Thanks for the positive thoughts. We have our quarterly appt with the oncologist this morning, but I will need to call the GI doctor first. If the C diff has returned, he will need to go back to the...
So, the saga continues. Husband was in the hospital for 5 days because of a C diff infection that developed due to prolonged antibiotic use for a UTI caused by the catheter inserted for Da Vinci...
Thanks for the clarification - I wasn't sure. We see the dr next week. I was also going to ask about physical therapy to help get him moving again....
I just felt all the men cringe - sorry. Husband is on Fermagon. Doctor says he will be on it for the rest of his life. He has a lot of side effects including fatigue, confusion, lethargy, joint pain...
One last note - John's doc said he would be on hormone therapy for the rest of his life....
My husband had his Prostate removed because they did not think the cancer had spread. However, they ended up also having to remove his seminal vesicles, lymph nodes, and nerve bundle. The cancer had...
Sorry to hear your news. My husband also has the aggressive form of the cancer and is diagnosed stage 4. He was originally diagnosed Gleason 7 (both 3+4 and 4+3), but the pathology after robotic...
Thank you for all the replies. I think it was more a rhetorical question because I was trying to convince myself it was ok. The questions I want to ask have to do with health scenarios. Best case?...
I have gone to all his dr appts with him and he has already signed all the releases giving me access to his information. I have all the same technical information he has, I guess I want a discussion...
Would it be unsupportive of me to request a conversation with my husband's urologist without him? There are a multitude of questions he won't ask because he doesn't want to know the answers. This...
Thanks - I will try again. We are going to the ACS Man to Man support group meeting tonight....
Hope it went well. Stay positive....
Thanks for the advice and the wisdom of experience. At this point, Dr. Meyers is not an option for us if he doesn't take insurance. My husband had just started a new job in Austin when we found out...
Haven't posted for a while. Briefly, found out in Oct Husband had PC. Gleason 3+4 and 4+3, 80% and 20%. Bone scan clean. Davinici surgery Dec 2011. Removed prostate, lymph nodes, seminal vesicle....
Going to see the urologist this afternoon for all the results and recommendations. Since we are in Austin, TX, I really want him to go to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to get a second...
Thanks for all the positive info. We have an appt Thursday with the uro after more tests on Tues. Are there any specific questions we should ask?...
Thanks to all who have posted and sent encouragement. I had a major breakdown today, but am feeling better now. Unfortunately, he also has frontal lobe epilepsy, so not sure how the meds he is on for...
He's 49, though his birthday is this week and he will be 50. We are in the US. He is currently in Austin, TX and I am in Virginia. He had just started a new job when we found out he had an enlarged...
Just found out my husband has PC. PSA is 66, up from 53 4 weeks ago. Gleason score is 8, but not sure of the breakdown. Bone and CT scans set fro next week and then appt with urologist. I know this...