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I have zero regrets about my decision to get surgery. Like most guys who have gone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1353730/

Discussion: Do you regret having had a prostatectomy vs. radiation, or vice-versa?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 22, 2025

Welcome to the club no one wants to join. I was diagnosed with PCa last year...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1265144/

Discussion: Recently Diagnosed - Surgery or Radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 23, 2025

The TLDR is: I believe swelling from the surgery is probably putting enough pressure on his...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1461301/

Discussion: Problems with Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS) install: Tips?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 15, 2025

I am a big advocate of radiation treatment (RT) over radical prostatectomy (RP). An RP causes...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1466717/

Discussion: Would you recommend proton therapy vs surgical removal of prostate?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 23, 2025

I'm 70 and reasonably fit (but not excessively so) at 5'11" and 187 lbs, and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1116011/

Discussion: How to Minimize Side Effects of Treatment?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 1, 2024

@rlpostrp -- Hello. I'm not an expert on penile rehab, but I'll happily share my experience....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1483824/

Discussion: PC treatment: Prostatectomy or Proton Beam Therapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 16 11:10am

I too started to develop diaper rash after a year from my surgery. I also use...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1536871/

Discussion: Anyone recently experience sudden diaper rash using "Shields"?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 27 7:33pm

@byng94 I replied to this the other place you posted a message so you will have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1547381/

Discussion: My TRIMIX experience

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 10 2:39pm

Hello BCER I was in the same boat at 3 months post RALP with bladder urgency....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1548312/

Discussion: Persistent urgency even after urinating, 3 months after prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 11 11:19pm

@tmitch I'm no penile therapy expert, but it looks like the experts are working on trials...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1551594/

Discussion: Vacuum erection device/pump recommendations

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 15 11:06pm

@thig350 You are thinking correctly now since any treatment is a choice between bad and worse....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1551088/

Discussion: Diagnosed today w/ PCa. Seeking feedback w/ treatment I think I want

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 15 10:04am

I had RP in November 2024 and the incontinence did not go away for months, including...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1552683/

Discussion: Requesting opinions on Pelvic Floor Trainers

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 17 9:44am

@copyman There is about the same rate of BCR for RP and RT but after RP...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1553148/

Discussion: Devastated by support group meeting: I'm doing everything wrong

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 17 9:04pm

@turtbean Oh my goodness and please, no filter, never shut up. We are all ears! The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1553180/

Discussion: Devastated by support group meeting: I'm doing everything wrong

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 17 10:02pm

@surftohealth88 It just seems strange that so many patients are unaware and why you would then...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1553921/

Discussion: Newer surgery technique: da Vinci SP (single-port robot-assisted)

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 18 8:52pm

@surftohealth88 We’re all here to support one another and share our experiences. You shared your story,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1554009/

Discussion: Newer surgery technique: da Vinci SP (single-port robot-assisted)

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 19 1:34am

When my urologist explained the post procedural external drains, extended foley catheter and fairly high incidence...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1555144/

Discussion: Devastated by support group meeting: I'm doing everything wrong

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: 6 days ago

VMAT seems to be used more frequently recently, using 3-D to better isolate the radiation to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1555355/

Discussion: SBRT: Every day or every other day; proton or photon?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: 5 days ago

"not suffer the barbaric side effects of surgery" This kind of alarmist nonsense is really a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1552702/

Discussion: Devastated by support group meeting: I'm doing everything wrong

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 17 9:59am

I was Gleason 8 after biopsy, PSA 4, PSMA PET negative out of capsule, medium to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1548188/

Discussion: Diagnosed today w/ PCa. Seeking feedback w/ treatment I think I want

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 11 5:56pm

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