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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 12 8:11am | Replies (100)

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Congrats on your three-week report. This is my eight-week report so I very much understand your concern and optimism. Be patient and make sure he is getting a lot of rest. Last February during my annual physical my primary physician noticed that my PSA reading had jumped from 1.4 (past 5 years) to 4.6. For me being a 70 year-old active man, 4.6 PSA was considered "normal" My doc said if this had been my 1st PSA test in 5 years, he would not have done anything other than active surveillance. What concerned him was the sudden rise from 1.4 to 4.6 in less than one year. Normally PSA rises slowly. That is why he ordered MRI and biopsy which confirmed two 1-cm cancerous growth but they appeared to be confined to the prostate. Eight weeks out from surgery, my PSA has dropped to .04, virtually undetectable. Yes first month after surgery I was using 3-4 tena pads per day. Now I'm down to 1 pad and fully able to urinate and empty bladder. I have a few ED issues but oncologist says be patient (3-9 months) and he expects full recovery since he did nerve sparing procedure. This surgery is hard on your body so your husband should be patient and allow the healing to happen slowly from the inside out. See the pathology report as a road map to recovery. After 8 weeks I'm walking a few miles every day or so and getting more energy but just listen to my body and take an afternoon when I'm tired (which I never used to do). . Also drink lot's of water....Best wishes on a quick recovery! Rick

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Congrats; it sounds like your recovery is coming along really well. I also was 70 when 14+ months ago I had NS RARP. For me the continence was a bit of learning to adjust to the new normal. Although I didn't need pads after a few days after the catheter came out, I had numerous minor releases over the next several months. I call it the new normal as I think my mind/body needed to adjust my subconscious controls as I resumed normal activities. For example, after 2 months when I could start back at the gym, everything was fine. But the first time I actually "strained" lifted weights, I had a minor release. As far as ED, that was a longer recovery for me. It took me about 14 months to get back to where I was before surgery. I've been on daily 5 mg tadalafil and when I actually have intercourse I also use 100 mg sildenafil on those days. There were times I wondered if I'd ever recover, but it just took a while. I hope you recover (as your doctor said) in 3-9 months, but don't give up if it takes longer. It sure took longer for me for those nerves to wake up and get back to normal. Best wishes.