Hello Mama Bluebird!, I have missed you! I just spent the last two hours re-reading all of our posts from 2006-07. What a long time ago and what an awful member I've been to disappear for so long....
Dearest Summerblue, My heart is with you in this. No one should ever have to indure what you are going through. You are traveling in the place that gives the rest of us nightmares and although we are...
Oh, don't get me wrong... Not once was "cutting back" uttered by either of us. He loves his beer and I would not expect him to go dry. I personally am a mixed drink kinda girl. Besides, beer is not...
Parson, You are in our thoughts and prayers. We are with you all the way!...
Alex, Tom and I also went on vacation just before surgery. It is a wonderful thing to do. Have fun and take alot of pictures....
Pete, GreenAcres, Lee & Buddy, Alax and Kat, It's good to be back. Just sitting down and taking a time out from my crazy life is half the battle. I'll make this my own personal happy hour. Pete - My...
Hello Everyone Old and New, I am sorry for the long loss of contact. I have missed everybody very much. This site was such a God send for me and Tom. Our life has been nothing but caos lately, but...
My husband, who is an anti night shirt, PJ's, and robe kind of guy, actually found it very preferable to wear a 4X tee shirt to bed and with a robe during the day for the first few days home. It...
Thank you GreenAcres for sharing the experience as discouraging as it must be. Tom just had his catheter removed on Tuesday, and so far (after the first 12 hrs) has only had stress incontinence. He...
That is sooooooo.... wonderful GreenAcres! You won the prize!...
Congratulations Ellen & Curtis! I know you are relieved to have that over with. You've both done great this far! I am wishing you a quick recovery!...
Hi Terry, Welcome to the "club". You have found the right place for support. My husband just had the open radical prostatectomy on Sept. 18. He will be having his cath removed on Tuesday. My concerns...
Hi dreadnought, Welcome to the group. This is a great place to vent, give advice, and receive advice. With good health (aside from PC), a loving family, your faith and drive to beat this, it sounds...
Tom's doctor is going to start him on one of these next week. He mentioned either one, so I'm guessing he will leave the choice up to us. We have zero experience with these drugs. Does anyone have a...
Sterd82, It sounds like you are fighting your battle up front and aggressively. You are doing your best and I will take note of your supplement list, as right now we only have the pomegranate juice...
Joe, Good luck to you and let us know how it goes. It will be over before you know it....
DWT & SL, How are you doing today? I know in the beginning it can be a bit discouraging. Even though it might not always feel like it, each day is a little better. It is amazing how the body...
Thanks SJC, It's always most helpful to get a male opinion at times like these. It seems most of the time women are making some sort of fuss to try to do what their man would want and they only hit...
Welcome, You've found a good place to add to your support group....
Wow wicket, they bumped you up. At least thats all the sooner it will be over with. We wish you the best of luck on Tuesday and peace of mind....
Hi M.Kat, I am glad to hear that Jeff is doing so well. Tom is also felling much better. The first week was the hardest for sure, but this week he felt significantly better. Yesterday he said the...
Yikes!!!! That sounds terrible. Hi Lab and welcome, My husband just had RP and will be having his cath removed on Tuesday....
Hi wicket, I tried to, but he was put in a semi-private room. I went in early and left late. We had put his name on the list for a private room, but they were all full when we went in. I hope you...
It's hard to imagine that at some point in the near future the two of you will be bored out of your mind, but it's coming. If you like to watch TV and movies, then you choices are many, but if not it...
DWT & SL, Welcome home! I was starting to worry about you too. I'm glad to here that the big "Hump" is behind you. I'm sure the road will still be a little bumpy through recovery, but at least it...
SL - Glad to see you are back!!!!!!!!!...
I know it's hard not to be scared, but just try to busy yourself getting all your ducks in a row. You have a huge support team surrounding you both....
Ah... You could always save it for when you get irritated. Tell 'em it's all in his best interest. Really though, I'm glad you read the fine print before going through the whole test....
I can just see us now, chasing our husbands around the house with a lancet....
Hi wicket, I thought I'd move us off the Erections post and over here. To answer you question, Tom is doing pretty good...I think. We went to the follow up today, and had his staples removed. Can't...
GreenAcres- I hate that your pathology reports came back troublesome. That was my most recent worst fear (there have been so many, but who's counting). We just saw our doctor today for the surgery...
Curt, Best of luck with Jane's mom. Hips become such fragile body parts as we grow older. My Grandmother broke her hip Saturday due to a fall. Luckily hers was only a hair line fracture. On a lighter...
Baz, Welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear that your surgery was so full of complications. It must have been an unbelievably rough year for you. Helpfully the worst is behind you now and life will...
jennybag Congratulations and welcome to the board! 0.002 - those are beautiful numbers, aren't they? I hope this is the end of your prostate cancer experience. Tell your Dad that many people are...
Hi Rick, Glad to hear you are doing so well. I hope our cath removal is just as successful. Keep after your brother, you have first hand experience now. Keep recovering!...
Thanks M.Kat, I guess they're pretty sensitive about that stuff. I would think it would hurt terribly, but I guess the desire to know if they can function without assistance over rides that. I'll be...
Thank you swimom, I figured you'd be able to help. My main concern was that something was leaking some where....
Hi everyone! My darling husband tried to achieve an erection last night as an experiment (he says). I reminded him that he still had a catheter in (as if he forgot), and that his discharge papers...
Nothing like a crisis to kick you out of a rut and into places you've never been before....
Ellen, To be honest, I was shocked when he did actually drink it. He has not been nearly as stubborn as I expected. Not to say he hasn't been stubborn at all. But he sort of likes a tart drink rather...
Hi wicket, we do the Pomegranate juice too. We've missed about a week since surgery, but I plan to start him back on it tomorrow. I buy the POM wonderful 100%, and have him drink half a bottle a day...
Jim Congratulations! Enjoy your weekend with a clear mind. Just make sure you follow up with routine checks....
Good luck petal. We will be thinking of you....
Hi Everyone! I would first like to thank you for helping hold me together through this. I feel like I've had a dozen Guardian Angels holding my hand. Our hospital experience is over (knock on wood)!...
swimom, You are a prostate cancer encyclopedia. You should market yourself :)...
Welcome 56poniac, You have found a wonderful group. I wish you the best of luck with your surgery. It is a bumpy road, but a road just the same....
Thanks All for the warm wishes. It has cheered me some. Thank you Letty for your story. It is remarkably comforting to here a success story from someone with comparable results. He had the open...
Hi LynnDix, My husband had a CT and Bone scan after diagnosis, but his PSA and Gleason score were higher. Lucky both came back negative. I read somewhere that it is a common to have them when the PSA...
Tom has successfully survived prostate surgery. I kissed him good bye in the O.R. waiting room at 6:30am and did not get to kiss him again until 12:30pm. It was a very long morning. The doctor told...
OK, I have a few questions too. Is it or is it not true that even without erection, sensation and orgasm can still be achieved. I know that the books say "Yes", but is there any personal experience...