Tony, That is exactly what I was thinking; but my family doctor is the one pushing me to get it done before the RP. The colonoscopy is nine days prior, so I should have the path report (on any...
I've found my surgeon; Dr. Porter at Swedish (Seattle area). He's done close to 1000 RPs with da Vinci. I talked to several UROs and he seemed to have the best answers re: the large size of my...
OK, I just figured out how to add a "hot" link. (Pretty dumb for a former Chief Technologist. :-) www.prostatecentre.ca/ ...
Yeah, that article had some things that are probably true (and helpful) but some of it doesn't make sense. Regardless, here's a Web site with a PDF titled "Challenging Prostate Cancer" that I found...
The mean age at diagnosis is one thing. But what is more disturbing to me is the autopsy results for men that were not diagnosed with PCa---about 40% of men over the age of 50 had prostate cancer. I...
Thank you all for your comments. I guess I'm not going to worry about this; if I pick the right surgeon, he'll know what to do. In the mean time, my wife found this article:...
I'm still in the process of interviewing surgeons for a RRP (probably with da Vinci robot). One of my concerns re: laparoscopic surgery is that my prostate seems to be much bigger than average. (From...
I'm thinking about surgery in the same time frame as you are. I've meet with 5 doctors (two of them surgeons) and they all say start doing Kegels. But the doctor I met with yesterday surprised me by...
Thank you all for responding to my question. I just got back from yet another consultation. This time the doctor explained that the nerves that show up in a biopsy are internal; they are not the...
Hello all. I'm a new member recently diagnosed. My wife and I have been getting a crash course in PCa. So far, I've meet with 4 out of the 6 doctors I am planning on interviewing (with various...
I'm a new member; this is my first post (to add my "signature" information). This site looks like it will be a big help. Thanks to all of you....