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Welcome to the club no one wants to join! Such a tough call. I can only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1339548/

Discussion: Brachytherapy or Prostatectomy? How did you choose?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 2 8:15am

In answer to your first question, negative margins with non-focal extraprostatic extension (EPE) indicates that while...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1336135/

Discussion: RARP Pathology

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 27 7:34am

My urologist - a surgeon - ordered the Decipher (0.56) and he went over that and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1321265/

Discussion: Why are urologists dismissive about Decipher?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 6 4:46am

I think the surgeon want to see me again before Christmas (probably to give me more...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1186890/

Discussion: Sling, or artificial urinary sphincter?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 8, 2024

@heavyphil So I haven’t started any treatments yet. Yes, I understand that ADT slows and shrinks...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1249187/

Discussion: ADT for several months before Radical Prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 3 7:29am

@stantallusa Stan, are your doctors looking for the source of your spinal pain? Mayo doctors can...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/619640/

Discussion: Lower spine pain after robotic Prostate removal

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 25, 2021

My thoughts....why go thru surgery and it's recovery and lasting potential Ed and incontinence, when you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1253455/

Discussion: Does age influence choice of radiation + ADT over srugery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 8 4:59pm

Hey man, crystal balls would be nice, huh? If you are saying that you did NOT...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1225199/

Discussion: My Gleason score is 7 - 3+4. How long can I live without treatment?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 30 7:48am

Good morning, I had 12 biopsy samples taken. 8 were positive. PSA of 16.Gleason 7 (4+3)....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/325206/

Discussion: Prostate cancer: What treatments did you choose? Results?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 14, 2020

Spaccer, Csn.cancer.org is a good website discussing HOLEP in a forum like we have here. Just...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1236984/

Discussion: radical prostatectomy after partial HOLEP - is it possible?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 14 4:19pm

@jeffmarc @survivor5280 Thank you for your focus: Another curve ball thrown at me today. I went...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1262808/

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 20 2:42pm

Gleason9, Grade 5 with EPE and not ONE lymph node was checked?? Sorry, that doesn’t make...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1261605/

Discussion: PSA level 7 weeks post radical prostatectomy: Thoughts?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 19 7:11am

In addition to the above; my surgeon who is a specialist in Uro-Genitial reconstruction, repair, and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/932467/

Discussion: Sex after Prostatectomy - I'm the wife

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 19, 2023

I was getting my PSA checked every 6 months until I had a 9.4. The recheck...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/909105/

Discussion: Very High PSA: What might cause a sudden increase?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 7, 2023

My surgeon failed to mention that until about 2 days before the surgery, "Oh, by the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/882314/

Discussion: Did anyone who had prostate removal experience penis length shortening

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 21, 2023

My Gleason was 9 and I am75. UCLA doctors wanted me to do 6 months of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/821138/

Discussion: Gleason 9: ADT before radiation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2023

My surgeon recommended walking in hospital the day following the RALP to eliminate the gases used...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864339/

Discussion: What is recommended first few weeks of radical prostatectomy recovery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 22, 2023

Hi jogger, my husband is nearly 3 years out from surgery identical to yours. He is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/233421/

Discussion: Prostatectomy soon: Any suggestions for being prepared?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2018

I can only tell you what I did here. I went to a couple video /...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/760102/

Discussion: How to find a good surgeon for radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 12, 2022

Thanks for the note. I have seen a couple folks on the Labcorp say they had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1228323/

Discussion: First detectable uPSA since surgery 14mos ago

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 3 7:47am

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