Thanks for your comments Mika and thanks for asking Blue Bird. Since I left my job in August I have been really busy with a catalog business and customers for three web sites. They have now exceeded...
Hi Bluebird, Since you are asking, it would be really help to put an alphabetical list of the abbreviations that we use frequently. Even today, after nine months here, I had to search to find out...
Thanks for the kind words Jim and Dan. Dan, please let us know how you make out with this. As long as I don't stand erect immediately, and remember to tilt then slowly stand with each step this has...
I am not thrilled with this solution; I am very happy to have it as an alternative to dashing to the bathroom every time I stand up. I have noticed that sitting to standing incontinence has also...
Many thanks Puget, Lifguyd and Chas. That is exactly the kind of experience that I needed to hear about. My family doctor gave me a quick, “It’s the healing process”. That explained little. Your...
Dear Bluebird, Thank you! We appreciate the time and the energy that YOU also put into HealingWell.com Taking time to make a warm caring environment for all of us to come to ~ when we are so fearful...
This really has me baffled. After my first day of having my catheter removed, I went two weeks with the same urination pattern as before surgery. I did not get a drop on the pads that I was wearing,...
This post is one small way that I may be able to start to pay back all of you who have helped me through this over the past eight months. Here I am five weeks since RP surgery. One of my biggest...
Hank: Dad, how come you have to walk so much after surgery? Dad: So I can get my bowels moving. Hank: Don’t walk too far. Walt...
Hank: Dad, how come you have to walk so much after surgery? Dad: So I can get my bowels moving. Hank: Don’t walk too far. Walt ...
Thanks to all of you for your good wishes, prayers and thoughts for me. I am in a pretty good frame of mind with this being my sixth day after RP surgery. The toughest part is behind me, namely...
Thanks Tamu, SJC and Tony for sharing your detailed descriptions. Because of this thread I increased my walking, doing stairs and kegels this week so I can be better prepared to do it after my...
Thank you Bluebird, Mika, James and JCL. They gave me what to prepare for the week before and what to expect during my hospital stay, yet nothing about the recovery period at home. In fact the...
This may sound a bit strange – what is the first day home from open pc surgery like? My surgeon simply said that I won’t be sick, and should not be treated like I was sick. Will I be limited from...
Many thanks Bluebird and Doug, One of the main reasons we selected this was for less complications down the road. No matter how tough it was, I think we made the right choice. We know there are no...
Thanks for all of your good wishes. I just got a return call from my family doctor of ten years. He said that he would “try” to look in on me. He also offered very little guidance through these five...
This may sound very basic; always ask to have your initial treatment or surgery moved up in case of a cancellation. When I was given November 2[sup]nd as my surgery date, I asked to be moved up if...
Hi Bluebird, So I asked my fine surgeon, who has done more than a thousand of these, what do I need to do to prepare for the upcoming surgery? I told him several minutes earlier that my primary...
Thank you Uncle Dan. Good point about escape. I had stomach and bone scans last week that fortunately showed the cancer was confined to the Prostate....
Mike, Well said. You probably speak for all of us who have been here more than once. . .Walt...
Doug, It was so good to read your “Lengthy post.” While I arrived at the same decision as you for apparently very similar core reasons, it really helps to hear that you also did the homework needed...
Thank you Hagrid and CCedar for your very caring messages. . .Walt...
Thanks Jim. I appreciate you offering a ray of sunshine through these dark clouds. Walt...
To show how very little I knew about[b] pc when I signed on eight months ago, all you need to is look at my user name, “same_as_u”. I honestly thought that this was similar to my appendix removal...
Maria Teresa Tony is offering sound advice. The ten year study that I read also says that Proton theropy is not effective with an aggressive Gleason score. Three different oncology physicians also...
All I know about[b] it is from their advertisements. Is this is something that is used before or after pc treatment? [3] If you had it, would you mind sharing why and your impressions are about[b]...
Many thanks, Mike. You summed it up very well. About all my question did was prove how little I know about the broad scope of pc factors. When I first came to this forum, I actually thought that I...
Many thanks Jim, You make an excellent point that I never realized - a biopsy means a delay for healing. After three months I hope not to have any more delays. Walt...
Thanks ldoun, The delay has been built in with the lead time that it takes to see most of these medical people. I am now on schedule for 9/14 to talk with the radiologist who will hopefully do an...
Selmer, many thanks for your painfully honest answer. I have no idea why a PSA would change; therefore, I have no idea that a Gleason would or would not. From your beautiful logic, I had better treat...
Here is why I ask. My treatment is being dictated by my aggressive Gleason of 4+4. With a lower Gleason, I could opt for a different treatment. One month ago my PSA dropped from 6.8 to 5.1. What if...
Thanks Hawk fan, I agree with you. The only thing I am wrestling with is time. When the uro surgeon did my biopsy, he said for me not to wait until November to take action. My initial appointment...
Thanks Barry, I did go to http://www.cancercenter.com/ and phoned them as you suggested. The person I spoke with was well trained to field pc questions. Mainly I asked him about the side effects of...
Susan, It sounds like your husband has had a really rough experience. I wish you both the best, and hope things can start to take a more pleasant turn for you. Thanks very much for your post. Barry,...
Thanks for asking about me Bluebird. I thought this deserved a separate thread, so I will just say hello here. My profile – 10% of one core in 12 showing positive for pc, Gleason 4+4 (a second...
Thanks for the quick response SWIM. I just finished searching to find out what my T1c staging meant....
Dutch, I agree with you completely in emphasizing that this is what appears right for ME. If I had a Gleason of 7 or less, I am sure I would do the Proton as you did. Swim, You said “bilateral...
Swim your comments said a ton to me, and I greatly appreciate it. First off, I never had any idea that there was such a thing as a “Final pathology.” Now that you have been kind enough to say this...
Thanks Tony and Cedar. The Pittsburgh metro area has a population of more than 2 million and is the 11th largest city in the US; yet we only have one surgeon certified for the DaVincci laparoscopic...
Please excuse my lengthy post. My plans changed drastically this week culminating with my phoning to get scheduled for Robotic Laparoscopic surgery on August 28. What led to my decision was an...
http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/currentIssue/full_feature_story.asp? must have been very controversal. It is now pulled with only the following messge appering. " This Feature Story was not found...
Thanks John, As I learn more it seems that the Proton therapy is not as precisely accurate as the Tomotherapy. What the result of this is, I have no idea. Cindy's description sure helps....
Just when I thought this terrible decision time was over, I read about TomoTherapy. I was (am) favoring Proton Radiation; it is hard for me to understand the benefits or drawbacks of Proton Radiation...
Thanks Dutch. Pls excuse my ignorance - what is a Photon?...
Thanks Bluebird, Dave and John. My PSA in November was 6.9 and three months ago down to 6.2. My uro only wanted to note the 6.9 reading because it was the highest. Highest versus most recent baffles...
Thanks again Dave and Tamu. As I digest what you say, my thoughts are this. I would still opt for the Proton Radiation strickly because my pc is early and minimal. I probably won't get that...
I had my biopsy on June 4, 07 and fortunately for me found this site three months earlier. Since that date, my uro gave a book by Dr. Patrick Walsh to read, and many of the posters to this site have...
Many thanks to all of you. I just met with my Uro to get the full follow-up after my biopsy. It was so shocking that I am going to start another thread entitled, "The power of this site." Without the...
Many thanks Dave for pointing me to your link. With only Calif, Boston and Florida offering this it seems like it really has to be head and shoulders better than all other alternatives for a guy from...
I will be making my first decision on treatment this week. Of all the treatments that I have read about[b] this seems to have the fewest side effects.[/3]...