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Can someone help me about life after AUS 800 implant?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 1 8:48am | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
I would love ask questions about your experience with AUS. My urologist is recommending this route for me. I will give some back. I'm 56 with a gleason 9 stage 4 prostate cancer. 2022 radical prostatectomy. To my surprise I had to get my sigmoid colon removed prior to radiation due to my diverticulitis being severe. I had 40 rounds IMRT radiation this when urgency started. 2yrs of Zytiga and 3 years Eligard added to recipe. Urgency got worst after 6 months. They said it would get better, never happened. 44 round Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Nope this didn't help. Urology ran more diagnostic test. Found out my bladder shrunk. Now two rounds botox to help stretch the to hold more volume and final recommendations AUS.
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We’ve had a pretty similar journey. I’ve always been troubled with urge and stress incontinence since prostatectomy, radiation, ADT, etc. with periods of relief after Botox and AUS. Now six years after AUS insertion, it’s beginning to leak even more. It has never been perfect, but if I kept my bladder relatively empty, the AUS worked fine and I’m glad to have it. I see my urologist in a few weeks to consider replacing the AUS and follow up Botox. They have helped although not perfect. Best wishes.