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Posted 7/23/2010 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
My latest PSA came back at 0.00 so I can stop holding my breath for a while.
Note that I had positive margins and extensive capsular penetration along with a Gleason upgrade to 4+3=7. I hope that my result is an encouragement to those with similar pathology.

I still wear one light pad during the day (none at night) and have never had to use a second day pad, so maybe it shouldn't be called a pad but a "security blanket."

ED continues to be pretty total, an issue that is psychologically harder than I expected. My wife and I have found alternative forms of pleasure but I still miss what we had before. It may be time to consider shots. Earlier this year I had to give my self regular injections for a different medical condition starting at five injections per day. I "manned up" and did it and lost a good deal of my needle fear so that helps.

Wishing zeros for all
Posted 7/23/2010 6:28 PM (GMT 0)
Excellent news...very encouraging to say the least. May you have many many more zeros in your future.
Posted 7/23/2010 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
that is great news way to go. The ED will continue to improve it just takes time. I pray that you have many more years of zeros

peace to you
dale
Posted 7/23/2010 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Congrats on your continued membership in the Zero Club. May you be a member for many years to come.

Sonny
Posted 7/23/2010 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
Geez- Geeze's you gotta like them apples. Better knock on wood!
Posted 7/23/2010 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
Great news about the zero and incontinence. Two down, one to go!
Posted 7/23/2010 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
Great news! Keep those 0's rolling in.
Posted 7/23/2010 7:42 PM (GMT 0)

Hi Geezer and congratulations on your great PSA test result. Thanks for the encouraging update.

Wishing you many, many more of those wonderful zeros.

Magaboo

Posted 7/23/2010 7:50 PM (GMT 0)
Thats got to make you feel good, especially with margins and EPE, kudos
Posted 7/23/2010 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
geezer, wonderful wonderful news, glad to hear it. hopefully, your wee one will wake up for you and rejoin the party
Posted 7/23/2010 8:43 PM (GMT 0)
Geezer- Great Post, your darn wright it should give alot of confidence to those with similar stats, particulary those just out of surgery.  Thanks for sharing......Kev
Posted 7/23/2010 8:44 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations!! And thanks for posting up, it helps me lots to see results like this. My next PSA is next week and I keep waiting for the hammer to fall. Seeing someone with similar stats go long term helps more than you know.
Cheers
Dave in Durango CO
Posted 7/23/2010 9:40 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations, that's really great!  May you serve as a model for all of us.
Posted 7/23/2010 10:05 PM (GMT 0)

Hi Geezer,

The (other) injections aren't so bad. I never had any real issue with actual injection part. I have to admit they do get the machinery working again. Sometimes too good and for too long.

Only thing I can say is I do believe the trimix injections get the plumbing working and help jump-start recovery stuff. I can't do them any more because I'm now too sensitive and low dose Levitra is starting to work (something that did not happen a year ago).

Great news on the PSA and I hope you have many more to come. My 18 month PSA is coming up soon and I hope to do as good a syou.

Mike

Posted 7/24/2010 12:08 AM (GMT 0)
Geez, you are an inspiration. I get my 9 mos PSA taken in a week and I am sweating it out...as you can see I had positive margins also...I have been told that I have about a 60% chance of not having a reoccurrence, but it is too easy to focus on the 40%. I have been using the needle and don't have any problem, but still have not got a 100% erection.
Keep going and I pray that you have a life time of Zeros

Ricky2
Posted 7/24/2010 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
Geezer - congrats on the ZERO's - here's to a lifetime of zero's
- and the possibility of semi-regular romps with the help of trimix
-keep up the good work !
hugs
BRONSON
Posted 7/24/2010 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
Great to hear about the zero Geezer.

Michael

Posted 7/24/2010 7:42 AM (GMT 0)

My hope for all is membership in the Zero Club and welcome.

Testing continues to be a challenge each time for me but I do it.  Will I ever be casual about that, NO. 

The one thing that helped us thru that was the slow recovery of erections.  Getting them back gave us something to work on together.  ED drugs on a routine basis kept the blood flowing.  A VED gave it a place to go and after 2 yrs of attention our efforts slowly returned dividends as we worked to accomplish our present sex life which is not bad.

I use the VED for exercise about once a week and do kegels when it is on.  I make the tube jump.  Now we have a good result from a 1/2 generic 20mg Levitra only and no pump.

Posted 7/24/2010 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
Geezer,
Your Uro surgeon did a good job. Congratulations on your zero. By the way, did you have the nerve bundles removed? I have a suspicion that removing the bundles seems to have an impact on the result.
Posted 7/25/2010 4:56 AM (GMT 0)
Well done. Keep it up. Really glad for you. Definetly deserves a cold one. Congrats!
Posted 7/25/2010 12:24 PM (GMT 0)
Way to go Geezer !

I feel like you on posting results. I have seen some posts here that suggest surgery almost never works and requires SRT to mop it up. I think mainly because most of the guys who hang around here are experiencing problems.

Surgery can and does work, even when the pathology looks pretty grim.

Congrats, and hopefully many more zeros in our future.
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