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Tulsa Pro Experience, Mayo Clinic MN – July 2024

Posted by jcf58 @jcf58, Jul 19, 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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jcf58 | @jcf58 | Jul 13 2:25pm

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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charlesprestridge | @charlesprestridge | Jul 13 9:24pm
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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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@jcf58

Congratulations. Grateful Tulsa Pro has worked so well for you.

Best wishes for many more years

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pdcar4756 | @pdcar4756 | Jul 14 9:06am
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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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@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!

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jcf58 | @jcf58 | Jul 14 9:46am
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@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!

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@pdcar4756 random. As the doctor said, there was nothing on your MRI so there’s no reason to fuse it.

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WingNut | @ucfron | Jul 16 12:58pm
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Will I feel like flying home later the same day or next day? I have to fly into town the day before for treatment. Then I have treatment at 8am. I'll have a catheter for a few days. Will I feel like flying home later that day? Or the next day. Thanks folks.

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@tcan2 I had half my prostate ablated in Dec 2025. No way would I have been able to drive home same day after the procedure. I was still out of it due to the anesthesia, and seeing double and triple not to mention the uncomfortable feeling of have a catheter for the first time in my life. Wife drove back home, about a 2 hour drive. I slept the entire way.

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WingNut | @ucfron | Jul 16 1:00pm
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I carried the catheter bag around in a small bucket around the house and in a reusable shopping bag when walking thru the neighborhood!

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@jcf58 I used the bucket to carry the larger bag around at home and at night I left the bag in the bucket just in case. I had my catheter for 7 days, 7 miserably long days, but once removed everything woke up in less then 24 hours.

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WingNut | @ucfron | Jul 16 1:03pm
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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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@jcf58 Outstanding news !! Praying mine will be just as successful as yours. PSA dropped from 4.5 pre-procedure, to .51 at 3 months, and .58 at 6 months. 9 months is in September and 1 year will be back at Mayo Jax in December where I will have an MRI.

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