Thank you very much gentlemen, for your advice, good wishes, and humor. I hope I fare as well as you have based upon your comments. The pshychological nature of this stuff is difficult. I still can't...
Looking like robotic surgery will be the eventual decision for me as the radiation oncologist thought my prostatitis makes radiation a no-no. For men who need or needed pads for continance issues -...
Thank you all for your responses. This is a very stressful period for me as all of you have been through it. I do have concerns about long term radiation effects. I was told young children can't be...
Couple reasons aggressive surveillance won't work for me. My biopsy was a bloodbath - urologist had to alert his colo-rectal surgeon buddy in the nearby hospital that he may need to send me over stat...
Only other apect is I am reading horror stories about guys who can't pee - need catheter's in for months because of scarring in urethra, etc...just massively ugly SEs......
It's for my son's Bar Mitzvah -- yea - better not have nudity there /community/emoticons/nono.gif ...
I am on the horns of a dilema. I am considering surgery or radiation (after I thoroughly research my options with physicians). Thinking of Mid-November. I have a major family event in April with over...
Thank you all so much for your replies. I just input this new signature - any other helpful information needed there?...
Thanks guys - me: age 53 PSA 6.44 G6 (3+3) dx one week ago 14 cores - 1 positive with 4% cancer Have enlarged prostate and chronic prostatitis J...
Does it feel like before? Do you need to do kegel exercises the rest of your life? Trying to educate myself in order to make choices... Thanks, J...
My uro told me that after 50 Da Vinci procedure a surgeon shoul dbe competent and you want one that has has hundreds done....
Thank you all for your kind responses. I do have an enlarged prostate along with the prostatitis - believe my uro siad it was 44 grams. Also, the cancer was found at the apex. My uro thought seeding...
I just recieved the news two days ago from my buddy who is also my urologist. Negative biopsy 3 years ago, however PSA from 3 to 6.4 with chronis prostatitis for over 15 years. Had a positive PCA3 so...