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...
MY PROSTATE BIOPSY SAID NO CANCER - WRONG ! If you have read some of my other posts, you know that prostate cancer runs in my family, so I had been carefully monitoring my PSA over the years. As you can see from the chart above, my PSA was rising slowly at a more or...
The doctor who performed my prostatectomy was – like most urologists - originally trained to do the traditional or "open" type of prostate removal surgery. That’s where they make a 4" to 6” incision in your groin and go in manually to remove your prostate. Then the da...
Yes, I had to do a bowel cleanse before my prostate surgery, just as I had to do before a routine colonoscopy. You know the program - first drink this fluid and then the toilet becomes your new-best friend for the next 12 hours or so. But why? Why do you have to go...
It was 3:00 a.m. on the day after surgery, and I was awake in bed. So I decided to ask the night-shift nurse if I could get up and walk, and she said sure. She unhooked my compression socks from the machine at the foot of the bed, unplugged my IV stand from the wall...
This is how my surgery day went. Yours may be similar or different. Every case of prostate cancer is unique. SURGERY DAY - My da Vinci robotic surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am, so I was told to arrive by 6:00am. Nurse’s first prep me in a small, curtained off area,...
Yes, I had prostate cancer and, yes, I chose surgery to treat it. You may choose another form of therapy for your case, but there is one thing I found quite interesting about the surgical choice. After prostate surgery, you learn your WHOLE cancer story. How much...
Prostate cancer runs rampant in my family. I won't bore you with the details, but it seems like most of the guys in my family are diagnosed with the disease when they hit their 60's or 70's. So as a younger guy, this definitely...
What is it like to get a prostate biopsy? Well, all I can do is tell you how my procedure went, but from reading about others' experiences, it seems like mine was fairly typical. It all starts, of course, with a bad PSA score or a fast-rising PSA score or maybe a...
1) The prostate cancer is gone. My doctor told me I had prostate cancer, and I'm a relatively young-ish guy (62) and in pretty good health and expect to live at least 20 years or more. Watchful waiting or active surveillance - no way, not for me. I chose the "gold...
Robotic prostate surgery recovery time What's the recovery period like after robotic prostate surgery? When can I go back to work after prostate surgery? If you are considering the da Vinci robotic form of prostate surgery, I just went through it, and I can tell you...
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...
1) Dull Pelvic Pain I occasionally had this dull ache somewhere deep down in the groin area. I don't know why exactly, but my guess is that it had something to do with an enlarged and inflamed prostate gland. Throw in a little long-term prostatitis and there you have...
I had read about how da Vinci robotic surgery was supposed to be “minimally invasive.” What exactly does that mean? I guess it means less cutting, less blood loss, less trauma to the body and faster recovery time. Was the advertising legit? Stay tuned, and I'll tell...
I had prostate cancer – it runs in my family going back at least 4 generations that I know of. So for quite a long time, I had been more than casually interested in developments and scientific advances in the testing, diagnosing, and treatment of the disease. Any...
You've probably heard the buzz about how prostate cancer is being over-diagnosed and over-treated. The strategy, as I – a non-medical person - understand it, is that many cases of prostate cancer are the so-called slow growing kind. So rather than seeking...
I don’t know about you, but my ears perk up when I hear about the things you’re supposed to do to prevent cancer – like "get your antioxidants," drink green tea, eat tomatoes (lycopene) – to name just a few. Well I did eat (and drink) all that stuff and still got...
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