David, I remember your answering my questions when I first got here. I had NO IDEA of all that you went through and are still going through. You gave me a ton of hope and it seems that you are...
It is still early for you to be totally dry. Think around 6 - 8 weeks (around 2 months) and it should be better. At 3 months, your surgeon will ask how it's going. Be honest!! My surgery was mid...
Prato, Sucks doesn't it. I am on-stage in front of several hundred people and doing my thing. Then, for some unknown reason, I sense a little leak. (Pushing, pulling or some sort of physical thing.)...
Celia, While not as straining as you described, I am pushing around very heave objects as well. I took the 6 weeks before I thought that I was ready to return. I was able to get my team to assist if...
Wow - Be real careful with doing surgery. My Primary MD said he had one and it was a total pain in ... Check out the doctor and grill them totally. Don _______________________________________________...
Best of wishes to you. You deserve a break!!!! Don _______________________________________________ Age 61 @ DX, 62 Now DRE: enlarged w/"ridge" Pre-Op PSA: 6.8 Biopsy: 5 of 14 positive,...
Miki, Bob just gave you what his problem is. You say Bob is not one that shares, expresses feelings and is very closed with what he is thinking. He is not saying that he is alone in the room, but he...
Prato, Yes - had almost the same issue. Very depressing isn't it. However, I made a good leap in keeping dry after that. Just got back from flying to Oregon and back to S. Cal without issues. Even...
Karen, Tall Allen, Allen, is totally correct in the few words he provided. While my cancer was not as "bad" as your dads, my family reacted just like you are. PLEASE talk with dad and get the word...
Easy, The big concern is not the perineural invasion identified DX but, as Allen says, the extraprostatic extension (EPE). It is interesting that EPE was DX just via slides, but Dr. E. is good at...
Concerned, The surgeon is correct. There are a lot of options that dad can use. Next is having to check them out and decide what is best for HIM. G6 is a good thing (mine was downgraded to a 6 after...
I can't speak for LDR (surgery here) but wanted to let you know that there will be someone out there responding. Take a look at the locked threads at the top of the forum message list and look them...
Prato, Congrats brother!!! I have been on the same pill but the results, while encouraging, is not something that is useable - yet. Maybe it is my age or simply just me, but I am keeping the faith....
Andrew, Totally clear, building up to a conclusion that, all of here, can understand and relate with. Great work! Don _______________________________________________ Age 61 @ DX, 62 Now DRE: enlarged...
Wow - beating cancer and a ticket all in a day. Fantastic! Don _______________________________________________ Age 61 @ DX, 62 Now DRE: enlarged w/"ridge" Pre-Op PSA: 6.8 Biopsy: 5 of 14 positive,...
Thanks all.... Had a great night and a good nights sleep. 6 months to go till I can worry again... :turn: (Just for you Prat.... :smilewinkgrin: ) Don...
Great News!!!! Take it easy and don't fight with the hose! (It will win!) Heal and before you know it, you will be back at it. Keep up the walking between the naps. Don...
If I remember right, you had GS of 3+4 with a PSA of 3.49 and 60 years old. You are less than 2 months out from surgery and even though if you figure out the PSA half life, it does not drop following...
Your dad's biopsy is going to answer most if not all of your questions. Right now he is going through hell waiting for the results and thinking that he is not going to survive. It is just in his...
David, While the news is not real great - you seem to have found one of the doctors that ACTUALLY listen and are interested in your case. Don't you give up on yourself now that you got a doctor that...
Good call - Your Fired is the words from your mouth. If you lose confidence in your employee and they do not do their job, that is what you do. Your doctor did not do his charting, did not check the...
It means you are a club-zero and congrats.... Like they say above, the < means the value of PSA in the sample did not register on their machine. Undetectable. The .03 is where the machine at the lab...
Fantastic news... Tell him welcome to the other side. DonC _______________________________________________ Age 61 @ DX, 62 Now DRE: enlarged w/"ridge" Pre-Op PSA: 6.8 Biopsy: 5 of 14 positive,...
Take a look at the locked threads in the forum. They have a great deal of information in them that will help you understand. PSA s just a blood test that looks at a specific protein produced in the...
Allen, This country is tort happy. The costs of being a doctor in this country is so high that many stay on staff of huge hospitals so that the institution can pay for the huge insurance bill. Or...
Prato, Mine was like yours. I got a chest x-ray, CT scan and Bone scan all in one day. The radiologist loved me for that as he could cross reference them all at once and give me a clear bill. (Which...
There are several reasons to fire your doctor.. 0) Not enough experience in the treatment option you have chosen. 1) Not working in YOUR best interest. Should be telling you to see RT and other...
Don't panic as the bone scan is just SOP for most doctors. I would bet that it will show nothing and that is exactly what the doctor want and expects to see as well. These days - doctors have to be...
Sounds great. Congrats... I also have a weigh issue even though the rest of my blood work is doing great. Dropped about 15 pounds from date of surgery in October and it feels great. I don't know if...
The doctor gave me a big high five today. PSA < 0.1 after 3 full months!!! Now on a 6 month repeat and going out to celebrate. After answering the questions I had written out, the Doc said to take...
Miki, Great news on lump one. If the Radiologist actually said that he thinks it is scar tissue, then keep in mind that they do not usually make statements like that without something to back it up....
Tony, Like PSA says - freak out now and get it behind you. (So to speak! :turn: ) It kind of sounds like, from your DRE, that a biopsy is in your future. However, the biopsy is not so bad. I had 14...
Prat, After a big surgery it is kind of natural to feel a little discouraged - no matter how the surgery went. Even kids complain when they are given ice cream after their tonsils are removed - and...
Prato, You actually answered your own questions... 1) Your prostrate is now gone. As it was shown to be contained, I left with the prostrate leaving. All it means is that the pathologists had a...
Hey Pratoman, It becomes natural and not something you think about. I work outside at a very large Southern California resort and for the most part are now dry. Sometimes when I need to address a...
Victoria, Sounds absolutely fantastic!!! Now the wait for the Pathology and getting that tube out. It will really help his moral. DonC...
Pratoman, Found the bottle and it is Docusate Sodium, 100mg. It is a generic OTC and, as it turns out, was the same thing the hospital bill had on it. It is a nice red and white softgel tablet and...
Prat, As far as stool softeners go, there are a number OTC pills that work great. What I ended up doing was to go o the pharmacy and talked to the pharmacist behind the counter. After I told him how...
Wow....absolutely fantastic!!!!! Now you guys can resume your life. Here is wishing you many more zeros. :yeah:...
Prat, Remember I told you that the first real BM would help shed a bunch of gas.... As long as you are going, you can eat what you want. (I would wait on spiced foods.) Start out easy as the...
Pratoman, Like I said - those gas pains are a real bummer. Remember to take the Gas-X - it does help. Once that the gas is passed, you will be able to walk upright, get in and out of the shower, and...
As others have said, 75 is kind of old for major surgery. You did not include any DX information, but just MHO, 75 is an age to think about other treatments. From what you did describe, RT would be...
Miki, This may be more for you than for Bob - but it is your call if you share this ...... The Cialis treatment is to improve blood flow in the region, not to get it up and ready to go. I can't...
Pratoman, Welcome home. The cath will become your best friend until you catch it on something in the shower or just walking around. After catching mine during a walk, the leg bag became my new friend...
Miki, Glad Bob is doing so well as to thinking about sex. After I got the catheter removed, I gave it about 3 or 4 weeks to get leaking under control. Then I experimented to see what the new...
Pratoman, Hope all is well.... Hope your out walking the halls chasing the nurses. (Got to have some encouragement to get walking! No matter what Big Mac says!) I found it harder to really wake up...
Miki, I had exactly that. The color and size increase I was told was to be expected. The itching I encountered was caused because I did not change my pad often enough. After a few days of treating it...
Miki, Bill from Florida woke me up. Your surgeon said that it was staged as T2c. This means that it has not got out of the prostrate and was seen on both sides of the prostrate. So I am unsure that...
Miki, Wow - I wish I got that much help!! First, just put that big bag on the floor of the shower. If something were to drop on the tube connected to the catheter, he is going to scream. I did it...
Miki, This is a good report. So first things first - remain calm! Remember that 6 year old is watching and listening. :smilewinkgrin: Tell Bob from all of us - THIS IS NOT A SENTENCE. You should have...