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Would you go ahead with a Prostate removal?
Long story... 69 year old Male
I've had a enlarged Prostate for a few years....PSA has been as high 16's and as low as 5.27 on finasteride.
3 biopies the last one MRI-computer guided they only found a couple small lesions but no cancer... that was 2 years ago
July this year in the middle of the night..I couldn't pee... went to the ER
they did the optilume processor and catheterized me and sent me home...3 days later they removed the catheter and that night I stopped peeing again....Back to the ER..back in went the catheter..this time 7 days in.... 2 day after removal I couldn't pee back to the ER
and I went to see my Doc within a week..They taught me to self catheter until I could see the surgeon ... I catheterized a couple times and then I just said nope..lets wait and see and it was fine, no problems for a 10 days...Saw the Surgeon he set up my next appointment for Oct 7th..for all the test...
He does the robotic..removal through your penis Yikes...lol
So I've only had to catheterized one time in the last 3 weeks but I do get blood once in a while and I think maybe it was a clot that caused that...
My question is this.... Since everything seems to be working and if it does stop I know how to self-catheterize ...Should I go to the extreme and remove the prostate..if they don't find cancer on the 7th..I mean I don't know if they are looking or doing a MRI or ?..
I just feel like maybe I'm going to far and maybe the end results will be worse then the present problem..which other than maybe stop peeing, there isn't nothing new.
One other kicker.........I've hit my Out of Pocket max with my INS..so this would be 100% paid......LOL jeeezzz
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Bro,rupe pisica in doua,scoate-o si o sa eviti complicatiile varstei,scapi de griji si iti vezi de viata.Nu totul se rezuma acum la sex!!!
@largojoe, what are next steps for you? What treatment options have been discussed?
@colleenyoung
Keep taking finasteride and flowmax
So far everything is back to normal since i restart finasteride.
I will keep an eye on my PSA and other symptoms..
Maybe talk the Doc into a MRI or other ways to watch for cancer..
Wait and watch ..is my game plan
Anything changes and the game plan changes
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1 Reaction@colleenyoung definitely a steep learning curve. The only options presented by my urologist was surgery or radiation.
I had my PET scan, but haven’t reviewed the result with a Dr yet.
I’m reaching out to meet with a RO, waiting on appointments. I have an appointment with Mayo In Jacksonville tomorrow the 29th. Maybe I’m a candidate for TULSA PRO
I have also reached out to Sperling, who got back to me right away. They’ve already reviewed MRI and they’re requesting the PET Images.
I hope to make contact with Dr Scionti for maybe more individualized case managment and to discuss HIFU
If you have NO visible cancer through testing means, do not remove your prostate. Sounds like you have other issues obviously.
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1 ReactionThe lowest your PSA has been is 11-32. You definitely would want to get an MRI to see what’s going on. If you have a large prostate, then PSA can be very high.
If nothing is found, maybe you could get a TURP Instead of removing the prostate. Do you definitely need to find out more information before you make any decisions?
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1 Reaction@jeffmarc
Why a TURP? Others have posted here that there are kinder and gentler procedures for shrinking the prostate with shorter recovery times.
@bajjerfan
I you have flow issues then flomax or if it doesn’t work Turp
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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.
@jeffmarc
Again why TURP when there are other kinder gentler procedures? I'm already on dutasteride [maybe soon to be disasteride] and will find out pretty quick if it's helping. Also, I'll keep on the way it is for as long as I can. Anything that will avoid a catheter.