Hey Friends, Some good news, 6 week post RALP PSA came back <.01 Quick question, why would my Sadist....errrr my Urologist need to do a DRI after RALP. He hasn't done it yet but I have been promised...
Similar to gedman, my first removal was a little painful but over relatively quickly. I was laying on my back and Surgeon pulled upward. Burned coming out and first urination burned - but nothing...
So it’s been a while since I posted and I wanted to bring you up to speed on what has happened since my last thread here:...
Awesome Bob! Thanks for the encouraging info. Can't really say I'm excited about Friday AM, but should be interesting. I was a Corpsman in the Navy back in the early 90's and placed and removed a few...
Well, doctor just called....wants to leave the cath in until Friday (5 days total); bummer. Makes sense though, at the very least the trauma caused by reinsertion of the catheter may have caused its...
Thanks for the replies. Still no contact from the Dr...but he usually makes his phone calls later in the evening. I am hoping he has experience with this and believes it was simply aggravated...
Friends, Wanted to bring you up to speed on some developments since my last post here: http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=2926861 Everything was going great. No lingering pain...
Great advice friends, waiting for PSA's and other signs is where I was leaning, and that appears to be what most of the stuff I have read would seem to suggest - you guys confirmed it and have helped...
Everyone, Thanks much for the responses. Scooterdu, I hear you brother...loss in size here as well and the sack gets soaked with each voiding. Funny. I had left a message with the surgeon after the...
Great news. Thanks for the replies. you can imagine my worry that when searching "urine flow after RALP" the only threads returned were the horror stories (and what a bunch they were). I'll keep...
Friends, Got my pathology report yesterday and greeted my results with mixed reviews. As you may remember, and from my signature block below, my pre surgery pathology was Gleason 3+3=6, two of 12...
Team, Got my catheter out yesterday and was able to produce urine at the doctor’s office and was also able to pinch it off mid stream. Of course when I stopped physically trying to pinch it off, it...
Hey Purg, I can't be much help on the VA question but have been reading along with your uniform reassembly adventure and wanted to offer this thought: be sure to go to awards.navy.mil, just google...
Wow, all great and encouraging replies. Thank you very much. I am on day 3 since the RALP and have been doing about 30 min on the treadmill (slow walk) in the morning and another session in the...
Greetings friends, It is likely a little early for me to be worrying about post-RALP and long-term fitness activity but I am curious, for those of you that have had RALP, please share your story...
Scooterdu, Looks like we are brothers in recovery. Glad you are feeling a little better...I think I was slightly luckier with bowel activity and passing gas - no pain for me. My main issue is still...
Friends, last night was my first night home. Pain is still completely manageable; dull ache in groin area down to testicles and burning at cath insertion site. Plan to keep trying to get it clean and...
Friends, after few of you posted that you felt I might be rushing into treatment, I had some deep conversations with my wife and did some more research. For me and my wife, surgery was the right...
Greetings my new friends, As with many others, I have been following this forum since my dx last month. I’ve garnered quite a bit of information from you folks and am grateful to each of you who have...