Rdlesstrav'ld hello, To answer your question about UCSF, I had my DaVinci done at the SF VA and they also use Dr. Carroll and I checked out the whole department and they use the same people at SFVA...
I went in this morning to get the injection of Alprostadil which I think is Caverjet. Since this was my first try the nurse only gave me a .10 mg dose. The nurse showed me how to do the injection and...
Too Young, Thanks for the info. Forgive me for not knowing enough about all of this injection stuff as I am still learning, but what is prostaglandin? I assume it is one of the injected solutions...
Myman. Thaks for the info. I did not realize so much info was on Bluebirds site at the top of the page and I will read through all of that. I wil lpost back when I finish reading all of the...
Hello again, I have not posted for a while, but now have some more questions of the experienced group. I am about 6 1/2 months out of DaVinci on Feb 8, 2007 and have not had any luck with Levitra or...
Hello again, I have not posted for a while, but this thread got my interest. I am about 6 1/2 months out of DaVinci on Feb 8, 2007 and have not had any luck with Levitra or Viagra and very little...
Bluebird, Thanks for the reply and kind words, I go into VA Thursday for them to show me how to use the suppository and I hope that works so I hope I dont have to do the injections. Other than ED, I...
VA has the injectionis and according to what I have read they work about[b] 80% to 90% of the time. The suppository works on only about 40% of the time and they suggested I try that first to see if...
AEG, I bouught a Vacurect OTC Vacuum Erection Device on line from FITZZ.com and it works good....
Good morning, I have not been on this site for a while and need some advise again. I had robotic surgery on February 8, 2007. Incontinence went away after just a few weeks and all is fine there, but...
Leandra, I had my PC surgery done FEb 8 at the San Francisco VA and it could not have gone better. I was also uptight about going under the anesthesia, but all I remembered is talking to the nurse in...
Kurt, I was so afraid of the catheter that was one of the reasons I went for the DaVinci instead of the open because the catheter only had to be in for a week in the Da Vinci as opposed to 3 weeks...
Hello bluebird, thanks fo rthe inquiry. I had the hernia surgery done last tuesday, Feb 27 and while the surgery went well the post op did not. When they moved me from the operating room to the...
PianoMan, You are about one month ahead of me and congratulations and I hope my post op test come out as well as yours did. Good luck on the next one. Motelmat...
bluebird, Thaks for all of the info here, I was trying to edit my personal info and could not figure out how to do it until I read your information above. Everyone here has been very helpful and I...
Jim I think this is a great idea, I read everything on each thread here, but I don't contribute much because others have more knowledge than I do and all of the topics are convered so well there is...
hello, I had Da Vinci Feb 8 and the catheter out Feb 16 and minimum problems, almost no leaking and no gushing so far and I am feeling fine from the surgery. The surgeon told me they saw I had a...
Hi Bluebird, Thanks for the info, I will follow up with the doc tomorrow, but I wanted an idea of what others had experienced. We have a condo at the marina in Puerta Vallarta and we really enjoy the...
I am getting my beloved catheter out tomorrow and while I will miss sleeping all night without having to get up, I am very much looking forward to getting back to a semi normal life, at least in...
Swim, I think you are right, I will make sure everything is okay with the surgery results before I do anything else. Mat...
USMC, thanks, I wil put them back on and try that, it is not getting any better today with them off....
djhouston, thanks for the info. I am supposed to get the catheter out this Friday (2/16) at the SF VA and I will ask them about testosterone replacement VA has been real aware of futue impotency...
My testosterone level was low before I had the PC problem and I was hesitant to do anything about it as I feared it would only add to the PC problem so I am wondering if any of you have looked into...
Hello again, got a question, I have had very little pain n the past 3 days sinc eleaving the hospital last Friday, but yesterday I did a very slow walk arund my neighborhood and then had a lot of...
To 1588 You asked about laying on my side, yes the catheter tube is long enough for me to lay on either side or on my back. since I normally sleep on my right side and on the left side of the bed...
Lifeguyd, Where are you having your surgery done, my surgeon at the SF VA also does them at Mt Zion in SF and I would really reccommend him, Dr. Christopher Kane and he has done over 200 of the Da...
Hello to all of you again. It is Saturday morning, Feb 10th and I had the Da Vinci done on Thursday morning Feb 8th and things are going well. For those of you who are about to have it done, my...
Hello everyone, I posted a few things back in December 06 and got a lot of good advise. Since then I have been just sitting back and reading up on what everyone is saying. I am having the Da Vinci...
Hi Jayman, I guess I missed your post to me of 12/2/06, but I see you are having the robotic surgery on Feb 6 and I am having mine done on Feb 8 so I guess we will face recovery together. Keep me...
Hello everyone, I posted this on another tread earlier today, but I thought I would repost it here to make sure all of you nice people on here that have been so helpful to me in trying to make my...
Thanks Tamu and IlySara, I appreciate the responses and now I have some good questions to ask and will let you know how it goes after the meeting on Tuesday. Mat...
Jayman 56, thanks for the info, I am thinking the same way you are and you are apparently about a month ahead of me. I am a somewhat impatient person and I try to take care of my health and it would...
Hello everyone, I have been reading all of the postings daily to get up to date information and everyone is a very big help. My wife and I are going on Tuesday (Dec 5th) to meet with the robotic...
Geobet1, Hi, I am 3 or 4 weeks behind you and I think I am going to go for the robotic surgery. Where do I find the kegel exercises? The only ones I found were for women and they don't seem to be...
I found IMRT definition and downloaded some articles on it to read. thanks, Motelmat...
Hi again, I spoke with VA and it looks like I can not get in to see the radiation doctor until the end of Dec and I am supposed to be gone on a trip to MX for the month of Jan (I can change that if I...
Jetguy, Thanks, I googled IMRT and IGRT and I can not figure out what it stands for, what do the initials mean?...
JustJulie, Thanks, I will asked about the stranded. What was the size of your husbands prostate? I understand that makes a difference on how many seeds they have to use which can have an affect on...
Thanks to all of you for your information. My urologist at VA is 75 years old and does not seem to think sex after 60 is important and has said as much to my wife and me (we have ben married almost...
Thanks, I had that site info, but could not find it and now I see it is .net instead of.com Also, I see reference to DaVinci, is that the same as Laproscopic (sp)? MotelMat...
Thanks Tamu, Although I older than most I am healthier than most my age and according to all of the longivity tables I am going to live into my late 80's so I am looking at things different than most...
Hello again, I have read a lot about various treatments on the net and spoken with many people that have had early treatment and from what I have gathered it seems like the success rate for...
me to......
Lee and Buddy, Thanks for the info,I have never been in a chat room of forum before so I did not know how to do it. I tried what you suggested so let's see if I got it right. Mat...
Hello, my name is Mat and I found out about 2 weeks ago that I have prostate cancer. I am just starting to investigate what treatment I should take, but from what I have read and the men I have...