Me too steve. After 4 years I still have to be careful when I pick something up or sneeze. I don't ever do kegels anymore and that my be part of the problem....
I wanted to follow up with some more information. According to my brother in law the doctors at urology centers of Alabama developed this procedure and have been doing this procedure on selective...
It has been a while since I have posted however I wanted to share my brother in laws experience with robotic surgery. My brother in law found out he had prostate cancer about 4 months back. After...
Your welcome, You are on the right track. Keep it up and you will see a major difference soon....
Steve, Looks like it has only been 1 1/2 months since you had surgery. I think you willl see a lot of improvement soon. When I saw improvement after surgery it was like one day I needed pads and the...
I have been using the treadmill for 6 days now and I have not leaked the last two days. I think this proves that walking strengthens the pelvic floor muscle....
Sonny I agree with your post. I think walking will help a lot. I was dry 3 months post di vince and it just surprised me that when I started on the tread mill I started leaking a little. It does not...
I do not leak when walking around and have not leaked in months. I am going to start kegels again to see if if helps. thanks...
I have been dry since since months after my surgery with the occasion drop. I just started walking on my treadmill and noticed I starting leaking a bit. Has anyone experience this and will it get...
According to my Doctor in Birmingham the cialis was for therapy. I was told a normal man gets between 3-4 erections at night while sleeping and taking cialis regularly helps you get back to normal....
I have been taking Cialis since my surgery last March and every time I take it I get a terrible headache for about two days. I have tried cutting down on the dosage and I still get a headache. Is...
Daniel, Dr Tully removed my prostate March 5th. It been just over 5 months. Dr. Tully has performed around 1100 or more Di Vinci Robotic surgeries. There are not many Urologist with this level of...
I will talk to my Urologist Thursday about the pain and see if we can go another route. Thanks for the info....
Sim61, I went through the same process as you. I thought about pin point radiation, seed therapy and got 5 seperate opinions from 3 Urologists, my internist and an uncologist and all 5 recommended...
I had my first injection today by my local Urologist. He started with 5 mg's of caverject. In his words it was a low dosage but my gosh did it work for about 2 1/2 hours. Thank God he did not start...
It appears to me that men who recover quickly from incontience and ed issues are rare. My urologist told me most of the time it takes three months and it was almost to the day with me. I generally...
Dale, You are living a dream by giving back to others and that must give you and your wife so much satisfaction. You post helped remind me of a dream my wife and I share. When our son was wounded we...
smilingoldcoot, Best of luck to you as you go through your proton therapy. I can see where you would have a problem getting your mind off PCa right now. You are welcome to fish with my son and I...
I thought we could share what we do to get our minds off our prostate problems. I use fishing to get my mind off things. I bass fish 2-3 weekends a month. I get out on the lake and forget about...
My son was medically retired from the Army and is home now. He is doing much better. He was hit by an ied. He went through about 15 surgeries. Prostate Cancer is minor compared to what he went...
Congratulations on your PSA. Today is full of good news.......
Yes it was great news today. After having our son severely wounded in Iraq and then finding out I had prostate cancer it would have been unbearable to have another crisis. Thank God everything turned...
Very good news Bob on the psa results and the ed improvement. Can't get much better. /community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif...
I had my first post Di Vinci PSA today and it was zero. My Urologists nurse called with the results and said it was in the negative range. I will get the exact results when I go back in three weeks...
Jim's wife, I am just a few days past three months and I am having just a few spots per day now. Looking forward to the day I do not need the pads. When my incontenience got better it seem to happen...
War Eagle you have amazing faith. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. We have you in our thoughts and prayer my friend....
Just got out and it helped a little. Had fun anyway....haha /community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif ...
Bob, I also had my robotic surgery on March 5th in Birmingham. I will be going back later this month for my first post op psa and I am almost dry. When I go back I will be going through the ed clinic...
kcragman I had some problems with butt pain and discovered it was from needing to have a bowel movement. You may need to take some stool softner and see if it gives you some relief. When I had the...
Dirtmover, The gas was the worse part for me. The pain from the surgery was not bad. Be sure to take the stool softner. My doctor had me take it twice a day for seven day and I am glad I did. Good...
Nancy, I was having the same problem several weeks back and found out I was doing too many kegels and it was causing muscle fatigue. Maybe your husband needs to start over again. What I was...
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War-eagle, I live just outside of Mobile. I have been to Lulu's a few times. I was over at Gulf Shores weekend before last. My Daugther and son in law were visiting from Utah. My son in laws father...
James, I live in Grand Bay which is on the MS/AL State line and I worked in Chickasaw. I really like living in Grand Bay. It makes it a 15 minute drive to Mobile and a 40 minute drive to Biloxi where...
fatcat, It seems we are very close to the same on our recovery. I will be seeing Dr. Bugg when I go back on May 9th. Dr. Tully will be out of the office. I hear Dr. Bugg is very good. I am writing...
I am going to talk with my Doctor about the injections when I go back on May 9th. I have three appointments that day. One with the Doctor, one for ED and one for lab. They did have to take my right...
I am seven weeks out from surgery and I am having problems getting firm enough for intercourse. I am currently taking 5 mg of cialis and using the erecaid pump. It is too soon or is there something I...
Thanks for all the kind words. I have learned a lot from reading on healing well over the last few weeks. Since I made my post I have went down to 1-2 pads a day. Yesterday for the first time I used...
Hello, I am new here. I have been reading for a few weeks and decided to get involved. I had robotic surgery on April 5th at St Vincents Hospital in Birmingham, AL. My surgeon/urologist has done...