TC, I admire your courage and strength to continue to make memories and live your life as it's meant to be. We all get speed bumps, some bigger than others but they are only bumps. I too I have...
Great news Tony. You are an inspiration to everyone here and have helped so much with your experience and knowledge....
Well said Doug! Never thought about trying Levitra. I'm getting tried of piercing the general. /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
Thanks everyone and I'm sure things will be fine and I hope you all are doing well too. Since things are going good (knock on wood) I treated myself to a new motorcycle so I'm hoping to see more of...
It's been a while since I last posted here but I am a year since my robotic surgery and all is not going bad. I'm healthy though still no natural erections, but Trimix works great! Other than that...
I had DiVinci back in August of 07 and still no lead in the pencil either. Granted I have a sick wife so the sex life hasn't really been there and Viagra did nothing so that's why I switched to the...
I had 30 treatments of IMRT the only side effect I had was more frequent visits to the bathroom to urinate. Other than that I will have to side with Mozart that any fatigue I had was from the daily...
Thanks everyone for the kind words. Mozart, I think the only side effect I had was the fatigue from driving back and forth to treatments. I'm sure most share the same sentiments. Good Luck and you...
David, the thing that has really helped me and my family is we started going to a support group offered by the hospital where I had my surgery and radiation. It has given us some really good tools to...
That's Great new Chayna! I swear I feel like I have this big weight off my shoulders. Granted I still have my PSA's but I have my days back....
Well the last of 30 radiation treatments was yesterday and I am happy to say I had no side effects! The Radiation Therapists and support staff at Duke University Hospital were the best. They made 30...
It's not alway's the PSA that's the deciding factor after surgery. In my case it was a positive margin and prior to radiation my PSA was minimal .1...
Chayna, That's great news and I'm cracking up about the crunches. Oh. I hope I am as in shape as your pop's to do that in my later years. I've been having so GI issue's lately but my RO thinks it's...
Thanks Doting, but I still feel like I have a ways. I'm looking forward to the end because I have promised myself a new tattoo when it's all said and done....
Hey Mozart, I've had 19 treatments with 11 to go and have had no side effects so far, though I understand the "hypochondria". I will tell you I too am getting tired but it's mainly because of the...
landcrab, Kudos for waiting so long before you tried. I was curiouis after 2 weeks and all I can say is thank God for oxycodone. I felt some of the worse pain ever but I think the guilty feeling that...
Holy Cow I guess I feel special because I get xray's everyday. Yup, after my therapists line me up they tell me, "we are going to take a few xray's" as they exit the room. I just figured that was...
Danman, Most of us have definitely been there done that but I will also warn you to be careful of sucking one of your testicles up in the pump. You talk about something that will make you move fast,...
Wait till you have an orgasm if you think the leakage during pumping is bad. I have been continent for at least 5 months and I am on the Trimix injections and if I don't empty my bladder before sex...
Trimix? Does your penis head get firm or just the shaft? Just the shaft. Do you inject yourself or does your partner do this for you? I inject myself. The first time, did the doctor or PA do it for...
Mozart - It's good to hear you are going in soon to knock it out. I'm in the same boat with Dotings dad and 10 sessions in with no side effects. YEA! Good Luck...
CaPCA, There's really nothing to lose in trying the injections other than about $75. The needles are tiny and as you continue use them the soreness from the medication goes away and you have instant...
Weird, I was just talking to my wife about this last night. She lost her drive after menopause plus her her having scleroderma hadn't helped and well mine is just gone. It real sucks being 44 and no...
First off KW that's funny! Catman, the vacation probably will be welcomed after treatment because he is going to be relaxing anyways. I would make sure he checks with his Dr. first but I would...
Thanks Bluebird and I hope you are doing okay while we have these wonderful storms in Central NC tonight....
Hey Mal's, I hope you had a relaxing holiday and I look forward to my last day too. Here's to a g00se egg in April!...
Hey Mozart, I am about a week into my treatments and I will say watch the amount of water you drink before because everyone is different. I tried the 24oz. an hour before my treatment and I was in a...
Mika, The radiation at this point is pretty uneventful and I hope it stays that way. I'm just trying to avoid the flu that has run through it seems everyone here in NC, including my wife who is...
Anybody ever heard of this or have any experience with it. Here's a link to an article in the local fish wrap about what's happening at Duke....
Hey Chayna, I just started my IMRT this week and I'm still trying to grasp the thought that "I am having radiation". It's weird just to think about it but I know it's what needs to be done and I'm...
I did them a month or so before surgery and stopped after I became continent. I think that was around 6-7 weeks after surgery....
Frank, Check with 41diagnosed on this forum he is from Chicago....
Hey Bootheel, I'm in the same situation and I waited 6 months before making the visit to the Radiation Oncologist because I wanted it to go away but no chance. I am heading in this Monday for my CT...
Mika, We'll keep her in our thoughts and prayers....
I swam with my kid's last year even though I was leaking just a bit, and I went with out a pad. I figured not much was coming out and I would visited the bathroom more than normal, but then again I...
Thanks to you all for sharing your experiences as they will help me prepare for the treatments. Hopefully they will go quick and easy becasue I just have way too much stuff going on to mess with this...
I'll have 30 treatment's so I'll be going 6 weeks every day. I work out 4-5 days a week so I'm hoping the fatigue is not too bad because with my wifes illness I some what run the house. Now for the...
Finally met with a Radiation Oncolongist @ Duke last week and I am getting ready to experience a new journey that includes Radiation therapy. I am scheduled for my CT Scan & MRI this coming...
I had a DRE 3 months post surgery but that was it so far. He was just checking for anything unusal - scar tissue, etc....
Same to all - Cheers and hopfully 2008 will have less drama! /community/emoticons/smile.gif ...
Mozart, so I found myself in a similar situation. Post PSA came up 0.1 and I was off to radiation, then 3 weeks later it was undetectable and the waiting game begins. Now what's got me is my doctor...
Congrats on the ZERO my friend! I do wonder why you only have to use such a "small" dose of trimix. hahaha Talk to you soon!...
Mal, great to hear it was that straight forward. My wife was in the hospital this past week and my Dr. is her urologists as well and he ordered another PSA. Well it came up undetectable - again. I...
The man was larger than life here in Raleigh and that speech still chokes me up....
Loup, Keep the faith because things happen in weird ways. I was still wearing pads around 5-6 weeks post cath removal and one day at a soccer match somehow the pad fell out of my underwear and out of...
Great news Beach! Keep up the goose eggs....
Not good! PSA 0.1 and that's after having a positive pathology report so off to the Oncologists I go. Any words of advice and what's next from anyone going through this or had gone through radiation...
So, how'd you do with the .04cc's? I've been doing about the same dosage and my doc calls me a cheap date. /community/emoticons/yeah.gif I love doctors with a sense of humor....
Go for the shot. It's worth a try and trust me it's great to just reassure yourself that it will return one way or another....
We were all great in our twenty's! As for going limp after a climax, well that sound's like the old days. I wish I could say I've experienced the same but I have yet to have any relations with the...