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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 17 11:45am | Replies (32)

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@stantallusa

God I do wish you luck. I am sitting my recliner writing this now.
Before this happed I was working on my “bucket list”. Already had a black belt in Go-Ju karate. Decided to get an advanced under water scuba certification. Got a certificate to captain and sail sailboats up to 51 feet. I could and did about anything. But one error in judgment that led me to falling for a doctors sales pitch on robotic Prostate surgery led to my current condition.
I am not saying this may not be a good choice for many. But be sure the person doing the surgery is a real surgeon and not a eurologist that got some training how to operate thaw robotic machine.
Good luck and God Bless

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I can relate completely; however, my surgeon was a renowned urologist/surgeon who actually taught and co-invented the procedure. He appeared on TV, etc. He treated the rich and famous - of which I am neither - and told me that many urologists were ‘schleppers’ who took a few courses and called themselves surgeons.
Five years later I am totally impotent - even with meds- sometimes dribble or more and now face a recurrence with a rising PSA. I try really hard every single day to tell myself that nothing’s guaranteed, people do the best they can, sometimes shit happens and as the old joke goes “ Senor, sometimes dee bull Wins!!”
I think all the talk about outcomes is useful, but there is a LOT of the unknown in everything you do.