I had both hips resurfaced earlier this year at the age of 55. (Resurfacing is a method of hip replacement that doesn't remove as much leg bone). I had got to the point were I couldn't be active,...
I was also prescribed cialis for rehab. It was almost exactly a year before I started showing any signs of life, and up to that point I didn't feel it was helping and I had stopped taking it...
I went for a physical when I was turning 50. Hadn't been in for a few years, I was healthy with no symptoms. It was a combination of the DRE and PSA test that caught the cancer. My tumor was...
I didn't take anything other than OTC pain relievers after my prostate surgery, the pain wasn't bad at all. This past January I had both hips replaced and that was a different story in regards to...
I did it in the opposite order, I had the cancer first (I opted for surgery) and just this past January I had both hips resurfaced. I now have a nice symmetrical set of three vertical scars. :tongue:...
I had my surgery in Dec in my 50th year. The first couple of months I was mainly focused on the recovery from the surgery. By 4 months I was feeling great, my psa was undetectable and I had more...
Based on my experience I'd say it's too early to start worrying. I found that improvement was up and down in the first few months. I'd think I was getting better, then I'd relapse. Sleeping through...
Congratulations on the <.01, may you have many more....
I never liked the side effects of Viagra. I can get by without anything, but I like to take a Cialis about once a month. I find it has a lingering effect and I have improved blood flow for a couple...
Great videos guys! I played piano for a couple of years in elementary school, enough to learn to read sheet music. As an adult I picked up a guitar and became a mediocre player who couldn't sing....
I was 50 when I got the diagnosis, 49 when I started the process by getting a checkup. I had no symptoms and if I hadn't decided to go for a physical (which included a psa test and dre) as I neared...
Elf is another good one....
I lucked out, I should have been on injections the rest of my life. The ED specialist that I went to said he sees a case or two like this a year. (He sees 2 patients every 15 minutes, so the odds...
I'm nowhere near where I was before surgery but I can now get by without pills or injections. I noticed the most improvement between 12 and 24 months. I do find an occasional full does Cialis...
I don't visit this forum much anymore as I'm now 4 years post surgery and have no issues, but I do have strong feelings for this group for all the support and knowledge I gained here so I want to...
I'm scheduled for bi-lateral hip resurfacing in January so I don't have any experience to offer you yet. This group in the forum doesn't get a lot of traffic as you've seen. There's another site that...
Not to get your hopes up but I had non nerve sparing surgery and now get natural erections. The first year it was a limp noodle and only injections worked. Then a year post surgery almost to the day...
I had my 3 year checkup this week. PSA is still zero and everything else is good. My only complaint these days is arthritic hips....
I'm with Andrew. Diagnosed at 50, I have thick bushy head of hair. I can't cut it too short or it sticks straight out unless I paste it down with gel. Very little in the way of grey. I had a beard...
Next week for me. Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of my surgery....
This explains it fairly well......
I grew up in the rural area and the only other boy that lived nearby was a neighbor who was 2 1/2 years younger. Despite the age difference we became good friends and spent a lot of time together. We...
1) When and How did you find out that you had PCa? A couple of months before my 50th birthday I decided it was time for a checkup. Family doctor said I was in excellent shape and he wished all his 50...
That's the cowper's gland. From what I understand it's sometimes removed during the surgery, but I still have mine. http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-the-cowpers-gland.htm...
No advice but good luck with that. I'm looking at having it done in a few years, I was just diagnosed last week with moderate osteoarthritis. It's just the last couple of years that it's really...
I'm a strong black coffee person as well, but last year my wife switched to decaf because she wasn't sleeping well. I made the switch with her because it was easier than making 2 pots of coffee, and...
I'm a canoe guy but I'm familiar with kayaking. Two weeks ago my wife and I took our 2 boys camping to the north shore of the St. Lawrence, about 3 hours east of Quebec City. The region is a big...
I thought about getting a zipper tattoo to cover the scar from my open surgery, but I don't think my spouse would go for it....
Congratulations! (I just passed my 2-1/2 year test a couple of weeks ago)...
Here's another opinion piece on this issue http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jonny-bowden/fish-oil-prostate-cancer_b_3601906.html...
I figure I'm about 1-1/2" shorter at this point. Injections help a lot in the recovery. I'm one of the rare ones who's nerves recovered after the nerves bundles were removed. It's nothing like I had...
I was 21 long days with the catheter. I used the ointment liberally, but the tip of my penis was raw and every small movement was painful. Figures I would get the surgeon who likes to leave it in 3...
1 year from my surgery, almost to the day, I started feeling the first twinges of life. Up to that point I felt nothing and was doing injections. I didn't have the nerves spared, so it was somewhat...
I have just one tattoo but I gave it to myself without any help, a single dot on the pad of my middle finger. It wasn't planned, I was a draftsman in my early 20's and accidentally stabbed my finger...
Henniker for the first year (where the company was located) but then we bought a house outside of Warner. It's between Concord and Lebanon. It's a beautiful state, I really had a hard time leaving....
I grew up wanting to be an artist, but ended up studying Civil Engineering. There were no jobs when I graduated so I spent a couple of years doing shift work in a paper mill before getting a job as a...
I'm heading to the pool at lunch time to swim laps. Not quite the same as going to Italy or but you take what you can get....
I agree that sounds normal, progress can be slow. I was 3 months before I stopped wearing pads and probably between 9 and 12 months before I was at 99.9%. Now at 2 1/2 years I rarely think about. For...
My surgeon is more cautious and prefers to allow more healing time. He considers 2 weeks the minimum and left mine in for 21 days....
I was in the same situation as you with everyone recommending surgery. It makes it easier if your entire medical team agrees on a treatment plan. My oncologist said that if he was in my shoes he...
I had a near death during prostate surgery, but I don't remember the experience. I went into DIC, a rare bleeding disorder with a high fatality rate. The surgery ended up taking 5-1/2 hours and they...
David, that ties in with my experience. I felt really good the first 4 months after surgery and thought I was ready to move on but by 6 months I had slide into an up and down depression that lasted a...
I used to belong to a forum for parents of children with Type 1 diabetes. It was a great, active forum. I learned a lot about managing the disease and became a regular contributor assisting newer...
I wished my wife took some video or pictures of me, it's all pretty hazy. The first time I remember waking up from surgery and talking to her she told me it was the 3rd time I had woken up and we had...
I had a rare bleeding disorder during surgery that almost killed me and required them to pump more blood into me than my body holds. I spent two days in post-op care while they tried to get my blood...
18 months is getting far along, usually they say it takes about 2 years to fully heal. Can you get a partial erection, or is it completely dead? I assume you've tried viagra/cialis. Have you...
My doctor is very conservative about the recovery process. He said that it takes a long time for the stomach to fully heal (I believe he said the muscle was 90% healed at 3 months). I waited the full...
I had similar stats when I was diagnosed at 50 and the decision was fairly easy for me. Both my urologist (who performed the surgery) and the oncologist recommended surgery. The oncologist joked...
It was a drop in production that I noticed....
Great news. I had my 2 year checkup yesterday and all is good. Undetectable PSA and all other blood tests were excellent. I'll now be on a 6 month checkup cycle rather than 3....