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Would you go ahead with a Prostate removal?
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I'm not sure there are "Centers For Excellence" here in Idaho...
Yes lesions but no cancer but that was 2-3 years ago..who knows whats in there now... thats why I want to check for cancer again...before doing anything
Through the penis was what the PA said...maybe he was trying to scare me LOL did a good job
Yea my boss isn't happy about light duty for that long... I'm a Maint. Tech at a Rehab Hospital..
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@casd57
I checked the NCCN and NCI list of centers of excellence and nothing in Idaho is listed.
@casd57
Yes most surgical procedures restrict you on lifting for 4 to 8 weeks as I understand.
I eventually had to have my Prostate removed because of Cancer.
However before that I had difficulty urinating and the medicine that helped me tremendously was Mybitriq.
The travel for procedures is a pain, I didn't have anybody locally at that time that did anything except the old school procedures, so I had to travel to Mayo in Phoenix. Best wishes for you.
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@casd57 Through the penis (other than Tulsa Pro) is just for BPH, not cancer. TURP, HoLEP, Aquablation, Rezum (steam), and green laser are various methods of reducing urethra constraints / prostate size through the penis. Some of these are surgery (like TURP), others minimal invasive and can be done at doctor office. Nearest CoE would be Fred Hutch (UW, Seattle). Real RP is major surgery. Even with robot have 1 (new) or 5 incisions and a lot of recovery time plus a high risk of side effects (most are incontinent for at least the first few months after surgery).