I'm scheduled to have a Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy with him in a few weeks and was hoping to chat with anyone who also went through this surgery with him at the University of Washington...
Thanks so much everyone for all the helpful comments so far. I forgot to mention that I did see two well-regarded radiation oncologists about brachytherapy. I'm lucky to have so many experts in that...
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I'm 52 and both my father and my only sibling had prostate cancer. My father had a prostatectomy in his late 70's, my brother had brachytherapy two years ago at age 55. Every member of my family has...
I'm going to have a prostatectomy in the weeks ahead and have seen two good surgeons. One has only done open surgeries over his 20+ years and has done about 1,400 of them. The other has done about...
I've always relied on plain-water enemas (with very little water) just to have a bowel movement. It's not a problem at all for me as I actually prefer using them once a day as it puts me in-control...
What should one expect, in terms of having bowel movements, after a radical (robotic) prostatectomy? I am having this procedure in the next month and am worried about this. Will it be painful or more...
I have an appointment with Bruce Dalkin in a couple of weeks. I'm still not convinced that the daVinci is the way to go for me---- I've read of the "open" surgeons who criticize not being able to...
JourneyinSeattle, I forgot to say thank you for saying we could communicate offline but your email address doesn't show. I have my email set to display so you could send me an email directly. Thanks!...
Does anyone have experience with the surgeons at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle? There are three surgeons there that perform the daVinci procedure (Corman, Kozlowski and Porter). I hear good...