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Posted 12/16/2022 5:58 AM (GMT 0)
You must be feeling better….

As I recall, spaces add to the signature total so you have to be as efficient as possible. Any time I add something, I have to lose something so try something like:

BX 10/26/18: G6(3+3), 2/12 cores, 5% of 35cc est.

The date of pathology is not important relative to biopsy date. “Pathology report” can be eliminated since that is obvious after surgery. Use % instead of percent and so on.
Posted 12/16/2022 6:14 AM (GMT 0)
Congrats on a superb pathology report!

"Grde group 2 ( Gleason score 3+4 = 7)
Percentage of Pattern 4: less than or equal to 5%
Percentage of prostate involved:6-10%
Negative Margins
Primary Tumor (pT) pT2"

Don't be too disappointed that your Gleason score was upgraded from G6 (3+3) in the biopsy to G7 (3+4). Your cancer was confined to the prostate with no adverse findings. The percentage of pattern 4 was minimal. It doesn't get any better than a pT2 staging with negative surgical margins! When cancer is completely confined to the prostate, the Gleason score becomes much less important as a prognosticator for possible recurrence.

The report should also state the number of lymph nodes were removed and examined; however, (1) it's possible that with a G6 biopsy your surgeon didn't remove any (my guestimate is that 50% of surgeons remove none with a G6 biopsy), and (2) the chances of any spread there are minuscule IMO. Your report should have either a N0 (all examined nodes were negative) or NX (no nodes were submitted) after the pT2.

Finally, the low (5-10%) estimate of your tumor burden is yet another indication that your cancer was caught early.

Djin
Posted 12/16/2022 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
They did not take any nodes.
Posted 2/9/2023 2:58 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome Glandless. You will get more responses with your own thread, so i set one up for you here...

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=4314032



Glandless said...
I am new to this site and glad I found it. I am 6 days post RALP and get my catheter out tomorrow. So many similarities to your stories- never as much pain as discomfort. My wife and I felt like new parents with a baby to care for but no knowledge on how to do it correctly. We were paranoid about cleaning the various parts of the catheter along with my penis and scrotum. If there was ever any mystery about that part of my body in her mind, it's gone now. I stopped the opioid pain killer after three nights and Tylenol has been sufficient to deal with the discomfort. I was surprised to feel the absence of the prostate above my perineum when I sat on an unstuffed chair. Again, unusual rather than painful. The worst aspect so far has been the lymph fluid collecting in my penis, scrotum and left leg where the catheter anchor is attached, causing lots of black and blue swelling. I saw another person here liking it to having Jabba the Hut with a tube out his mouth living between your legs. Spot on. Walking has been fairly easy all week, but my wife won't let me climb any stairs or go on any steep slopes yet. I was never truly constipated, but bowel movements have been a struggle all week long. Stool softeners are my new best friend. I welcome advice from those who have been on this path ahead of me.

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