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4 days post RARP

Posted by happydappy @happydappy, 6 days ago

It's been 4 days since RARP surgery at UNC cancer center of excellence. Pathology report showed negative margins, higher proportion of Gleason 4 than biopsies, and cribriform glands were found (not seen in biopsies). Glad I got the surgery.

Now to get this catheter out, start rehab, and get clean PSA tests.

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chippydoo | @chippydoo | 1 day ago
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@brucemobile

At this time I have 8 days of paid time off and I hope to have a couple more days by then. That should be enough time to finish with the catheter. Work should be easy enough, I won’t have to lift anything, mostly sitting and some walking. I am hopeful that my recovery will be quick and smooth, I am going to try and stay positive, I’m ready to get this cancer out of my body.

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Just smooth through it. No stretching and no lifting for a few weeks. By 4.5 weeks I was back on my bicycle and running. At 4 months I was officiating Lacrosse games for the next two years until BCR and retired from the sport at 71. You'll be back at it soon enough. Best wishes.

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kenhorse | @kenhorse | 1 day ago

I'm at 2+ years out (no chemo nor hormone treatments after my RARP) and I still leak ever so slightly (*maybe* 3 or 4 ml a day). My bigger issue is swamp ass!

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brucemobile | @brucemobile | 1 day ago

Thanks for the positive feedback, I am hoping for great results, I will also have peace of mind. Just waiting for the day

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tjv1156 | @tjv1156 | 1 day ago
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@brucemobile

I’m scheduled for surgery August 13, hopefully I will have a good outcome but not looking forward to the first week after

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Bruce: Don't borrow trouble. It wasn't nearly as bad I made it out to be. After a couple days, I developed a routine and the catheter was nothing but a minor annoyance. This was in 2020.

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kenhorse | @kenhorse | 13 hours ago
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@tjv1156

Bruce: Don't borrow trouble. It wasn't nearly as bad I made it out to be. After a couple days, I developed a routine and the catheter was nothing but a minor annoyance. This was in 2020.

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Like pretty much all of the process, my mind imagined things to be worse than they actually were. From the catheter to the amount of pain to the actual recovery, all was much easier than my imagination led me to believe they'd be.

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happydappy | @happydappy | 11 hours ago

I think we are prone to assume the worst. It scary facing the unknown. And even worse with the "C" cancer word involved. And then we get so many messages thrown our direction from doctors, family, things we read, arm chair experts. And all that gets tossed into a blender and comes out messy.

I'm now ten days post RARP. There were some hard things but everyday gets better. There are two steps forward and sometimes steps back. But I went for a nice walk today, stayed dry all night and day except for one small dribble (pretty amazing three days post catheter), and worked a bit. And the best thing is in the midst of this, I'm glad for the decision and that the cancer is out.

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