Everyone's mileage varies. Three days after surgery I was cheering at a college football game. Two days later I was back to work. 9 days after surgery the blasted catheter came out and I immediately...
Vawolf, you're doing the right stuff - moving away from your local Uro (who did not inspire confidence giving you sepsis during the biopsy!) to get to a major treatment center is worth it. Finding...
What a wonderful gift from the Lord and your wife! There are no coincidences. Everything that happens is the Lord creating opportunities for us to choose His will (and, done consistently, experience...
It actually sounds do like you're doing GREAT, Pratoman! My doctor told me that as soon as I wasn't positive effect I still needed the pads (as soon as I wasn't positive if any slight dampness in the...
I don't know if I farted and kegeled at the same time. :) I just couldn't absent mindedly push out a big fart without risking a couple of drops. But if I thought about it while I farted, I could stay...
After the catheter came out I jumped in the car and made a 3.5 hour drive to see my grandson, who was born the day before. Stopped once to pee, waited a few minutes at the gas station bathroom with...
What are the statistics? How many of us have side effects versus almost immediate return to full function? Wouldn't it be great to have those stats by surgeon or by degree of fitness, etc?...
I figured the various specialists would tend to recommend their specialty so I went to an oncologist at MSK who specializes in prostate cancer recurrence. She strongly recommended surgery for a man...
Congrats! My drink is Cherry Coke Zero! It's the nectar of the gods! I like ZEROS!...
A couple of weeks after I emerged on the other side it became clear that I was among the lucky ones. My recovery has exceeded my hopes. I was concerned that posting my results would not only come...
I've got a little Ziggy Mirror that says "Happiness is being too dumb to know what to worry about!" Fits me pretty well. My wife was WAAAAAY more worried than I was. But I was right. Three days after...
My uro was awesome. Spent as much time as we (my wife always had WAY more questions than I did) during office visits, called me at home the night before the surgery to make sure that he could address...
One explanation I heard that seemed to make sense was that, with the catheter, your bladder never inflates - the pee immediately empties into the bag - so the bladder tightens up. When the cath comes...
Axeman just post his 9 year PSA results - still zero. Be not afraid! (even tho the anxiety is normal). Mikey...
If gas is the problem, walking will help. My doctor is a strong believer that walking - with the benefits of gravity and movement - gets the bowels working so you can expel the gas. So walk walk walk...
I had abdominal soreness, but nothing like crushing chest pain and difficulty breathing. I haven't read about that kind of symptom from our brothers, that I recall. Perhaps extreme bloat? Sounds like...
I don't know anything about TRT or it's effects, but I have a lot of family experience that make me sure psychotherapy should be pursued whenever I hear unexplained changes in mood or ability to...
Keep drinking and walking and keep the catheter clean and lubed. Sorry about the pain. I recall soreness, like I set the world sit-up record, but not real pain. Hope you got meds that help, but I...
Having been through this enough times, I'm guessing the surgeon will proactively give all the key data, but in emotional times, your wife (you might also be awake but groggy) may want to be prepared...
I was told to wait 21 days before an orgasm....
The Cath is mildly uncomfortable (keep it clean and lubed) but since it's your Johnson, the mild discomfort is VERY annoying. But keep busy and you won't think about it. I went back to work 5 days...
Sorry you've had to join our little club, but welcome aboard! I felt, as you have found, that the "if you are a hammer, every problem looks like a nail" issue was alice and well in the PCa world....
People recover at different rates. I returned to my completely NON physical job after 5 days, but had strict rules about lifting anything heavier than 10 pounds for at least month (it might have been...
My early research made me comfortable that there was no need to rush. I was diagnosed in June, took two months to decide on treatment (surgery) then it took two months to get scheduled with the...
I was originally diagnosed at Gleason 6 by a local lab. When I made an appt at MSKCC, they wanted to see the same slides, which they read at Gleason 7 (3+4). I was told the MSKCC reading was probably...
Walk walk walk, Drink Drink Drink. I they told you take stool softeners, Do it Do it Do it. And when you are ready for that first, wondrous BM, DON'T Push Push Push! Just let it happen. Walking gets...
I'm 57, but I had the surgery, went back to work 5 days later - cuz I felt fine - have no side effects and maintain the goal of meeting all the GRANDCHILDREN of the youngest of my 6 children. You...
Tomorrow all the "I wonder what THAT will be like?" questions will start getting answered and and you'll find, like all those guys on the forum, "I can handle this!" Walk as soon as you can, as often...
Paul 1 - PCa ZERO. Great News Mikey...
I would never try to talk anyone into a treatment choice. It's a TOTALLY individual choice, based on what YOU can live best with - since all the treatment options are statistically likely to cure you...
Nice! Happy New Year!...
It's way easier for me to quote scripture like this, than to put it into practice in my own life, let alone offer it to someone who is facing the challenges you are. But the idea that "Worry is...
Hi, Ed, and welcome to the club that no one wants to qualify for, but once you qualify, membership is great. You are correct that we will all die one day. The good news is that getting this...
Clearly a lot of people praying and hoping for 2014 to be a turnaround year for you, David, and we're grateful for the updates! (as well as any violations of your self imposed ban!). Happy New Year!...
Great holiday news! Looking forward to the same for Paul/WAORGANY Happy New Year! Mikey...
Some of us really luck out. I awoke in a panic a couple of times getting an erection with the catheter still in. Fortunately my panic stopped the process! Had normal sex after 3 weeks. Except for the...
Terrific! Happy New Year! Mikey...
Sounds like an awesome recovery. Happy New Year! Mikey...
Out of site will not mean out of thoughts and prayers, man. 2014 gotta be better! Law of averages! Mikey...
Iceman! Great to hear from you! I know a bunch of us were praying this past Friday, the 13th, and it sounds like it turned out ok. I felt like I had set the world record for situps in my abdomen. It...
Everyone seems to have a different experience with continence. Doctors seem to have different attitudes about exercise. Yours seems to want you to hold back for two months. I was on my elliptical...
Awesome. Prayers for a lifetime of zeros! Mikey...
Keep doing Kegels (make sure you're doing them right) and it will keep improving. I'm 12 weeks out and the only time I even think about leakage any more is if I need to push out a big load of gas. I...
Merry Christmas, and may 2014 bring you Holiness, Happiness, and Health! Mikey...
My original reading from the local lab was G6, then MSKCC re-read the same slides as 7 (3+4), but postop pathology was back to G6. Pre-op MRI showed no evidence of cancer outside the capsule, but it...
No regrets. No reason I could possibly have any, at this point. I was back to work 5 days after surgery. Three weeks after surgery I felt pretty much normal. I'm 11 weeks out and, except for dry...
You are one mentally tough dude, 142. Whoa. Mikey...
I am praying for a return to health and for a lesson learned by your husband: to listen to his loving wife..... Mikey...
All the best! Mikey...
I had that happen and, like clocknut, thought dampness or contact with the pad and the soreness could either lead to or cause an infection. I smeared something - probably bacitracin - on the tip to...