My husband's story

My husband was diagnosed with PCa just a month ago, and it's been a whirlwind 4 weeks trying to educate ourselves and to decide on a treatment plan, on top of getting our heads around this situation.
After a couple of years of his PSA being in the range of >4 and 7, he finally had a biopsy done. Five out of 13 cores were positive with a score of G9, t3. We got the second opinion from Epstein @JH for the biopsy, which confirmed the first; got the CT scan (negative); got bone/joint scan on his 70th birthday (negative -- yay!); consulted a couple of doctors and a medical oncologist.

My husband is a very active 70-year-old, so we opted for the prostatectomy in the hope that this will get all the cancer out and no further treatments will be necessary. I know this may seem like high hopes but we HOPE.

I will fill in the story more, but for today, we are prepping (body and mind) for the surgery tomorrow (7/10/2018) with Dr Tewari.

I just want to thank this forum/community for informing us on so many aspects of PCa (a lot of which the doctors don't tell us) and especially Pratoman for detailing his journey from the beginning -- it helps so much for us to have an idea of what's ahead of us.

Would appreciate all good vibes and prayers sent our way.

Be well, everyone.

Wishing your husband successful surgery and easy recovery time with fast healing.
For you, please don’t stress. You already had enough.
I will keep you in my prayers.

MK

He'll do fine.

Hang in there and keep us updated on progress,
Andrew

Prayers and best wishes for you and hubby. The next couple of weeks will be a bit of a challenge or disruption in your regular lives but it will pass. Be sure he has access to a recliner chair to use for the next few days for sleeping, I seriously doubt if he will be able to use a bed for a while.

And don't be surprised if his Gleason score gets revised, that happens quite a bit with the post-surgery pathology report.

Wishing you well. He’ll slow down for a few days — walking and, once the catheter is out, kegel exercises seem to be the keys to bouncing back.

Agree on the walking, but the DVDs will help pass the time as well.

Good luck to your husband. He’s in very good hands with Dr T, I had my surgery with him and I felt he was terrific, both before, and after the surgery. (You won’t see him in his office until the 3 month visit. )

Dr. Tewari was my surgeon. Your husband is in great hands.

-Gedman

Well, it varies. I showed up at 9, made it into prep around 10, they put me under right at noon, and I woke up in PACU around 4:30. The actual surgery usually takes around an hour to an hour and a half. But, it takes a while to get the patient ready in the OR before they start the actual surgery.

If he's first on the schedule, he may well be in PACU by noon and in a room by 3 pm.

It sounds like he is in good hands. I wish you both well. Please keep us updated on his progress.

Thank you all again for your tremendous support.
The surgery has been rescheduled to next Tuesday.
I'll explain when I can. For now, we have to stay positive and prepare all over.

Here's to an uneventful surgery, a quick and complete recovery and a one and done with no further treatment needed.

The surgery takes between 3 and 4 hours.

Encourage him to walk even while still in the hospital, and walk every day after he's out. I was told to do two or three walks of 10 - 15 minutes each, and build up from there. It makes all the difference in the world.

Best of luck, and keep us informed on his progress.

Rob

Hope all is ok, Nd the surgery was just rescheduled due to a scheduling glitch, not another health issue.

Sorry to have kept everyone in suspense over what happened.

Really l-o-n-g story short, there was a discrepancy between the surgeon/cardiologist's and anesthesiologist's instructions on whether to stop the baby aspirin, and we had stopped it. The anesthesiologist wanted us to stay on it. (My husband has a cardiac stent.)
The surgeon made the final call to abort the surgery and reschedule it.

It's been a difficult few days but we are getting back on track to prepping for this coming Tuesday.

JKO, yes I would be interested in the ladies' forum -- can you send me a link or direct me to find it?

I am so grateful for all your well wishes and answers to my questions! I really appreciate each and every one of your responses and I apologize for not responding individually.