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@jmacllm, you'll find several discussions in the Prostate Cancer forum about choosing a surgeon. You're not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1098447/

Discussion: I'm trying to select a surgeon and finding it to be complicated.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 3, 2024

I would move quickly to get a PET scan and an MRI to find out as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1513947/

Discussion: 64 and recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, options?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 24 9:16pm

No question...no second thought...travel the 2.5 hours to the biggest and best medical center you can...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1501782/

Discussion: Go with local prostectomy surgeon or pursue big center 2.5 hours away

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 9 12:58pm

My personal opinion is that the placement/ insertion of the robotic arms affects us all differently....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1323077/

Discussion: I'd like to know how other survivors deal with constipation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 8, 2025

For myself (56 when diagnosed last year, GS=4/3, healthy, active), addressing the prostate cancer with the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/923401/

Discussion: Prostate cancer treatment options?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 3, 2023

I had RP in 2014 at the age of 58, robotic, within two weeks I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/771043/

Discussion: Athletic impact of radical prostatectomy?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 9, 2022

Age 52. Diagnosed in late 2019. PSA was 8.3 with a Gleason score of 3+3. Chose...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/756750/

Discussion: What is the average age of the gentlemen on here?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 3, 2022

Hi Chris, My new partner had a robotic prostatectomy a year ago. His PSA is super...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/915239/

Discussion: High PSA three years post op

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 18, 2023

Hi Colleen, All my tests came back negative for infection so I stopped trying any anti...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/761663/

Discussion: Non specific urethritis

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 15, 2022

@onestepmore I’ve heard others say the same thing, that “the tactile touch of a human is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1463190/

Discussion: No erection after 5 years after radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 18, 2025

I’m with those who say to shrink it with ADT if you can before surgery; proximity...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1263095/

Discussion: Final countdown to RP on 3/26th and I’m anxious

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 21, 2025

Thank you everyone! The urologist was satisfied with the 2.35 level and emailed to tell him...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1150307/

Discussion: PSA levels increase. When to be concerned?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 1, 2024

I has pain in my left testicle within days of my robotic prostatectomy. The pain continued...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1499736/

Discussion: Testicular pain about prostatectomy: Any advice?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 6 4:44pm

OK I wish urologists would tell patients that there are many options to treat prostrate cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1247304/

Discussion: What is a Prostatectomy Like?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 28, 2025

69 yo, Gleason 3+4, BPH with 75g prostate. My primary Dr., chair of the Urology department...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1301862/

Discussion: Second Opinions in Prostate Cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2025

After my targeted radiation robotic prostatectomy 13 years ago, everything worked, no incontinence,no ED, Dry orgasms...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1257990/

Discussion: Not able to have a orgasm

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 14, 2025

Even with the advances of robotic surgery, radiation is easier and has an easier recovery period....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1075461/

Discussion: Is 76 too old for prostate cancer surgery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2024

Hey Doc, great info. I had a Green Light Laser at age 58 on medial lobe....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1355553/

Discussion: What causes penis to change size after prostate surgery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2025

Hi my husband is 66 (diagnosed at 64), our brother in law was 63 at diagnosis...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1299880/

Discussion: What is the average age of the gentlemen on here?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 8, 2025

Thanks. I'm not sure my surgery is robotic. It just said "a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy". We'll...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1142059/

Discussion: What YouTube videos helped you learn more about prostate cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 15, 2024

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