Gleason change after robotic

Janeebe3
So sorry to hear
Janeebe3
So sorry to hear about your husband. I had my robotic surgery on Aug 12 and am waiting for my final path reports, age 54. I'm sure you are scared but there are several on here with conditions similar to your husbands and I'm sure they will be giving you some thoughts soon.
Also check out healingwell.com on the web. There is a very active support group there also.

Keep us updated since all the guys really do care on here.

If the path report comes
If the path report comes back that the cancer was contained that is good. Did you ask for a bone scan or a MRI. these can alleviate a lot of the anxiety you are feeling.

You have to ask the doctors, sometimes they get caught up in the day to day of the procedures and forget the human side. Ask for the MRI or CT along with the bone scan. If you have a pathological report that shows the cancer had not got out of the prostrate that is good.

I don't know from personal experience but there are remedial procedures that can take care of any remaining cells left behind. Radiation is an adjunct therapy if some cancer cells were left behind. You may want to look up a site called YANA and read some of the stories there. It will set your mind at ease.

janeebe3 said:

They say we should have path
They say we should have path report by Thursday...of coure it is difficult to contemplate possibilities since it is possible that our "stage" may have changed. We have been discussing hormone therapy prior to radiation thinking it will bring "borrowed time" and he is afraid that radiation will be more destructive...the scary part is the doctors response to the upgraded gleason and that the prostate was more effected that originally anticipated...but I guess we will know something by thursday...just waiting

I will keep you in my
I will keep you in my prayers, hoping for a good report.

janeebe3 said:

Gleason 9
Margins negative!!!! Does anyone know how common is this with a gleason of nine. Our Dr seemed almost amazed. We are so relieved I cant explain. We will check PSA in 3 months. But we are riding on the positive!!!It is such a relief!!

Dude! Congratulations! You
Dude! Congratulations! You won the lottery with that gleason and negative margins. Goes to show you what a strange disease this is, it's so hard to predict. Here's hoping for a PSA of 0 in a few months. My margins were negative also, and the doc said see ya in three months for a PSA. My pathology gleason was 4+3 with a small 4+4 spot. By the way, did your doctor mention anything about radiation in the future, or just the PSA? Mine said I just need the PSA test.