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robot laparoscopic suprapubic prostatectomy possible open
Men's Health | Last Active: Aug 5, 2025 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
Hello, @captboat,
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my concern; your comments are greatly appreciated. I am happy that they did not find cancer, but I wish you could have had a better outcome. Therefore, I hope that as time passes, your symptoms will improve.
I am 72 and at the point where I need to consider more than just the pills (which make me feel goofy, cause shakes, and make me tired) and the catheter that I currently have.
With that said, as I consider your comments and my research on this operation, I have made an appointment with the urologist for this Thursday to discuss alternative options. This procedure is too invasive and has many unknowns. The recovery itself is a little scary, too.
You have no idea how much I appreciate your input. It really helped with my final decision. I hope you stay healthy.
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I am glad I could offer a little hope. After talking with my wife we agreed the recovery was quite manageable and took about 4to 6 weeks for full recovery.
Best wishes to you and your decision, we will be praying for you.
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@wj05 I too had robot simple prostatectomy. Short story, don't judge the results for about a year and I like my results. Still have a bit of urgency, but triggered by things that are well known to cause urgency like coffee and carbonated beverages. Highly recommend you watch a bunch of YouTube videos, because there are a lot of choices to 'open up the pee channel' as my urologist likes to say. My prostate was big and robot simple is the procedure for a large prostate. Robot simple is likely to be one and done for me.