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Gosh Mike that sounds wonderful other than the extraction part lol
Take care and we will looking forward to celebrating your 10 year reunion and Nancy's 20th!
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06-30-2009, 02:52 PM
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Hey Mike, how is it going with the catheter?
I just got the results of my biopsy and I to have prostate cancer. Tomorrow is the CT Scan then Wednesday the meeting with the Doc. They said nothing but clear liquids after 9PM tonight...I have verified that Jack Daniels is clear.
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Damn Top
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Well I hate to hear that I hope that you are as successful as Mike was.
Best of luck you can beat it. I'm sure
As always good camping
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07-01-2009, 06:34 PM
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Actually, oodles of Boodles (gin) is very clear...after a few shots, nothing else will be, clear that is!!! (Yes, personal experience)
Best friend is now 3 years clear from prostate cancer/surgery. Prayers are with all of you...take care, Top, from Chief Whiskey 4.
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07-01-2009, 07:35 PM
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Very strange... Of the men I know who had prostate cancer, half have surgery and half went for radiation. Half of the later half had beam radiation and half had "seeds".
Thank you one and all for the positive thoughts and prayers. I will keep you posted. One good thing...booze is cheap at Little Rock Air Force Base.
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07-02-2009, 10:43 AM
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The results I have heard about indicate that radiation (seeds or beam) has more problems than surgery. As long as the cancer is encapsulated and does not go outside of the prostate the surgery IS a complete cure. Of course continuing PSA tests will monitor for any recurrence of the cancer.
If the cancer has spread then chemo and radiation are a good idea.
A lot also depends on whether you have the slow growing type or the aggressive fast growing type of cancer.
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07-05-2009, 11:34 PM
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My brother in law had that surgery at 50 and it left him impotence. He actually considered suicide. Had to have help. That was 3 years ago. Cancer free but to this day says if he had it to do over, he wouldn't. (ok, I corrected my spelling)
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07-06-2009, 09:31 AM
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I always thought I was pretty darn impotent, then someone let me know that I was leaving the R out.
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07-06-2009, 11:10 AM
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If you think you are important, try ordering someone elses dog or cat around. :D
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07-08-2009, 04:16 PM
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September 15 I will have a daVinci Prostatectomy done. Instead of the big incision, there are 5 small ones. Only 6 days on the catheter. The Doctor has done over 1000 of these. Kinda like robotic surgery.
More information at www.daVinciprostatectomy.com
However, the CT Scan also found a compound cyst on my kidney, and that will have to be watched.
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09-22-2009, 05:51 PM
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OK, surgery done last Tuesday, out of the hospital on Wednesday. Yesterday (Monday) they took the catheter out. Surg not bad, aches, but no pains afterwards.
Biopsy of the surrounding areas showed no spread beyond that found in the prostate. Now, just waiting for the bladder to settle down.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jdwilson3
OK, surgery done last Tuesday, out of the hospital on Wednesday. Yesterday (Monday) they took the catheter out. Surg not bad, aches, but no pains afterwards.
Biopsy of the surrounding areas showed no spread beyond that found in the prostate. Now, just waiting for the bladder to settle down.
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happy to hear this news John.
chevman :D :D
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Just SUPER...................
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I will reiterate Mikes encouragement about annual PSA's and digital exams. When you know in time prostate cancer is treatable. What you don't know can kill you.
I got "too busy" to go for annual checkups until I began to have urinary tract trouble. I knew it had been a "while" since I had had PSA and digital exams, but when I called my urologist for an appointment I was shocked to learn that it had been nearly three years. PSA came back 25+, virtually off the scale. Immediately went in for biopsey and then sweated bullets waiting for results and thinking how dumb could I have been to let that simple test slip by for so long and if I had cancer had it progressed to terminal dimensions because of my inattentiveness.
Fortunately, no cancer was found and the high PSA was determined to be the result of an infection of the prostate. After a round of anti-biotics PSA dropped back to a reasonable range. You can bet I will never get too busy for these exams again.
Like Mike said Git-er-done and regularly.
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Glad to hear all is well. Pretty soon you can get back to business as usual.
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Mike
That is great news!!
So glad that everything turned out so well.
Congratulations!
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Glad to hear a good ending for all. And, Top, make sure you keep that "first shirt" tucked in real tight, at least until happy hour and you can show off those itty bitty scars!
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09-25-2009, 03:21 AM
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Funny thing...PSA was only 2.2. So obviously, one can not live by PSA alone. Two years ago it was 2.2 and last year 1.7.
So, if your doctor isn't having you put your elbows on the table...you could die.
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My PSA went up only incrementally as well. It was a combination of symptoms that caused the urologist to do the biopsy as a precaution. In my case it was a good idea. It also took replacing my primary care physician as well since he wasn't listening to me as I decribed the change in symptoms.
Ya gots to pay attention to the little changes at times to avoid some big problems down the line.
Top, glad the surgery worked out well for you. The bladder will settle down in a few weeks. Just take it easy on doing anything heavy duty.
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Today is Friday....seems settled down already!!!!
'nuff about that!
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