What YouTube videos helped you learn more about prostate cancer?

Just so you are prepared for the recovery!

Four days after surgery, I went to three clients offices to work on their computer problems. Not strenuous work if you just need to use a keyboard.

It is something you really recover from quickly if you have robotic surgery.

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.

yes. Thats what I did. I watched I think 4 surgeries of robotic assisted. I found it very interesting. They were about 3 hours long but it was worth. I found it interesting how one Dr would let the workspace bleed a little. Next one would cauterize every little bleeder. Kept a clean workstation. I told the Dr I could do one. He didnt seem amused.

Yeah, I watched the surgery too. Pretty impressed that they inject 20ccs or whatever of saline into the bladder, to fill it up & check for leaks. Kinda like changing a radiator hose.
I'm not going to offer to do the surgery myself, but I was thinking of getting wheeled into the operating theatre & saying "Ah... I see you have the machine that goes ping". But they might not get the Monty Python Meaning of Life reference.

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.

Do your Kegels!

I like this one. It is not only an amazing demonstration of how the robotic machines are used but a true glimpse into the day-to-day life and great sense of humor as they save lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Q4kstk5GM

I wish. I failed badly both times with the physio. No pelvic floor muscle movement detected with ultrasound or physical exam.
I'm in trouble....

That's a new one for me. Thankyou.

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