Posted 11/14/2008 7:33 PM (GMT 0)
wallpm,
I am coming up on six months past surgery and still wearing a pad. I generally only squirt or dribble and that minimally when coughing, bending, sometimes after a leak, and later in the day when just beat. Also, I like diet coke and when I drink them it seems there is more tendancy to do more dribbling. When taking a leak sometimes I could stand there 10 minutes as though the cutoff is non-existence. All told the quantity it is not a lot, but is more than just underwear can tollerate. I normally get by with one pad a day, and most days that pad is minimally soiled.
Oddly, it seems I have only marginally improved since about 3 months out. I am beginning to wonder if I will ever be able to have complete dryness (never thinking about it as before RRP). Thought I would let you know others are experiencing similar situations.
RB
Age 61 (now 62)
Original data - pre-operation
PSA: 5.1
T1C clinical diagnosis, Needle biopsy - 10 cores, Gleason 7 = 3+4 in 1 core (40%), 7 cores Gleason 6 = 3+3 ranging from 5% to 12%
All scans negative
Lupron administered 4/9/2008 for 4 months (with idea I would undergo external beam radiation followed by seed implants - then I changed my mind).
Robotic DiVinci surgery - Dr. Fagin (Austin) May 19th
Post operative - pathology
pT2c NX MX
Gleason 3+4
Margins - negative
Extraprostatic extension - negative
seminal vesicle invasion - uninvolved
1st Post PSA <.04
2nd Post PSA <.1 10/30/2008