I chose surgery after considering all the options. The bone scan was neg, the CAT scan neg, the MRI didn't indicate any progression outside the prostate. I didn't like the radiation option due to...
I've gone to the gym, ran my entire life....still got PC. My twin brother, who never went to the gym nor worked out, has maintained a very low PSA. I think being subjected to chemicals, catalysts,...
I remember standing in the room after the nurse walked out and left me alone for a minute while I took my clothes off. I noticed this small table with two probe like looking things on it, one maybe...
To say that a biopsy is "no fun" makes one think it's going to be miserable. Maybe it depends on who performs it. Other than shoving the probe up my butt which allowed the biopsy equipment to go in,...
Get the biopsy...really nothing to it. If all the samples come back negative you can be relieved. If they show cancer hopefully it's early enough that it didn't spread outside the prostate and it can...
I had robotic surgery on Oct. 4, 2019 and the length of mine, flaccid, has not changed at all. Don't know about erect since that's not happening yet....
Congrats, Pratoman! I retired at age 62 and have now been at it for ten years. I traveled a lot for work and only got back to home base about once a month so getting back permanently to my 7.5 acres...
I'll be 7 weeks post op Friday and have been wearing a penile clamp for the past several weeks due to excessive uncontrolled urination during the day, especially when getting up from a chair or from...
62gal....for what it's worth, I'm 72 and had robotic surgery on Oct. 4. I just didn't like the idea of not being able to have surgery if the initial radiation didn't work. I was sent home the same...
The test result said...."the lower level of detection is 0.01 ng/mL". Hopefully that's good news....I don't have a consultation until early Dec....
Was in the Air Force 1966 - 1970, Korat, Thailand 1968 - 1969. Filed claim for type 2 diabetes and COPD March 2018 per Agent Orange Registry exam results but was denied due to the diabetes being...
Got my first post op PSA result today: 0.01...
[b]First post op PSA: 0.01...
7/11/19 PSA: 4.95 Clinical stage: T1c Gleason: 7 (4+3) # of positive cores: 3 out of 12 Greatest % of core involved: 60% PSA density: 0.268 ng/ml/g Robotic surgery 10/4/19 Lehigh Valley Health...
I'll have to dig out the pathology report....didn't get one post op, only after the biopsy. No drain was put in during op. Doc told me if he did one incision there'd be no drain...if two or three...