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Tips wanted for post surgery

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 5 10:53am | Replies (16)

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Suzie I myself would talk to doctor and ask max amount of pain med to get home also nausea medication. I had dry heaves @ a hour after I was awake from surgery, that hurt. I was very miserable and should have been using pain medication more often. I ended up using 16 of the 30 pill I was given but looking back I wish I would have taken more especially first few days after. Again ask doctor about nausea medication. Hopefully your husband will be one of to many that go through this much easier than I did. I have no regrets and fully confidence I made correct decisions to have surgery. 15 months after and zero psa yeah. I don’t think I could have made it through without my wife. She was right there to help with everything I was so thankful for her. Your support for your husband is showing and both of you will do great.

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Oh man, sorry you had such a rough time but loving the zero pSA!! Thanx for the advice, have put it on the list.

After surgery I did not get to zero . It was down there at 0.03 or so and started to climb over the next two years very slowly . So 1 year ago I got 22 sessions of external beam ( EBRT) . The radiation took about 7 months to work , but so far has taken it down from 0.14 , then 0.072 , and then 0.056. The trend is my friend ! My wife is Filipina and a ex nurse , so I had compassion and lots of help . she just showed her love in so many way . I was so grateful . God Bless . James on Vancouver Island .