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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 2 3:02pm | Replies (31)

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Soli and surftohealth
I love it.
I am six months out, and it has been a trying six months but -- this is the big silver lining we are taking a big step to get rid of cancer. Decades ago, so many men just got cancer and did not live as long. Now, if we get early detection and then treatment, we stand a fair chance at good life expectancy.
I hope you and your husband surftohealth, get the surgery and then while recovering at least the PSA should be low. The catheter is not fun but it more or less short term, ( five days to two weeks it seems, I had a very conservative surgeon so I had it in for two weeks)
Incontinence and Ed ( and other less common things like infections, hernias, etc)
I wish my urologist had told me that the majority of men are incontinent and most take close to a year to get back to baseline (with lots of variance)/ I was told little and when I pressed I heard things like 'dome guys have no problem with incontinence," : some guys really turn a corner in a few weeks" "lots of guys go back to work in two weeks" I should have been shown the recommendations from the American Urological Association and told something like most men will have incontinence, it sucks but it is the price to pay to get rid of cancer expect a year of working on it and if it better then this then be pleasantly surprised.

Anyway, I want to know how both of you do in August ( your husband surftohealth)
IN my case it was a good decision, and I have no big regrets.

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I am glad the worst is behind you and the cancer is eliminated. And hopefully your side effects will wane over time with exercises and therapies. I have heard from a lot of people who have had surgery that the degree and duration of incontinence is all over the map.
So, that is one of the big unknowns for me, and I have already started Kegel exercises even though my surgery is in early September. Hope that helps.

Will keep everyone posted after the surgery.