Tony, those are good words of advice. To be on the safe side though, I have appointments with my local urologist, who is actually fairly friendly with my hemotolgist/oncologist they being right down...
Thanks you two. I had hoped that the journey would be coming to an end as I rehabilitate, but the beat goes on. I will update as to the final consensus....
Sorry to answer my own question, but here is an article dated March of this year that references a study by Walsh on T3a patients:...
Hello bluebird and veteran1, I appreciate your responses, but want to keep this item going, looking for someone that has been through a similar diagnosis and hopefully recommended treatment (or lack...
Well, I am exactly 4 weeks out from surgery and the good news is that I am feeling great....lots of energy....maybe more than pre-surgery, but my oncologist that also serves as my hematologist says...
Nice, Guys....
Its time for my annual physical The doc's going to finger you know what ... if you are on this forum, you don't need a visual This GP then calls me at home to schedule a follow up consult To discuss...
Hurrah! There's hope. For those of us that are impatient for results it helps to hear good things from the veterans. I am now a survivor and as a result have become a veteran_wannabee!...
Bluebird, must have hit the new topic instead of reply as my intent was just to answer Aviator's comment on our surgery being the same date on another discussion item. Put in a personal note as to...
Veteran1, even after reading all these entries with details on the path reports, I just totally blew it when he told me I was clean. I need to fax a request into medical records and then they fax the...
Aviator, I am happy to hear you are doing well. It only reinforces what I have heard several times that there is little difference in the two procedures if both are done properly. Sometimes I think...
Just got a call from my surgeon and he first confirmed that my cancer was found to be confined to the prostate. The lymph node analysis came back negative. There was extracapsular penetration as was...
Broker 59, my local urologist is Dr. Donald Anderson, whose practice is out of West Chester right near the hospital. He is a really great guy. I live up above the Turnpike above Eagle off Route 100....
1. How did you find out you had PC? Out of a normal physical. PSA was 4.9 2. If you had to guess, why do you think you got PC? No clue. I eat right...am in great shape. Maybe I did some bad things in...
Broker 59, that's really interesting. Sounds like you went down the same path I did. I found that Dr. Lee and McGuiness couldn't even give me an initial consult until the middle of June, back in...
Dear eb4710, I was diagnosed the normal way with a local urologist in a suburb of PA. This guy I found out later has a very good reputation in the Philly area. His initial recommendation was open...
WHOFAN, as you can see by my closing, I am not so very far advanced of your husband in terms of when I had my catheter removed. I didn't have the extended stay you described, but did have some...
Congratulations Mika. I am a week and a half out from catheter removal and was pretty depressed that same day that I felt almost totally incontinent. Things got better though pretty quickly and I am...
This is a great discussion for someone like me that is as of today 2 weeks out of surgery and only 4 days from catheter removal. Thanks so much for posting all of this!...
I am an absolute example of "selective retention". My surgery went well. My surgeon said it couldn't have gone better. I had been walking regularly and pain had gone away quickly except for penis...
Thanks mvesr, I was told multiple times that open or robotic were more or less equally effective long term (as much as they don't have clinical tests to prove otherwise) and that the more important...
Joe, that's some great advice. I'll give both of those suggestions to work. The hospital gave me an extra statlock that is basically a wide piece of tape with a swivel lock that holds the catheter in...
Thanks for the kind words from all of you and I guess I am starting to feel like a gonnabe vs. a wannabe. I am now five days out from surgery. My BM woes are behind me, while the catheter removal...
Bluebird caught me on the Forum. Thanks for the welcome back. Well, here is my story so far. I went into the hospital on Tuesday for my 10:45AM appointment and had to wait in the nursing station for...
Congratulations Ray and Avis on getting through the surgery and progress post catheter. I have DaVinci sugery scheduled for 5/29 so will be watching to see how your progress goes. I am trying to get...
Tanya and Ken, I somehow wanted to twist RALP into RALF that sounds almost like that silly comedy about an alien, maybe because at times this journey seems like comedy and other times it feels like...
Hello everyone. I thought it time for an update, partly for my own piece of mind and partly for those that will follow looking for what to expect. Let's see, I felt like I have done every test known...
I read through a bunch of forums and at first blush this one seemed to be the most informative. You folks are great. Let's see, first of all SJC, my current urologist is recommending open surgery and...
Hello nice folks. I am a newbee into the fraternity and am going up the learning curve as many of you have done. As per my signature line, you can see my initial diagnosis. With no other information,...