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Gleason7(3+4) - treatment options recommendation

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 7 1:02pm | Replies (237)

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@robertmizek

3 weeks was tough. I counted the days.

Bladder spasms were the worst. Do you remember me mentioning them in the write up that I gave you? They sucked!

Your wife sounds like she’s got a great sense of humor and is a keeper.

How many weeks post surgery are you now? I’ve lost track. And how are you feeling?
Did you get your pathology report and is it still the same Gleason score as before?
Have you had a post surgical PSA reading yet?

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Hello my online friend!
I am now 2 weeks 2 days post-surgery. I feel better every day, started doing a lot of outside stuff lately. I got my pathology report back and I am in the high-risk category, my "score" as the surgeon put it went from 5 to 3. My Gleason was a couple of 9's and a couple of 7's. There was one positive lymph node which worries him. He could not save one side of the nerves due to cancer involvement. He removed the prostate, vas deferens, lymph nodes, seminal vesicles, and one or two other things I forgot the names of. He has me scheduled for my first PSA test at 6 weeks, a meeting with a radiation oncologist at 8 weeks, and a 2nd PSA test at 12 weeks.

The only negatives two weeks out are the incontinence (not that bad, but noticeable) and one of the incisions is still ouchy. I also get tired pretty easily, but I think that is to be expected for a few more weeks of recovery. My energy just seems to fade in and out all day, and by 9pm I am really, really tired. Couldn't even watch my Buffalo Bills get their heads handed to them Sunday night! LOL

So, all in all, recovering as expected, pathology not so great which has the doc worried, and waiting for the next "Adventure in Prostate Land." 🙂