Anyone who has had it done? What to expect? Hospital stay? Recovery time?
Don’t google it. It doesn’t look pleasant.
Any info would be appreciated, thank you
Anyone who has had it done? What to expect? Hospital stay? Recovery time?
Don’t google it. It doesn’t look pleasant.
Any info would be appreciated, thank you
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I still have mine, but I have a couple of friends who had theirs removed. I shared a house with one where we contracted.
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I had my prostate removed 12/02/2014 they caught mine early so no other treatment so far psa is 0. I spent 3 nights in hospital should have been 2 nights but i got behind on my pain meds you dont want that . plus it took a while to get over it and I am a dribbler now. Norm
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I am 56 and just diagnosed with "C" in the prostate. Gonna have it checked again after MRI in January. Will follow this thread. Not sounding like much fun.
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I’ve had no issues but to any and all of ho do, good luck.
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I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2020. Did Proton Therapy at MD Anderson in Houston. If insurance will cover it and there is a Proton center near you, it is the only way to go.
There's a very good and informative thread over at The Hull Truth on this. Could be life saving info for anyone interested.
No cancer although my psa was as high as 24 but I had an enlarged prostate. They did a procedure with a laser called holep in Oct 22 which removed the enlarged portion. Overnight stay with a catheter that was removed next morning. Ive been fine ever since
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Thanks for the info so far, very much appreciated.
Had mine removed at 54 years old, 6 years ago. One night stay in hospital, surgeon did it by hand, the old fashion way, no robot. As mentioned keep up on the meds and ahead of pain. Had a catheter for 10 days. Had to wear diapers for 2-3 weeks, then pads during the day and diapers at night..(I like beer which did not help). I was finally able to ditch even the pads after 6 months but I know I took all measures to remove that crap from my body which makes all that worthwhile! Sex is the same but with no mess since they take your seminal vessel out as part of the procedure. Hopefully you are done having kids. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it the same way. Sorry you are having to contemplate this but I hope this helps.
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Very helpful, thank you.Had mine removed at 54 years old, 6 years ago. One night stay in hospital, surgeon did it by hand, the old fashion way, no robot. As mentioned keep up on the meds and ahead of pain. Had a catheter for 10 days. Had to wear diapers for 2-3 weeks, then pads during the day and diapers at night..(I like beer which did not help
Just turned 60 yesterday. Caught it early (6s and 7s which apparently is bottom of the scale).
Praying for you Ronald!
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Mine was 6 and after they sent it in it came back at a 7.
Hey Happy Birthday!...My 60th is at the end of the month
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I have a brother that was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 58 and had his removed. But it made it into the seminal vessel and he is now 75 and been battling it the whole time. Here is a good story! My nephew was diagnosed at age 48 with PC let’s say it was around Thanksgiving doctor told him he shouldn’t wait till after Christmas to have prostate removed. Said he wanted a second opinion went to the Cleveland Clinic they basically told him the same thing. He says I’m not doing it! Fast forward about two years him and his wife has a fight over all of it and him not doing anything about it. Goes back to the doctor and it hadn’t advanced he now goes back every six months and they check.
It wasn't as bad as open-heart surgery, but it seemed more personal. I had the Davinci method and only spent one night in the hospital. I did have a catheter for two weeks. I still wear the shields for and occasional leak. Good luck with yours's.
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I was diagnosed with two kinds of prostate cancer on June 26, 2019 and had my prostate removed using the da Vinci surgical machine on August 16, 2019 at the Cleveland Clinic. I had the kind of prostate cancer that all men will get if they live long enough. But, I also had a more moderately aggressive kind. The only treatment was removal of the prostate. By the way, when I was diagnosed my PSA was only 4.0, which is the top of the normal range. But, my PSA had been steadily increasing for 3 years. So, my Urologist suggested a biopsy, telling me that about 1/3 of guys with those symptoms will have prostate cancer. I was in that 1/3. But, this meant that they caught it very early. But, the Doc said that if I hadn't caught it early, in 10 years I would have had some serious problems. I stayed 1 night in the hospital and had to wear a catheter for a week. Frankly, the catheter (and the removal of the catheter by a cute nurse!) was the biggest PITA of the whole process! After the surgery, I wore pads for about a month. I did my Kegels faithfully and haven't had any leaking problems. I still do them while driving to and from the gym twice a week. The day I had the catheter removed, the nurse went over the lab report with me. The lab work showed that the cancer had not spread to any surrounding tissue, so the surgery was considered curative. My PSA is still undetectable. I still have it tested every 6 months and after 5 years I will probably go to once a year testing. Every time I visit my Urologist, I thank him for saving my life!
Frankly, the diagnosis of prostate cancer scared the crap out of me...especially when it was two kinds and one kind was moderately aggressive. I did a lot of praying and put myself in the Lord's hands.
Things to think about before surgery: To prep for the surgery, I started doing Kegels ahead of time to build up those muscles before the surgery to minimize leaking. It seemed to have worked. Also, I don't know about others, but whatever they use as an anesthetic always constipates me...BAD! I hadn't had surgery for more than 10 years, so I forgot about this. It was several days after surgery that I finally got things moving, even with the stool softener that the Doc prescribed. You've heard the term, $hitting a brick...well, that was me! I had never before prayed to have a bowel movement, but I did then. I was afraid that I might have torn stitches it was so bad. But, I didn't. The next time I had surgery, two years ago for a torn meniscus in my knee, I started taking Miralax a couple days before the surgery to make sure I wouldn't get plugged up like that again. As others noted, sex is as good as ever and maybe better in some ways...no baby batter to deal with!You will need to take either Viagra or Cialis. One works better for some guys and the other brand works better for others. My Doc had me taking a low dose of Cialis for a period of time afterwards as a way to “rehab” my system. But, I found that Viagra worked better for me. Be sure to take it on an empty stomach for maximum effect. You’ll feel like a teenager again!
Contrast my situation with the husband of a nice lady who helped care for my Mom before she passed two years ago. He fiddled around with an incompetent urologist for several years, despite my wife and I encouraging her to take her husband to my urologist. They didn't listen, despite his very high and ever increasing PSA level and his Doc doing nothing. They finally switched to my urologist and he immediately did a biopsy. His prostate was full of cancer and he had it removed shortly thereafter. However, the lab report showed that it had spread. He did chemo, radiation, and eventually an experimental procedure. The cancer had spread to all his vital organs and he died this past Thursday at age 49. Prostate cancer is nothing to fool around with. Catch it early and it's good news. Fiddle around and catch it late and it can kill you. EVERY MAN SHOULD HAVE HIS PSA LEVEL MONITORED ON A REGULAR BASIS!
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Since we are getting all personal…. PSA was steadily rising over a few years, so had a couple biopsies in urologists office, no big deal, just a bit of discomfort. Basically they snip of piece of prostate and check for cancer. This was done at Bethesda Naval, now Walter Reed. Right across the street (literally) is the National Institute of Health (NIH) and they were just starting a new biopsy procedure.
Basically they take a MRI of the prostate and then using something similar to GPS technology, can target the biopsies to areas that look suspicious. The first MRI was horrible, they have since improved where there is no “penetration.” So I have the MRI, do the prep (same as colonoscopy), and go in for the biopsy. I had been told the procedure was new, just didn’t realize I would be the 5th to ever have it done at NIH.
So there I am, lying on my side for the biopsy, with about 30 people in the room. Now I know there were just doing their job, but the technology guys had zero sense of humor, at least the doc and his direct team laughed (maybe snickered) at my attempts at humor.
This was 11 years ago, still cancer free!
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