Haven't posted an update for some time. Hubby is 6 weeks post-op from his LARP on April 12. He has had an amazing recovery so far, and returned to work Friday. Things have gone relatively smoothly...
Thanks everyone. Now counting down the days until the cath comes out, and he concerned about that hurting a lot. Anyone have advice to share on that? Lisa...
We got my husband's pathology results back today, following LARP last Thursday. Lymph nodes and seminal vesicles were negative for malignancy. Margins were clear on the prostate, although the left...
Thanks for your quick reply. Have tried the soap and water but he was concerned that he shouldn't have to be scraping gunk off the tube. Good to hear others have dealt with that and it just goes with...
Hubby is four days post-op from robotic prostatectomy and lymph node removal. Everything is going great except for the catheter tube irritation around the head of his penis. The doctor showed him how...
Thanks for your response svelte1. Congrats on your accomplishment yesterday. Hope today brought some further gains for you! Baby steps!...
Thanks for this post. The original post could have been written by my own husband. Age 49, and had robotic prostate surgery three days ago. He is experiencing swelling of the scrotum and also...
Thanks all! Brian's doc wants to leave the cath in for TWO weeks. I guess that is his standard. At least everything should hopefully be well-healed (as much as possible) by then. That seems like a...
All~ Surgery went very well on Thursday. The lymph nodes were cancer free and Brian's prostate was removed with no complications and the nerves were spared. Hurray! We came home from the hospital...
Thanks ladies for your encouraging responses today. It is really nice to connect with others who have been in the same shoes. We are lucky to have an incredible support system with family, friends...
Renee~ Your husband's stats are very encouraging! I hope we are so lucky. I am a bit younger then my husband (40). We were unable to have relations during my last pregnancy b/c I was high-risk, so I...
Thanks much! We are staying positive and are very confident that we have made the right decision to move forward with surgery. We did a ton of research since dx in late January, got a second opinion,...
Best of luck to you tomorrow and in the days, weeks and months ahead! We are having my hubby's surgery on Thursday the 12th, so we are riding the rollercoaster of emotions with you this week. God...
Hello Mickey & all, My husband is 49, I am 40, and we have three boys ages 3, 7, and 9. Husband was dx with Stage 2 Prostate cancer in January following a biopsy. His PSA scores were 2.8 (9 mo....