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My Doctor
I am almost laughing about this but not sure I should. My wife called for an appointment per doctors orders and was told I(after he ordered a cat scan and bone scan)by his secretary I couldnt get an appointment until Sept. I wonder now about whether i should seek advice elsewhere as he himself said make an appointment as…
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Open vs Da Vinci Surgery
I am trying to help my husband gather information. After much thought about whether to have surgery or radiation my husband has finally decided to go with surgery. His urologist likes the open surgery better, probably because that's what he performs. After reading many of your stories it seems like most of you have had the…
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cryosurgery
Just recently was positive for prostate cancer: PSA 9. Gleason 3+3=6, one positve sample of 12 taken. DRE negative. I have read the discussions about the various procedures and experiences available on this site but have not seen anyone mention cryosurgery. Does anyone have any experience with this procedure and any…
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Advance Prostate Cancer at 51
Hubby continues to be special and has now failed doxetaxol chemo and will be starting mitoxantrone plus a drug trial next week. I understand some folks have better luck with mit instead of dox since it is non taxol based. Keep your fingers crossed he will have a positive response to the trial and mit.
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Sonny- Just got back from my trip to Henry Ford Institute in Detroit
Well I just got home from my trip to the Henry Ford Medical Complex and the Vattikuti Urology Institute. Had a great trip and left feeling very confident that this is the place for my surgery. The have a great team assembled there and have a great patient first philosophy set up. In all I met --- different members of the…
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Catheter Out, Pathology Report In
I had my first robotic prostatectomy post-surgery appointment yesterday (8/4). The tether (catheter) was removed. As an experience, one time is enough, thank you. The pathology report was good: "Tumor confined to prostate gland", "margins of resection free of involvement", "no evidence extraprostatic…
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grlinfl are you out there?
Have not seen a post from you in a few weeks. Wondering how you were doing with your Social Security disability issues? Have you checked it out? Sheila
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How Many Men are actually CONTINENT 6 weeks post-op???
From the posts on the board it dosen't sound like the odds are great!. I would really like to know how many of us have had the surgery - lets say giving 6 weeks to heal and are actually continent. AND are the ones continent also not having E/D issues? Gleason 3+3=6 Surgery scheduled Nov. 9th, DiVinci. Thanks, AJ Here is an…
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Adjuvant Radiation
Had RALP surgery on April 2 & have no complaints regarding my recovery. My issue is that mine was a small tumor in a 'not so great' location and the doctor is recommending that I consider adjuvant radiation. Some of my post-op pathology results: Staging: T2aNXMX Perineural Invasion: Yes Surgical Margins: Carcinoma involves…
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Test to see if catheter is ready to be removed?
I have my appointment to remove the catheter Tuesday. Is there a specific test the surgeon uses to determine that catheter is ready to be removed? Do all docs use it? Thanks. Bill
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Out Of Surgery II, Days 4-6
(note: I have my first post-robotic surgery report on the forum dated 7/29). Well, days 3-6 (Thursday through Saturday) have been about both less and more discomfort for me. The shoulder nerve pain I wrote about seems resolved as does the healing pain in three-quarters of my incision sites. I still have a deeper pain in my…
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Long shot here but who knows
Hi to all. My name is Nick and I just first want to thank all who have posted here. You all dont realize how much it helps hearing from others who have this insidious disease. Ok my long shot is does anyone here know anything about Mercy Hospital in Scranton and a Dr. named Robert Ramey? I had bone scan and ct scan friday…