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What YouTube videos helped you learn more about prostate cancer?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 17 9:22am | Replies (11)
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@peterj116

Thanks. I'm not sure my surgery is robotic. It just said "a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy".
We'll see....

I'm also a computer tech - but not the on-the-phone "Have you tried turning it off & on again" type. I do desktop support in multiple locations & carry laptops, small desktops & 22" monitors between buildings. So fairly physical - doing over 7,000 steps per day, just doing my job.
So I've booked the full 6 weeks off, starting next week.

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jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | Sep 15 4:10pm

When you’re running your own consulting business, you can’t take six weeks off. That means no income.

After the surgery my biggest concern, for the first couple of weeks, was emptying the bag that ran from my catheter when I was in someone’s office, so it didn’t fill up.

Thing is, you really do recover quickly. After two weeks off, you’re gonna be itching to do stuff.

I had about 70 clients, 26 of them Architect offices. I did everything for them, buy and install servers and new workstations, but the problems were usually software or network related, which I also had to resolve.

I carried a laptop around for the first 10 years, and realized I didn’t need it anymore. If a Client called with a problem I could jump on a desktop that wasn’t in use or even the server at another client’s office and remote desktop into the client’s server or workstation with the problem and fix what was wrong. I could do a lot from my home office as well.

Always challenging and interesting.

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