Thanks Steve, Yes, I googled the symptom and found this and amazingly 4 other guys on a different cancer discussion site that were 2 to 3 years out from prostate surgery or radiation that also had...
Hello All, It has been a while since I have posted but I remember what a great relief this site was to me when diagnosed. I had laproscopic prostatectomy in June of 2007 and then 38 radiation...
Hello Jwb187 et al, Thanks for starting this thread as I was going to start a new one with the same questions. I am most interested in what you and others had to say about the side effects as I had...
Thanks Cedar, Thank you for your theory. It sounds like you know much more about the procedure than I do. Any suggestions on a good link to read about the surgical procedure? I will look or one later...
Hello Fralink34, Were you or your husband given an explanation for the necessity of the catheter? I opted for Laproscopic radical prostatectomy over radiation knowing that I would start with an...
Hello kw, Thanks for the reply. Sorry to hear that you are in the 5% club! I wish you the best of luck with your physical therapy and hope that another surgery is not necessary. This is my biggest...
Hello All, Well, Friday came and went and I am still with the catheter. They first performed a Cistogram, injecting contrast into the catheter to see how the bladder was healing and to no suprise to...
Mariateresa, I agree with all of the others and want to add that the last thing in the world that you and your husband want to have to deal with is a cancer that has had a chance to metastasize. If...
Thank you all for the replies. I'm just not going to worry about the incontinence issue, I really thought that only a 5% chance was very optimistic by my Dr. but he is one of the best surgeons in the...
Hello concerned spouse, MKat, Izzyblizzy, and All, It has now been a week since surgery and the sore throat is all but gone, however, the leaking was worse than ever yesterday morning when I started...
Hello AEG, As jayadub mentioned, I think the treatment would be more an influence than the fact that you had PC. This was a question that I had for my Hematologist as the rare form of PC that I had...
Hello All, Thank You All for the quick replies. Sorry, that I was not real clear about the leaking part (question #1). There has been no blood in my urine (catheter bag) since leaving the hospital....
With respect to #1, I should add that it contains some blood while there is no blood in my regular urine. Thanks, bob...
Hello All. After receiving the results of all of my scans, (Bone, CT, transrectal MRI, octreoscan) it was determined that my cancer (a pure neuroendocrine carcinoid) was confined to the prostate and...
oldfordlover, Excellent news! I am sure it is a great relief to you. The leg thing sounds really strange. Did you have an epidural or were you out? Glad it was nothing serious. Bob...
Hello Broker 59 and All, Broker 59: By now you have also had your surgery, also so I hope everything went well! I had Laproscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP?) on Tuesday the 19th and was home by...
Hello Veteran 1, Thank you for the reply. I found many papers that did list neuroendocrine tumors as small cell carcinoma, however, the neuroendocrine tumor specialist that I see quickly pointed out...
Hello All, I wanted to update you with respect to my situation. All of the scans are now in and all show the cancer to be confined to the prostate. The tumor specialist at my cancer center is...
Hello Concerned Daughter (I also have two concerned daughters), I was diagnosed in April of this year with a very rare form of prostate cancer, a pure neuroendocrine carcinoid of the prostate. There...
Thank you all (Bluebird, El Tigre, and pcdave) for the replies. My research has been focused on my diagnosis to date and not so much treatment, although, I have read about most of the common...
Hello, I am 50 and have been recently diagnosed with a rare form of prostate cancer - Pure neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate. The tumor was graded as T2b, my PSA is normal, 1.4, and I don't...