I started feeling crummy a month ago, and feared that I had Covid. I haven't had Covid yet and have had all the recommended vaccines. The test turned out negative. I finally went to a doctor and it...
One of my basic tenets about life is that “if it seems to good to be true, it likely isn’t true”. I can’t believe that people still fall for the latest fad diet, magic pill, etc. There oughta be a...
How does your partner feel about that? I have a similar situation, unless I remember to pee before hand, and I find it embarrassing. Due to an extra-prostatic extension, the surgeon was only able to...
Like most men who’ve had their prostate removed, I am on a daily maintenance dosage of Tadalafil. I have seen recent headlines that this regimen (for Viagra and Cialis) might reduce the odds of...
I've been using a ResMed Airsense 10 machine for 7 years now. I was using a Phillips Resprironics "Dreamwear" mask with nasal cushions, which was quite comfortable but sort of noisy. About a year...
No one ever mentioned coffee being a potential problem to me (until I just read this thread), so I resumed having my morning cappuccino then a cup of drip coffee later in the morning the day after...
Prior to my RP, the entire operating team introduced themselves individually to me, so I had the opportunity to thank them in advance. It was my impression that they appreciated it. I also thanked...
I always felt that time perception was partially related to body temperature. When I was a kid and had a fever, time really seemed to drag. As an adult, I tend to have low body temperature, and time...
Besides Good Rx, you might check out DiRx. Tadalafil is quite reasonable through them....
When my PSA level first started riding and I was referred to a urologist, the uro gave me the option of an mri first before the biopsy. I opted for that, thinking it was less invasive (in case...
... and what about Alf? I didn't watch much TV, but found that show amusing....
Great to hear! Congratulations....
I guess freezing one’s ass off isn’t a good idea....
Thanks, everyone!...
I had both the DRE & PSA tests more or less yearly prior to my diagnosis. My PSA tests detected what the DREs didn't. I strongly advise to get both....
We are on Oahu, renting a humble shack (no view, no AC, but 100 yard walk to the ocean) in Lanikai....
Aloha, It has now been 33 months since my RALP, and I just tested <0.01 again. Last week, I had a telehealth appointment with my surgeon (which I had been at 6 month intervals, but am now switching...
I went back and looked on MyChart, and I started getting PSA tests at about age 45, sometimes yearly, sometimes every other year. The graph of the results speaks for itself, with a steady low climb...
There is an article in today’s Wall Street Journal (that I can’t link to due to a pay wall) about the “flattening of the curve” in the decline of deaths due to PC. This lack of progress in preventing...
On a related note, I read that Robbie Robertson died. In most of the articles, it said that he had a long term illness. I told my wife that I bet it was PC. I then read an article that did say it was...
I went to a PT after my RALP, and it really helped. He had me doing all sorts of moves while tightening my pelvic floor, like bird dogs, squats, lunges, planks, etc. it took a while, but was...
I grew up in the sun in Southern California, and went to the beach every day every summer through high school. I know it’s only a matter of time until it catches up with me. I had a melanoma on my...
I remember reading (a long time ago, can't remember where) Kurt Vonnegut saying that it was obvious that the pyramids were built on a day with light gravity. Makes sense to me!...
I had the da Vinci multi-port RALP, and knew going in (from an MRI) that I had a PC extension into the left neural vascular bundle, so that one wouldn’t be spared. My goal was to remove all the...
One other thing that I forgot to mention, but your comment about wandering around the marsh reminded me: about a month and a half after my RALP, we went for a week vacation in Santa Cruz, and I’d go...
Nels, you’ve probably heard this from others, but be careful about straining your innards while you heal. I was frustrated that they wouldn’t allow me to start PT until three weeks after my (DaVinci...
Hoping your surgery came out well…. (No pun intended…). Move around as much as you can, when you feel up to it, but remember the body heals from the inside out. Give your innards time to get used to...
My wife and I have a “no standing” policy for the reasons mentioned above. I’m surprised by how many men sit; I just thought it was me at home. I can always tell when a male guest has peed in our...
If my doctor followed this advice, I wouldn’t be dead yet, but I’d be headed in that direction. The PSA test is just one tool available, why not use it?...
Besides leaving a will, it is important how that will is set up. My father had a long lost great aunt, who specified certain monetary amounts to go to various heirs, and my father to get the...
My advice is to not panic but to be vigilant. When my PSA started rising, they had me abstain from sex and bike riding for a week prior to a followup test. (In my case, that didn't have an effect on...
Thank you for sharing your poignant post. My thoughts are with you, Jim and your family....
I am so thankful that my PCP started PSA testing about when I turned 40. My PSA didn’t trend upwards until my mid-50’s, and the previous results really made the upward trend noticeable. My years of...
Sometimes, the cancer is entangled with or invades the neural vascular bundle. That’s what my situation was, so the surgeon spared the nerve on once side, but had to remove the one where the EPE was....
As someone who is active and in general good health but diagnosed with PC (Gleason 4 + 3 w/ EPE on one side) at age 60, I hope to actively live much longer than 75, and am glad that I had the RALP...
Dylan's My Back Pages has been one of my theme songs since I was about 14. "I was so much older then, I am younger than that now" was an interesting concept to me back then, and has morphed in...
I've been keeping track of my blood donations and doctor visits since 1995, and my average temperature during those visits is 97.3° (oral, and I've donated 11.5 gallons). I've attributed the low temp...
I didn't find out about it until after it occurred on Saturday 1/29, but there was a 5k "schlep" (their choice of word, not mine) in Santa Barbara, to raise awareness of breast, ovarian and prostate...
Regarding the continence issue, you might consider seeing a physical therapist. I started seeing one 3 weeks after surgery and, over the course of months, it really helped. It takes a long time for...
When my uro called me to tell me I had PC, he referred me to a surgeon and an RO. At both of those referral appointments, both doctors said I had an equal chance of success with either route and both...
Not related to metastatic cancer, but I happened to be training for a marathon when I opted for RALP surgery. I switched my "race date" to my surgery date, and tapered as if I was racing that day....
I was released from the hospital the same day as my surgery. No way would I have driven the 20 minute drive to my home. Possibly a couple days later....
My father died a few weeks after suffering a brain aneurism. He was lucid for a week or so after the aneurism, until brain swelling got the best of him, then spent two weeks in a coma. While in the...
Congratulations, and happy to hear that your GP will continue to monitor your PSA....
2 1/2 years after my RALP, just got the <.01 PSA result from Monday’s 6-month test. I assumed this would continue to be the case, but nice to see it in black and white....
Sorry for the diagnosis, but it seems that you've done your diligent research and made a good decision. I don't have anything to add (because these other users are smarter and better informed than I...
I had my lower right molar removed when I was in my early 50's, due to a crown failure and cracking. I still have the other three molars. When the guy (can't remember what type of dentist that is,...
I have a peanut (in the shell) sized spermatocele that I've been aware of since 2018, two years before I was diagnosed with PC. It's annoying at times, but doesn't actually hurt, it's just a little...
I was training for a marathon when my diagnosis came up, so I cancelled it and made my surgery my race day, continuing with the training and tapering before "race day". I think it really accelerated...
Wall Guy, sorry that you are here! At diagnosis, my PSA was slightly higher than yours (4.9 pre-operation), and I was a G7 (4 + 3). I had an extension near my left neural bundle, heading towards...