Hello all, Three weeks out from catheter removal. Still not peeing normally, but MDA folks tested me and said I was ok with urine retention. Back to work full time. I have a three month reprieve...
Not sure where you are, Eastman, but the docs at MD Anderson in Houston, TX are expert at difficult surgeries. I recently had a difficult salvage RP there, with good results....
Dr. Pisters. He is a superb surgeon and great to deal with....
Thank you all so much! It's so easy to get pulled into a whirlpool of worry. Reading cases of urinary retention after catheter removal (just Google it) doesn't help either. All the best, John...
Thanks for the replies! I had Gleason 7 in 2007 and had IMRT external beam radiation in early 2008. PSA stayed at .5 for several years and started to climb to around 1.0 last year. Consult at MD...
Hello all. This is my first post here. I had a salvage RP in April and just today had the Foley catheter removed. The anastomosis was slow to heal. The doc didn't give me any warnings, but the nurse...