Yesterday I had my 15-month check up and posted another zero. I smiled, my surgeon laughed and you could have heard my sigh of relief everywhere in the building. This weekend I am going to take a leisurely 230-mile motorcycle ride and celebrate for one more time The Joy of Life. Thank You Healingwell.com for you have kept me up on some pretty down days.
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Age 61 at diagnosis
PSA Jan 2006 2.8, PSA Jan 2007 3.7, PSA Jan 2008 4.4
DRE Normal, Biopsy positive 1 core in 10,
Clinical T1C, Pre surgery Gleason 3+4=7
Bone scan Normal, Cat Scan Normal
da Vinci robotic Surgery April 30, 2008, Fremont Nebraska
Post surgery Gleason 3+4=7, Pathological P2C
Lymph nodes clear, Margins clear
Hospital stay 2-days, Catheter out 10 days
1-pad a day for 3 weeks
Back at work 7-days after surgery, desk job
Both Nerves spared
Post 3 month PSA-undetectable, Post 9 month PSA-undetectable, Post 15 month PSA-undetectable