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Glad to hear your doing well. Keep us posted. I'm sure you have gotten used to your little friend strapped to your leg by now. Yeah and if I was only talking about a .45.

johncanfield wrote:Phillip - many have gone before me, hopefully the incontinence part won't be a big deal.

Hi Tracy - 54 is young, hope your hubby is doing well. Dr. John W Davis will be at the da Vinci console for the surgery.

Zero issues with incontinence from the moment the catheter was removed.

It was interesting getting my urination flow graphed. Never had so much attention paid to my urination.

johncanfield wrote:Thanks everybody, you all are like an extended family.

Note to all of the guys - I was surprised to discover that the Family Practice association is not recommending a PSA test but Urologists are recommending the test. There are false positives and a rising PSA doesn't necessarily indicate cancer but I strongly recommend guys 50 and older have an annual PSA test and a digital exam. My PSA rose from the high 3s to just over 4 but a digital exam revealed an abnormality. I've been hanging out on a forum with a prostate cancer section and I was amazed at the number of guys in their 50s with worse numbers than me.

My prayers for you and your family.

Don't worry, had it 8 done years ago, I'm doing fine. It was no big deal. My father in law had it done 25 years ago, he is now 85. I don't like to use the word cancer survivor, as this does not compare to what my friends with other kinds of cancer have faced.

Dan Fogelberg, the singer songwriter, Ron Stone, Houston's most favorite newscaster both died of Prostate Cancer. If every man lived long enough, we would all die of Prostate Cancer. My PSA started rising dramatically, 2.5 to 5, I waited for a while, but two biopsies confirmed the presence of cancer. Because of my age surgery was recommended. Older men can be treated with radiation as they will die from something else before the prostate gets them.

My cardiologist did not really recommend surgery as he felt my heart would get me first. My tumor was 3 cm in size, but it had not spread outside the prostate, so I felt very lucky.

It is very sad to read on the Cancer forums of the men who waited too long and it has spread beyond the prostate. Then, it is tragic.

So despite the recommendation to not have a PSA I would get one early (45) and have it done every year after that. Dan Fogelberg was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer at 53, he died four years later.

BTW the drugs they use are great. The catheter not so much. I urinate like a 9 year old.