I wish you the best, this is a great place to stay in touch with. I was 44 when diagnosed and talk about a shock. Well just two days ago marks my second year since surgery and I have no regrets. I...
Hello and welcome to a place you thought you would never be. Great people here and I didn't find this forum till after my surgery. I was 43 at DX with 1 girl 18 and two boys that were 10 an 6. I was...
Great news! Hope to be like you when I hit the 3 year mark....
I had just turned 44...
December 1 will be 1 year since my surgery.... Very Thankful for a successful surgery and still a zero club member today. Still got the famous two side effects that have gotten better with time and...
Congrats!!! Time does fly by..... Glad to hear your doing well, I'm two months away from my one year mark, what a year it's been,Thankful is all I can say! Once again congratulations! Jeff...
I agree ask for the free samples first, my Uro was kind enough to give me samples for like 4 months....
Well, I've never tried Viagra but do use Cialis (5mg) a day and it works good. I'm 9 months out from surgery and have tried without anything and the results not so good. My Uro has been great and...
Have a great vacation!...
HCV, give it some time on the ED... I started daily Cialis at about month 4, but was on and off with it which did no good! At month 5 I didn't miss a day and within a week or so, big differance! I...
My Uro said 3 months after surgery... any earlier will give a incorrect psa reading, made sense to me. There could be some floating around from the Doctors tool or anything that your body will get...
Glad to hear your doing so well just one month out of surgery! I was back to work within the first month like you, just take it easy and things will improve daily. I had my surgery on December 1 and...
I agree with others.... untill you have a plan and have gotton over the initial shock of it all, I know I only told family and close friends. As time passed I talked about it more, I was really...
My Uro does the psa test in house... he draws the blood and I wait 20 minutes then he comes in with the results....
I know the feeling... I had surgery back in December and for the first 3 months I would use 2 pads a day, some days really only needed 1 and some days felt like I needed to change them hourly. Month...
Great news... now just take your time and do what the Doctors tell you to do and everything will get better with each day! Jeff...
Hey Bill... best of luck to you, your gonna do great! My surgery was 8 months ago and NO regrets, I slept in my recliner for the first week till the catheter came out and like others used a 5 gallon...
I used the thick pads from CVS (in a green package) they worked out well for me and easy to get used to. My trip home I used only one pad but did change them a few times a day for the first week or...
5 mil a day and it does the trick. I'm 7 months out from surgery(all nerves saved) I have backed off the Cialis to see what would happen and the results were not good. It's still early so I'm...
Great news! Hope to be where you are at my 6 year mark!...
Congratulations!!! Great to hear! Jeff...
Congratulations.... Every day it will get better and for me the cath. was the worst! No real pain with the cath. just uncomfortable, I slept in my recliner till it was out. I felt like a new man when...
Congrats Curt....... Great news!...
Great to hear Norm44, and what a geat bunch of people here to get you thru it all!...
Thanks everyone and nothing but GREAT news! Big fat 0 yesterday and even though my Doctor tells me not to worry.... How is that possible? I guess the further out you are from your treatment the less...
4 hours and counting.... My first test 3 months after surgery was undetectable, today is 6 months out... hope I'm still the same!...
I too was diagnosed at a 4+4 back in September of 2011, I was 44 and what a shock! It took me a few days to digest it and then lots of reading, talking to anyone I could that had been down the road I...
Mine doubled in three years and 1 out of 12 positive 4+4. I had my appendix out in 1991 and a big scare right in the way and just last year a hernia operation with mesh. I chose robotic and my...
So I was diagnosed at my current age of 44 with a PSA of 6.5 and it was then that I found out that 3 years earlier I had my PSA checked along with my cholesterol and my PSA at age 41 was 3.8. I'm...
Congratulations! Wishing you a lifetime of zero's!...
Hey, thanks..... I had surgery back on December 1 and only used Cialis a couple times and never Viagra. I decided to use the Cialis every day and have been for about 3 weeks or so and it's been...
I know what the label says and I just started taking Cialis daily. I like a beer or two after work when I get home but if this is gonna do me harm I will have to switch to Gatorade or something. What...
Brad, Welcome to HW and wish you the best in your future decisions. I was also diagnosed out of the blue with NO symptoms with a 4+4 Gleason score. I did alot of reading and talking to others but...
Just sent you my address, would love to have one if you still have them. Thanks, Jeff...
Gadget, I'm 44 and had robotic surgery 4 months ago. I had 1 of 12 cores positive with a Gleason 4+4 and that number 8 had me scared! I thought and researched alot, met with the radiologist but...
Shoreguy, Good luck to you tomorrow, hope all goes well with your surgery and recovery. You will be in my prayers! Jeff....
Bill, glad you found is..... I didn't stumble up on this site till right before my surgery. Like others have said, take your time and ask lots of questions and once you decide on which treatment path...
My doctor took me off Cialis pretty quick when I told him it was giving me serious indigestion and some headaches and I also told him that I was getting errections but they were just soft. He gave me...
My psa was not as high as yours but mine did double in 3 years (3.8 to 6.5) I was and still am 44 and couldn't believe it. The biopsy did scare me, my dad had just had one and was sharing some of the...
I'm not sure if it matters to wait or not but I would be getting it checked again soon....
Gadget, My psa was 3.5 back in 2008, and checked again this past September (age 44) up to 6.5. I had 1 of 12 cores positive with a Gleason 4+4 and T1c. That Gleason 8 really had me sweating and I...
Chief, you found a great place to hang out and get alot of good info. I just recently found HW, wish I would have found it sooner. I was diagnosed September 2011 and had the robotic surgery on...
Great news! I just had my first test post-op two weeks ago and a very happy new member of the Zero club.... Hope we both and for all the others have a lifetime membership!...
My wife insisted on taking a week off and it was nice having someone around to help out. Truth is after your home a few days you should be fine by yourself. I spend alot of time on a RV forum and a...
Good Luck Terry, wish you the best results! Jeff...
I'm far from the expert but I for one think that all the crap that's injected and processed into our food along with the long hours and can be stressful lives we live contribute greatly to cancer....
Congratulations.... I'm very new to the Zero club and and hope we both stay members for a long time! What a reality check every time I get on this website.... I tell everyone to get checked and know...
Hey shoreguy, welcome to the forum, I'm new here also and wish I'd found this place sooner. I'm 44 and was diagnosed in Sept. '11 with a Gleason 4+4, clean DRE, and my psa had gone from a 3.5 in 2008...
Hey Tony.... CONGRATULATIONS on your zero's!!! I saw my Urologist this morning and after the blood test he told me mine was undetectable! What a relief that was, so am I invited into the Zero club?...
Once again, thanks for all the support from everyone and Tony... Good luck tomorrow on your visit. My appointment is tomorrow (Tues.) as well and I will say a prayer for both of us tonight that we...