1year RALP anniversary

One year ago right now they were wheeling me into the recovery room after my app four hour surgery. As I recall the night before I was really considering skipping out on the appointment but thought it might be like the dentist office, where if you don't cancel more than 24 hours in advance they will bill you anyhow. Lol!! My only other surgery was a tonsillectomy many years earlier.

I thought I would have had something profound to say on this date, but oddly enought I don't. I'm fortunate that mine appears to have been cured by surgery and I have "few" lingering side effects a year later. I know from checking in here that many have a long struggle ahead of them and my prayers go out to them!

If there are any newbies out there reading this with surgery dates coming up, you will get through it, and with time will hopefully get back to "nearly" your old self with a bit of luck!

Richp

Great news. Congrats!

-Gedman

Congratulations to you!

DX 10/04/2013 PSA 187.5
07/11/2013 psa 3.31
3/10/2010 psa 1.87
1/24/2006 psa .87
Biopsy 10/28/2013 4 cores positive gs 9 (4+5)
Bone Scan 12/09/2013 2 hot spots in spine
Hormone Therapy started 12/17/2013 22mg lupron, 50 mg Casodex
Bone biopsy 01/09/2013 negative
RALP 2/19/2014 Non Nerve sparing, Lymphovascular invasion
Pathology T3B NX, MX
Bilateral cancer found involving 6% of prostate
03/07/2013 PSA .6
05/29/2014 psa <.01

After we arrived at hospital and checked in that morning, they directed my wife to a waiting room, I tried to follow her until they stopped me and said your coming this way

Way to go, congratulations, like to see men that are beating the beast. Hope it stays that way for you.

David