Hey Guys, FWIW, being a very low number of posts guy after a year, this thread has been enlightening. The subject, number of posts and frequency of posts made it pretty obvious that it was a...
Hey Guys, My issue with these hard categories is that we're making treatment decisions based on very poor quality data. My situation: biopsy, 12 cores, G7a clinical. Second opinion was G6, same...
Hey Mel, Sorry, I didn't express myself clearly--the folks here pretty much have an informed, balanced view of things--that's why I'm glad I came here first last year when I got the call. I'm...
Here's the money sentence for me "...would not otherwise affect his longevity..." I keep waiting for the part where quality of life gets factored in, but I never see it in these cost-efficiency...
Hi Lou, My situation was similar to yours and I'm about the same age. As you're seeing, the good and bad news is that we have lots of options now. If I can offer any advice, it's to follow the advice...
Hey Geno, Ditto on the bucket for the catheter and the tear-away pants. Greatly reduced the hassle. Also, the hospital didn't give me a Velcro leg band thing to hang the small catheter bag from. I...
Hey Jason, He was in the mid-600s on RARPs back in October 2013. It sounded like he does 15-20 RARPs a month, since he travels a lot teaching. He was a late adopter of the robot because he wasn't...
Hi Jason, I had my RARP in December of last year at UTSW and went through the same search you're going through. I came up with 3 guys in the DFW area that are experienced and have good reps:...
Help Me Make It Through the Night. Nuff said....
Hey Quagmire, I feel for you. The stage you're in was the worst for me: a ton of information out there, strong opinions, and, oddly, almost too many options. The kind of good news is that that I had,...
Hey Terry, Some stuff I was concerned about pre-surgery that I neglected to mention. I'd done a lot of reading and was concerned about issues related to the position I was going to be in during...
Hey Terry, Went very smoothly despite the ice storm. Minimal pain. Dr. Cadeddu uses a suprapubic catheter, so when I woke up I had two catheters: it plus a urethral. When I left the next day the...
Hmmm, a vacation...that'd help. After I start the T I hope my 3rd puberty goes faster than my 2nd--it took about 3 months to get to where I felt really good last time. Cheers, Dave...
Hey dmlvt, No exaggeration, when I read your post I thought I'd posted something and forgotten about it. I'm almost in the same place as you are except my RALP was early December. Same deal with the...
Hey tlrou, Just had my RARP done at UT Southwestern in December. During the emotionally trying time of looking for a surgeon I came up with 3 names in the DFW area: Cadeddu (UTSW), Roerborn (UTSW)...
Hey Gunner, Ditto for what Andrew said--not being able to lift much was a huge problem. Never realized how much I count on being able to move stuff around. The most painful moment was when the new TV...
Hi Civitas, This choice was the most difficult part of the whole deal for me. I guess the good and bad news is that we have a lot of choices now. I'm 57 and was a 7a and chose surgery. I'm 6-1/2...
Hey REDCAN74, Had mine the first week of December. I was amazed at how little pain there was immediately after the surgery and how I was able to switch to ibuprofen a couple of days post surgery. I...
My PCa journey actually started when I went in for T therapy. T tested between 180 and 230. For some reason uro didn't test PSA when therapy was started, so at the 6 month checkup I first found out...
Hey Joe. I suck at baseball, but here goes... 1) When and How did you find out that you had PCa? Started testosterone replacement therapy in early 2013 for very low testosterone (<200) and...
Picked Dr. Cadeddu for my upcoming RARP on Dec 5th. He did his internship and residencies at Hopkins, has co-authored papers with Walsh and Partin, apparently has around 200 published papers on...