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Beware the siren song of the greedy urologist.
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 5 3:50pm | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
Great job! It’s amazing how these people only see dollar signs.
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer after a biopsy. I probably should have asked for another.
Worst decision I made was allowing a local urologist to do the surgery.
In my wildest dreams I never thought I could be crippled by this operation. But lucky me.
No real idea what happened. Mayo looked at me and all of the files and said they thought I was not supported properly when they did the robotic surgery.
I am screwed. I have gone from a guy who lifted weights evey day AND walked my dog between 5 and 10 miles a day to a complete crippled old man.
Not sure exactly what I did wrong. I think it was not vetting the urologist.
I was told he had done lots of these operations. I should have gotten proof.
I have NO real life expectations. Can’t exercise so just slowly dying while sitting in a chair watching TV.
Oh yeah. I am 75 years old, still not overweight. I watch what I eat and try to do what I can.
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Hey standtall, we’ve spoken before about our surgical ‘mishaps’…why don’t you get a copy of the Surgical Report - that’s the actual surgical narrative of the procedure. They HAVE TO give it to you. Perhaps it can shed some light on what may have gone awry and you can take this info to a neurologist or some other specialist and see if you can have some kind of treatment or therapy to alleviate the problem.
There is NO reason why you should be reduced to this invalid status by prostate surgery - NONE! If you absolutely must - a lawsuit should be considered and as a retired health professional I do not offer this advice lightly.
Sometimes doctors are only forthcoming when they are threatened with a lawsuit and if it absolutely has to be pursued in court facts will come out that have not been previously disclosed. Again, as a retired dentist and having attended many insurance seminars, the blunders that some docs try to hide are unbelievable!!!!
Anything is better than sitting there waiting to die…F***K THAT!
You did not see an oncologist?
Sorry to hear what has happened. I had my 3tMRI done at UNM University of NM, but I went MD Anderson for my biopsy, but had some issues with their re-read of the slides, as I had a Houston radiologist that only does prostate cancer, disagree with MDA. I ended up firing MD Anderson they were trying to tell me they didn't want reread the images and so on, "they were the best in the World" blah blah, I went to Mayo in Jacksonville, where the MRI was redone, and they had their team of radiologists review both studies to render the final decision, also had by biopsy at Mayo. Bottom line is you have to question these Drs, get second opinions or even 3rd opinions. I sent the Pathology to John Hopkins, where they provided more detail and the findings were more in-depth, the Mayo report vs John Hopkins were like day and night.
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My deepest sympathies.
We laypeople are at the mercy of doctors.
If you get time, please check out on YouTube the exercises that you can do while seated.
Who knows? It might give you back some strength.
Best wishes.