My OH never had any sedation but it was offered to him and in hindsight he said he wished he had taken the sedation. Each to their own but anything that can be done to make the procedure easier I...
Sorry to be a bit out there but has anyone else had this sensation after completition of radiation treatment? My Husband is almost 4 months post Radiation treatment and is experiencing an annoying...
Thanks Guys, we are very happy as we have had a lot of other bad things happening so this result put a smile on our dials!! My cousin has just been diagnosed with Luchemia (sp?) and his sister with...
Well we got great results!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0.005 was the numbers. So aparently that is good!!...
Bit worried but guess we will know more tommorow pm. Hubby a bit stressed...
My Husband finished his Radio the week before Easter and he is back to normal, sofar he has been so lucky with no side effects apart form a little bit of bowel issues, ie over active then...
Joko that sounds really promising. Alan's PSA was .8 after surgery so fingers crossed.Dr did say that it could "bounce" and be a bit higher then start dropping so I guess its just a waiting game now....
YAY!!After 7 weeks of living in the city and comming home on weekends Alan finished his treatments yesterday. HE has come through the treatments really well with no side effects apart from being a...
hehe....my hubby had the same thing, I took photo's as evidence! i thought it was amusing, he on the other hand was not as impressed!!...
My Husband had a Radical Perineal Prostatectomy (that is what another poster was refering to) He is not overweight at all but this is the way his uro like to go as it has a much faster recovery than...
My Hubby had his Radical Perineal Prostatectomy on the Wednesday so I took that week off work as his Surgery was 3 1/2 hours away. He was in Hosptial till the Saturday morning. I had the next week...
HiMy hubby's post op PSA was .78 and his Urologist refered him to a Radiation Oncologist straight away and he started treatment 10 weeks after surgery. I would def be getting an appointment ASAP if...
My hubby was also dry from initial removal of Catheter. Does happen to some very lucky men....
Great Job!! We are begining week 3 so looking forward to the end point!...
keep youir eyes on the finish line. We have just finished the first week of 7 all good so far just the pain of having to relocate 3.5 hours from home for treatments. Home for the weekend so thats...
We are aprocaching the end of week one..............................six more to go. Heading home after tommorows treatment for the weekend as we have had to relocate over 3 hours from home for...
Well thats two down and only 32 to go! Have settled into the routine ok I think, appointment times are a bit random first was 5.10 and today was 8.30 and tommorow is 5.00! But Alan seems to be better...
My husband WISHED he had the light general for his biopsy! We are in Australia and it was offered but he would have had to stay longer and he wanted to get out!! You may find that there is a small...
Chaper two of this Journey begins on Monday when we commence treatments at the Adelaide Radiation Centre at the Flinders Private Hospital in South Astralia. Fingers crossed that this is what is...
An38 we are at Kingston for the weekend so we are in the same area. Enjoy Coonawarra, some lovely wines down there....
Another proud Aussie couple here, just getting ready to head down to the beach house for a few days of destressing after getting our Radiation start dates on Tuesday. Happy Australia Day to all the...
My hubby only got told last night that the same excuse was really wearing thin!! Snow wouldnt even last 2 min here at the moment. alomst 35 here in Victoria Australia at 11.25 am....
We are going through this literally as we speak. Had call from initial Radiologist today refering us to another in a closer city option to us. Hubby had surgery on the 23.11.2011 and cath out 2 weeks...
My Husband was dry from the moment the Cath was removed. He was doing his Kegals before surgery and has continued after and I really think this has helped. We have a cupboard full of all different...
Hi Stacey My hubby had a Gleeson 9 (4 + 5 ) and a PSA of 8.1 with 3 of 12 cores positive. He is 57 and had surgery on the 23rd Nov and his post op PSA was .8 so his Urologist has recomended Radiation...
My Hubby and I headed off to the Urologist today( 7 hour round trip) to get teh results of the first PSA after surgery on the 23.11.2011. No good news unfortunatly, PSA was 0.8 so referal to...
My partner had his catheter out yesterday 2 weeks after his radical perineal prostatectomy. He was all prepared with pads etc and we left the clinic with trepidation.Went Christmas shopping out for...
thats awesome Kev!! Well done. I am hoping for these sort of numbers for my hubby.xx...
Yes I will be getting a copy of the Path report cause as a Nurse I need to know the ins and outs. Radiation has been mentioned to us as a followup treatment to make sure and if thats the case then OH...
Yes!! OOps sorry thought that was a well known abreviation!! Commonly called Oh Hell at the moment! Someone obviously forgot to tell him that he has has a serious surgery only six days ago!!...
My OH is 6 days post Radical Perineal Prostatectomy and his is a Gleason 9 (4 + 5 ) PSA 8.1 and we have just heard back from the Dr to say that the cancer was organ contained( Will need to wait for...
This was the Urologist choice of surgery due to the fact that there was no lymp node involvement on the scans, also due to the shortened recovery time. I guess it is the descision of the surgeron as...
Well Im not sure f my OH is normal or not!! Or he has been very lucky with a very skilled surgon. He is day 3 after his perineal prostotectomy and he is bouncing off the walls! I keep telling him to...
Hi, I am another wife and also a newcommer from the great land of Aus! We are in Vic and my OH and I have just arrived home this afternoon after his Radical Perineal Prostacteomy. He had a T1C tumor...
Yes the Perinprostatectomy is done with incisions between the scrotum and the anus. This option was given to him due to the faster recocvery time and the fact that there was no evidence of lymphatic...
Thank you . I have read so so much on this site nad it has been the most informative site i have come across because they are real cases of real people. It is such a head spin as this has all...
My OH had his surgery yesterday and so far so good. Woke from surgery very well, was sitting up eating sandwiches about 2 hours after. Has been up and showered and walking around ward complete with...