2 weeks post Surgery

[frankie08033]

2 Week after RALP

Has not been too bad since surgery . Most of the pain was gone in 3 days. Getting the Catheter removed was a big relief. Urinary issue has been ok with improvement and some control, maybe 50% back already. I'll take that as a good sign. Not worrying about ED for several more weeks

Received the pathology report several days ago and everything was negative with no disease anywhere! I am a realist and am aware there could still be cells floating about but don't think I could have asked for a better report, that was the quote from the Dr. Also noted, originally I was thought to have Gleason 8 (3+5) from biopsy but after the pathology report, that was shown to be a 7 (4+3), so not quite as high risk as first thought. PSA scheduled for mid March. Time to celebrate at least for the moment. Thanks to all who contribute to this forum. I can't tell you how much it has and will continue to help.

[Tall_Allen]

Congratulations on the favorable pathology! Begin penile rehab now. The size loss starts early.

[frankie08033 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thank you for that advice and I will not delay to start that therapy.

[frankie08033 in reply to frankie08033]

wait, you are assuming there was size there to begin with! Thanks

[Tony666]

Congrats on your great results. just curious. With a biopsy diagnosis of Gleason 8, why did you decide on surgery over radiation?

[frankie08033 in reply to Tony666]

Hi Tony,

That was a hard decision. I was on the fence 2 days before the surgery on which way to go. I had a Pet PSAM a week before surgery and all came back clear so basically rolling the dice in Surgery.

If surgery didn’t work I’d be in radiation soon enough. Also was not wild about 2+ years of Hormone Therapy.

[rocket09]

Had mine 4 years ago and it has worked out fairly well for me. Some incontinence, using tri mix for erections and PSA has been doing a creep but not quickly enough to worry yet. Congrats on your results and my best to you! I did lose size because I did not know about size loss so take care of it now.

[frankie08033 in reply to rocket09]

thanks and nice to hear your story.