostate involved. Very small tumors on both right and left apex. Negative margins, negative seminal vessicles, lymph nodes left intact. Gleason upgraded 3+4=7.

Maldugs

Welcome to the club.  Your Gleeson is the same as mine. I has RP exactly 3 weeks ago today, and cannot believe how good I feel. You were lucky to get a surgery so close to the DX, waiting is the hardest part, catheter is a little bothersome.  Good luck we will be praying for you!!

  Hi ~ Mal,   It is really important for you to get your sphincter muscle ready to do a job it’s never had to do before.   Are you doing kegels???   If not ~ it would be very beneficial for you to do so.   Also ~ if you have stairs… start taking them as part of your exercise routine.   All of this will help when you step onto the healing/recovery stepping-stone.   There are several threads on Kegels (a few listed below)   (Direct Link ~ just click on the title below and a new window will open!   Reminder … click on the REFRESH icon once you get there) click on…>   Prostate Cancer Resources, Helpful Hints, and Topic Thread Links   Scroll to the 5 th posting….. for Direct Links to a few easy access threads… and continue looking throughout the forum for more.   No ~ we’re not happy that you’ve had to stay with us…. BUT ~ you truly couldn’t be in a better place…. Traveling with friends who have been on the same stepping-stones and can help you along makes for a much smoother journey.   Thank you for allowing us to walk with you.   Yep…. You best get everything in order.   You do not want to be lifting afterwards or you’ll end up with a hernia and that surgery seems harder on some folks.   So ~ please get prepared.   Your body is healing from the invasion to the prostate through the biopsy ~ so take heed in any strenuous activity up to surgery also…   Buddy & I invite you to visit our personal thread listed in our signature below.  We hope at least 1 thing we've shared can help you along your path...    Keeping you extra close in thoughts and prayers as you move forward. In Friendship ~ Lee & Buddy     Helping to keep Mal’s *maldugs Journey together: as it gets closer here we go? mama bluebird - Lee & Buddy… from North Carolina J   We invite you to visit our personal thread:   Click Here:   “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 2nd PSA 02-06-2007 Less than 0.1 Non-Detectable :)  

Hi again, your replies have been very helpful to me, have to go to physio next monday for consultation before surgery, had a restless night last night, mind was racing, funny thing..7days ago I started building a chicken house, taking my time, now I have to finish it inside 10 days! guess I won't be able to build/dig for a few weeks after the op..amazing what you worry about!

I actually feel a bit down today, but I suppose that is normal, glad I found this site, thanks again.

Regards Mal. 

I got that one, maldugs, awake at o dark hundred.  Mind running a hundred miles an hour.  Worrying about that which you can't control.  I'm the resident expert at being awake at 0300 and going nuts about nothing.  I expect that you will, in fact, do very well.  But it ain't fun gettin' there.  Keep Your Mach UP.

Regards,

Bill

Mal, we are all thinking about what you are about to go through, we've all been there.  Keep positive, sounds like your Dr. has a very good idea of what ia going on and has done many of these surgieris.