MrGimpy - Agreed that service and product refinement add costs. They do in all industries, and those costs are built into the product price. Commodity cost of coffee is about US$ 0.75/lb. Roast it,...
As Jeff & Engineer point out, transparency in pricing and outcomes is fundamental to any meaningful "consumerism" in our medical care delivery system. In the meanwhile, it is fortunately illegal for...
I will argue that insurance has gone way beyond its useful value and is largely at the root of this problem now! The US medical "economy" does not abide by any natural economic rules. There is...
Hi Denver - I cut my upper lip shaving the other day. It scabbed over a bit and made shaving the next few days tricky - I did not want to re-open the wound and had to sort of shave around it. The...
Thanks to all for the information regarding your own experiences with testcular pain. Sounds like this is going to last months, not weeks. Based on your descriptions, I suspect that this is an...
about 9 days out from my daVinci prostatecomy, just before getting my Foley catheter pulled, I suddenly developed an incredibly tender right testicle. I think this was acute epididymitis, as it was...
James - No problem archiving the description of how the path exam is done. I see this all the time. More typically, it occurs in women who are undergoing lumpectomy for breast cancer. A few cancer...
Brad - Welcome to the club. You are among friends here. The positive margins you describe sound quite small - 0.8mm and 0.3mm. You nee to understand that what is seen on the glass slides is the best...
My catheter came out about 2-1/2 wks ago, and unlike Mavica, about the only time I DON'T leak is when I am sitting or lying down. I find that I can build up a good volume of urine while sitting, and...
Jennifer - Glad you got this accomplished. Under most circumstances (and for future inquiries), the Pathology Dept where the slides were originally read is the first, and hopefully last phone call....
Bill - Assuming that you have a Foley catheter (comes out the penis, rather than the abdominal wall), this is not uncommon. The Foley has a 20cc balloon at the end which is inflated with water. This...
Sounds like this is just going to take time, and I should not be too discouraged at this point. It can be a double-edged sword to read posts by guys who have spectacular success in staying dry early...
Greg - I am just 3 wks postop, and not even thinking of ED recovery yet. I understand your frustration, though, and desire to project where you stand on the spectrum of full recovery. But please...
OK, I am now 11 days post-catheter removal, and frustrated by lack of any significant improvement in continence. I was not advised to do any pre-op Kegel training, so this is all on-the-job training...
Welcome, Zimmer. Best to do some research now. Robotic surgery is a good option at your age, but there is no need to make that decision or initiate treatment right away. Gleason 6 disease on one side...
Thanks for the follow-up encouragement, guys. I had planned to follow Sheldon's advice regarding packing LOTS of pads around the office. Since my original post I have seen quite a variation in...
Jennifer - Sounds like ou have only good choices here, so rest easy. In my research, I found that the "plateau" for established urologists learning daVinci surgery was around 300 cases or so. That is...
Hello All - I just discovered this forum 2 days ago, while recouperating from daVinci RRP. Looks like a very informative and supportive group. My story is as follows: I am 54 and have had normal...