I have a phone consult with Dr. Woodrum next Thursday. I am scheduled for SBRT with 4 mos. ADT Mayo, MN early October. Hoping to avoid hormone treatment, thus TULSA. Anyone know how many TULSA procedures Dr. Woodrum has performed?? Hopefully he has a lot of experience with this procedure. My best.

Yes, these remaining few weeks are really beginning to weigh on me. I'm having this strong need to get this behind me, along with the worry............what if things have gone on too long. I was extremely diligent about all of this and my first MRI in 2022, the radiologist missed my lesion on his read. I've been walking around with this cancer for 2 years longer than I should have. This really bothers me. I try to tell myself........well, two years ago you probably couldn't have had TULSA-PRO either. I always trusted the words of doctors. It destroyed my confidence in them. I never even thought two years ago about a second opinion. I will now seek one for anything of major consequence with my health going forward.

I had my procedure on October 9, stayed on campus until I was released on Oct 12. I have now returned to a small town in Colorado. I've never been under general anesthesia so I don't know how long it takes for the body to rid itself of whatever chemicals they used. I'm still feeling off the mark and my stomach is queasy. They also gave me prednisone and flomax which I've never taken before either. One thing I've noticed which is alarming me and if it's not better tomorrow I will be contacting Mayo. I was wondering, after your procedure did you notice any fluid retention below the surface, above your penis, on your pubic mound? I believe I'm experiencing a pretty significant accumulation of something there which was not there prior to the procedure. Maybe this is just part of the healing process, but it has me a bit worried, since medical care where I now am is limited. It's not causing any discomfort that I can tell, but it strikes me as odd, since they didn't mention it to me at Mayo as part of any normal healing process. They ablated 60 cc of my 100 cc prostate, so I expect my body has some work to do to get rid of the dead cells. I was just wondering what was your experience. Thanks much!