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Tulsa Pro Experience, Mayo Clinic MN – July 2024
Gleason 7 (4+3). I was treated Wednesday July 17, 2024. I checked in at 7am, entered the MRI/Tulsa suite at 8:15, and woke up in the recovery room around 11:30am. Approximately 30% of my prostate was ablated. I woke up with no pain and catheter in. The first 5-6 hours of the catheter were a little tough as I felt an urgent need to pee, but you can’t because you have the catheter in. Was fine after that. I did take Oxybutynin for bladder spasms at night. At 12:30pm, I walked out of the hospital and 2 blocks to my car to be driven home to Minneapolis.
Over the course of the next 40 hours, I just needed to regularly empty the catheter bag and continued to have no pain. Didn’t even take a Tylenol. The morning after TULSA I took my normal 2 mile walk. Catheter was removed at 7:45 Friday morning and I was good to go home. Catheter removal was not bad and they had to ensure I could pee on my own before release. Urine stream is about half of normal but will improve as inflammation of urethra declines. No medication needed at this point.
I did a ton of research before deciding on TULSA Pro. I talked to 7 different doctors. 4 current and 3 retired (1 had RP and another had radiation). The technology and low risk of side effects made this an easy choice for me. I was also fortunate to have the cancer contained in a fairly small lesion.
I couldn’t be more pleased with the procedure and my care at Mayo.
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Thought I would give a two-year update on my Tulsa experience. I was just down at Mayo in Rochester last Wednesday and Thursday for my two-year complete check up. As a reminder, I was a 4+3 with cribriform, and a PSA of 8.6. My PSA has held steady at 0.8 for all 8 of my quarterly checks. All four MRIs have been negative. As part of the two year follow up, I had a transperineal biopsy of 14 cores. All 14 came back as benign. Very impressed that Mayo had the results back to me in two business days. I remain side effect free, and I’m very happy with the route taken.
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Congratulations. Grateful Tulsa Pro has worked so well for you.
Best wishes for many more years
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1 Reaction@jcf58 Great news! I'm very happy for you. I have my two year check up with Dr. Woodrum this coming October. I'm hoping for the same good news. I will also be having the biopsy. One question. Do you know how they chose where to take the 14 samples? Was it random or targeted? Thanks!
@pdcar4756 random. As the doctor said, there was nothing on your MRI so there’s no reason to fuse it.