Will cancer cells spill into my body when the surgeon is in there cutting away? This was one of my main questions, when I was considering how to treat my prostate cancer. Which therapy should I go with? If I choose surgery, won't that make things worse (in the long...
Before I had my robotic prostate surgery, I had heard/seen some amazing stories about how fast certain guys were returning to work. It sounded almost too good to be true, or maybe they were just cherry picking the best case scenarios. But what is more typical - what...
Robotic prostate surgery recovery time Prostate cancer runs in my family, and I knew it was only a matter of time before my number came up. When I did get the diagnosis, I chose robotic surgery to treat MY case of prostate cancer, but there are many other...
Before I went in for da Vinci prostate surgery, I wondered if I needed to shave my groin area. I don't remember anyone saying anything to me about this. I thought, "should I help them out and shave my groin? No, no, no. About a week before my surgery, I had to go in...
These are MY stories. All I talk about is what happened to me after prostate surgery. All cases of prostate cancer are different. You can only make a decision about your case by consulting with a licensed medical doctor. Story #1 First Experience After Prostate...
For the hospital that I was scheduled to have my da Vinci robotic surgery in, the guideline was to make an appointment one week or earlier, before my surgery date, for P.A.T. or Pre Admission Testing. The pre admission nurses pretty much ran the show for this meeting....
Yes, I had prostate cancer and yes, I chose surgery to treat it. Before we go any further, let me explain that I am not a medical doctor - far from it. In fact, I'm an accountant. So there is absolutely no assurance that anything I say that touches on medical matters...
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