Hello all! I've posted before my Rad Robo Surgery back in 2009, and a few times since then, I've commented on my progress. Hahahahahah! /community/emoticons/confused.gif ) For one thing, that way too...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif Hello, Caverject and the Impulse Pen....Anyone uses that? I had a prostatectomy a few years ago, and the issues of incontinence and ED is still around. Although it...
ok..I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaack! Just want to tell you that when I was standing over the toilet going number 1, (seriously, why would I go #2 standing..) anyway, I tried to stop the stream a few times, it...
unhappyCRAPPER...funny, when I joined this site back in 2005, I should have used unhappyUNcrapper, since I first diagnosis was IBS, and constipated. That constipation was a result of a bowel...
Urodynamic Study include Cystometry, Electromyelogram, Pressure Studies, Voiding Cystourethrogram, Multi-Channel Video Urodynamics, Measurement of Post-Void Residual...etc. Urodynamic Studies? Is...
I was just putting it out there to see if the majority think that if I'm NOT going to go through with the SLING Procedure, would there be any benefit of going through with the URODYNAMIC STUDY...
Collagen in the urethra...My reg. Uro told me about another Uro that does that, but that other Uro never discussed that method, just the Sling, and the AUS. Besides, I think I have scar tissue from...
Ok guys...Thanks for weighing in. have either of you checked out the videos prior to your procedures? To tell you the truth, I am a little, (ok, a lot) more paranoid after looking at the above video...
I'm watching anything I can about this sling procedure...Caution, can be a graphic video for some http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AeClg_Vr1A...
Sphincter-Sling Dude, Worried guy and Purg, I can always count on your responses..thanks a bunch! I read a few of your previous post tall guy and Worried. very Interesting stuff, indeed! Since my...
Some of you may remember my username. I've posted before on my trials and tribulations on first being Diagnosed with IBS back in 2005, then that DX changed to NET Carcinoid metastatic Tumor Cancer...
Water Guy- The BD 1/2'' (12.7mm length) are 30 gauge, and the shorter BD 5/16" (8mm length) are 31 gauge. I will ask my ED Doc about the auto injectors. Thanks....
Thanks Terry, I had no problem going to amazon and found several brands of auto injectors. Is there a particular one you like? I do have needle fear ever since i was injecting 150 mcs twice a day...
Hi All! I'm somewhat sorry for my burst out pity party. I want to thank you all for chiming in, so be it positive or negative.I can't keep all of my feeling trapped inside, so thanks for letting me...
Hiya, Well I'm not alone then.....don't know if that's a good thing for us, but were trying to be proactive. Like I said about my derm doc, she said this is common (although I don't see anyone else I...
Hello, I had my Robotic Radical Prostatectomy back in January of 2009. I am to this day still suffering from incontinence, and ED. I saw him last week, and he said if I haven't got any erections...
Hi, As a member here going on almost seven years, before my surgery and now after, I have received some pretty awesome feedback from some really nice members from our little PC club. I try to stay...
Hi, Good to hear the news about you. I am three years out of a DaVinci Robotic nerve-sparing surgery, and not that lucky after my URO visit last week, in which he told me if I haven't the ability of...
Hiya, If this this the same Dr. Ahlering @ UCI in Orange, Ca, known as 'DR. ROBOT', then you were in good hands. I wish I had him do my surgery, but i hear he only accepts CASH patience, not...
I digress. I am a wussy when it comes to thinking about injecting myself. Maybe that self injector will take some of the worry out of it. I just seem to hear all the horror stories about injecting in...
Yippee...Yippee! Happy 3 year anniversary to me, coming up this January. WHOA ...wait a minute here..what am I so happy about, besides the fact the I no longer have the prostate,but as my oncologist...
I stepped off a curb wrong about 15 years ago and had a hairline fracture of the fifth metatarsal on my left foot. The pain went away so I thought that was that. it has been acting up with constant...
Hi, Since I can not find the skin condition in which I happen to have on these forums, I guess I will park it here, unless someone nice enough to create a forum specific to SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS. As a...
Steve, On two CT's, it also showed a Lymphocele on my bladder, growing in size and causing "mass effect". Uro doc wants me to see a radiologist and remove this fluid. All I can say is when I need to...
Hello, I underwent a Rad prostatectomy back in January, 2009. I still wear depends diapers, and still dealing with ED. About a month ago, I was digging up the garden to ready it for spring planting....
Hello and Thanks! Bronson and Pattersson, Laughter IS the best medicine, they say. Although I am not a RENAL patient,this was a (supposed to have been ) a nerve-sparing RP. I guess this could be...
Hello All! I was curious if anyone else has these problems. See bottom. * I have posted here about my radical prostatectomy going on two years and four months after post op. Yes, I am still wearing...
Hey and hello to all! Worriedguy- You said your "ED is total"...does that mean you can not get any type of hardness? You also mentioned you were going to try trimix....hows that working out, and do...
Hiya, I check in here from time to time about my plight with the after effects of DaVinci robotic radical prostatectomy performed Jan. of 2009. I'm sad to say, still incontinent and still having ED...
Jerry1, Did at any point your doctor ever say that the Lymphocele (fluid density mass) was causing any type of urgency to get to the bathroom as quickly as you can? Fairwind commented on this site...
Thank you Fairwind for that detailed description. I see my Urologist in the morning and will ask his opinion. Since the Fluid mass has decreased in size a few cm's as seen as my last week's CT Scan,...
Fairwind, Thanks for the reply! Am I right to say your had a JP- Jackson-Pratt fluid bag in for a week to drain the abscess, or are you talking about when you had the original radical prostatectomy...
I underwent a nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy January of 2009. I also have a rare Metastatic NET Carcinoid Tumor cancer. I'm still wearing depends,and still no erections. I'm dealing with that....
Mackattack, You said, "The other good news is continence appears to be nearly 100%. " I'm guessing you have all the control and no involuntary leaking at all? Everyone is different. I also had a...
Hiya Rick27, After My RP surgery, I also had spasms, and my uro pp doc prescribed some Oxybutynin, (DITROPAN) which is used to control urgent, frequent, or uncontrolled urination in people who have...
My story... I will only sound like a broken record here,but listen to these seasoned veterans of prostate cancer. You may or may not have it. For example for two years I was told by a few doctors I...
Hi everyone! It's me again, doing my periodic visitation and inquiry asking the same old question....Has the incontinence for the almost two year mark has gotten any better for some? I'd like to...
Thanks for your reply..brainsurgeon. (Hopefully, your not a brain surgeon, self taught) I DO welcome second or even third opinions. I just haven't heard of anyone else in this 'prostate' forum who...
Hello, I've posted this topic previously in one of my old posts, but no replies. (September 23, 2010) I just wanted to know if anyone else has had this growth as the result of their radical...
Back in January of 2009, I underwent a DaVinci nerve-sparing robotic, but after 20 months, according to two CT's (March 2010 showed 5.9x7.2 fluid density lesion in the left iliac chain causing mass...
Hey Prostated, My username should be 'Frustrated'. I am nineteen months post my Robotic Radical Prostatectomy and here is my story. After surgery and nine days post surgery because of bladder leakage...
Montana miner, Alright! Congrats to your cured cancer! Very sorry to hear about what you went through. I decided NOT to go through with the testosterone injections because of all the possible side...
The doctor told me these hormone shots were to be life-long therapy???? I don't think so. So what if I'm 56 years when normally the testosterone levels decline anyway at this age. With low hormone...
Hi, Since I'm not sexually active (with another person, preferably female that is) The I really don't want to prick myself every week (The doctor told me this was a life long therapy) and given all...
I'm sorry for double posting but since I posted this on another topic, ("Increased Penile size") Since I have not had any replies, I thought I'd better post this because my doc wants me to make a...
OK thank you! I saw my urologist yesterday and since my testosterone levels were low..C'mon most men 50 and up always has a normal decrease of this hormone anyway..I'm 55. In the blood labs, when...
Hello... I had my DaVinci Robotic Radical prostate surgery last January of 2009,so after one year and three months, I am still having incontinence issues regardless of doing all those kegal...
Ok, thanks to all who responded to my "Seem to be leaking more (urine) than before.." post from the other day. Nice knowing I'm not alone, but yet there is another burning question..(I don't mean the...
Hi all, I had my robotic surgery last January 09, and I have heard that each patient is different as far as the healing time on the incontinence and the ED issues. It seems that nowadays, after I...
Dear qjenxu, I had my RADICAL nerve-sparing Prostatectomy last January 2009 @ UCI Irvine, CA. I had complete faith in my surgeon, but of course,there are always risks in any surgery. I was supposed...