Hi We were in a very similar situation to you and your hubby. My husband (bzup) was diagnosed in April 2007, and our daughter was getting married in June. He asked the doctor about waiting on the...
Swimom and Cedar Chopper make some great points. I agree that an open procedure by an experienced surgeon (who Rob feels comfortable with) would offer the same high level of treatment as that of an...
mariateresa, What onderful news on your husband's scans!! This calls for a celebration! I am bzup's wife and while I have read hundreds of posts on this forum, I have not commented up until now....
Hi Sanford, You can talk to Dr. Tewari directly by going to the Medehelp website. the link is good luck http://www.medhelp.org/ ...
Hi Cpb, 52 years old, PSA of 3.1, Pre-op Gleason of 6 and post-op of 7 and clea margins(all confined). I too chose Dr. Patel at Ohio State and though originally from Ohio I live in NC so I made a...
Hi, Yes, I spoke to Dr. Patel about this. He does all of his own surgeries. I think you will be happy. Let me know if you have any other questions. If you would like you can e-mail directly at Edit...
Hi SRQ, I can tell you that I recently had surgery with Dr. Patel and everything went fine. I am a few years younger- 52 with a PSA of 3.1 and a pre-opt gleason of 6(post op-7). I can only speak to...
just a quick response to Idoun's note- Dr. Abala at Duke is good- he was trained by Dr. Patel from Ohio state....
I just had the robotic procedure done at Ohio State by Dr. Patel who has done more of these procedures than most doctors in the world. There is a great web site that you can watch the entire...
Hi new journey. one further comment. if you do decide to go out of state you should talk to your local urologist and make sure he is ok with doing follow-up. in my case, mine was very accomodating...
Hi, i was in the same boat just a few weeks ago that you are now in. I was diagnosed at 52, PSA 3.1 and Gleason+6. I opted for the robotic surgery with Dr. Patel at Ohio State. By the way, i...