I am two years past a radical prostatecomy with the removal of seminal vessicles and some lymph nodes. I now periodically have swelling of the ankles which I did not have before surgery. I also have...
Congratulations it is one time as a teacher I like to see a zero. Been lucky and posted three in a row myself. Had surgery January 2012. VIEW IMAGE ...
I found that I would get damp spots around the catheter when I was walking around more. I also found I had bladder spasms when it was nearing the two week point. As well as strapping the bag on I...
I am ten months past radical retropubic prostatectomy and I have thankfully posted 3 successive zeros. I am in good health and very active - I run and go to the gym regularly. There are no health...
Just putting it out there that it is possible. about four months after a radical retropubic prostatectomy I was not feeling well. I started to have some lower back pain that I attributed to getting...
I made the same choice at age 54. Other than a positive biopsy I was very healthy. Seven months after surgery I am 95% me again. Working out doing all the things I always did (except one not very...
Do some research get ready for the consultation. Once you get through that and make decisions you feel like you have more control. I had to wait 3 months from the consultation until I had the...
Good Luck with the surgery. I had the radical retropubic on January 10 of this year. I was up and walking within a day. I had the catheter out after two weeks - you feel much better when it is out....
Hi Dude I was very interested reading your thread. I am going to have surgery Jan. 10. I am a teacher and I have been preparing for surgery with running and weights to have my body in a good a shape...
The surgery will not be robotic and it is a spinal injection not an epidural sorry if I was not clear....
I am in Canada so I am covered totally. Insurance is only necessary for semi-private room. Thanks for the advice. I would prefer to do without the spinal....
Just had my preop yesterday and one of the doctors discussed a spinal being given before surgery for postop pain. Anyone out there who has had the surgery what do you think about a spinal? I am 54...
Hi DanO On the pathology report it states adenocarcinoma...
Thanks for all the replies. I will consider the advice. I went back to my doctor to check the PSA score. My baseline before being diagnosed was 0.55 when I was age 48. I was diagnosed at 53 in Oct....
The PSA was only 0.74. A DRE by my GP prompted the referal to the urologist. He repeated the PSA and got the same result but he scheduled the biopsy before he got his results. He said PSA are useful...
Hi I was just diagnosed October 3. I had two positive cores out of 12. Both under 10% and Gleeson of 7, 4 in one 3 in the other. My PSA is very low 0.74. The pathology report and the doctor's best...