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Bleeding from the incision after RARP
Hi friends, my husband had RARP this monday and Surgeon said the surgery went super well with no concerns whatsoever. He was fine in the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 19, 2025
Prostate Cancer Gleason 6 Group 1 + Hypogonadism
I recently was diagnosed with PC Gleason (3+3) 6 Group 1. I also have been on Testosterone Replacement Therapy for over 10 years. As soon...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: 2 days ago
Dazed and Confused
I met with my surgeon 8 days after prostatectomy for catheter removal. Discussed pathology report. Margins clear, seminal vesicles clear, lymph nodes clear. Gleason 7...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 17, 2025
Surgery, radiation, other - what is the best for 2Ta Gleason 7
I have 2Ta grade, with a Geason 7, and PSA 10. The tumor has push slightly outside the prostate. The surgeon thinks there is a...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 29, 2025
Prostate Cancer complicated by anal stenosis: Any suggestions?
2016 scar removal from colon. Diagnosed with anal stenosis2023 PSA 14 and MRI lesion PIRADS 4Saw 2 Urologists in Vegas for transperineal biopsy first only...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 5, 2024
Final Diagnosis after Radical Prostatectomy- Looking for suggestions
Friends I elected to have a RP on 1/27/25. My Gleason score pre-op was 8. My PSMA Scan was clear. I just received my results...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 8, 2025
Who prescribes ADT?
I’m working with Cleveland clinic and went to Mayo Jax last week to start the 2nd opinion process. I’m working on getting all my scans...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 25, 2025
Weighing my surgery options (aka lost in the weeds)
Age 50, Gleason 7 (3+4), 6/12 cores, PSA 6.68, Decipher 0.56, PSMA negative for bone/lymph metastasis, RT not recommended (by surgeons and ROs) due to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 19, 2025
Final countdown to RP on 3/26th and I’m anxious
62yrs G9 no spread. Hoping I made the right decision to have radical surgery. I got diagnosed in mid January and felt I needed to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 22, 2025
when and where for hip replacement
It's complicated. The orthopedic surgeon said I needed it 3 years ago. It will be tricky, because he has to yank out 20 year-old hardware...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 24, 2025
Has anyone tried therapy prior to RARP to prepare for incontinence
I read somewhere where some guys have gone to therapy to prepare for post surgical continence issues with kegel exercises etc. My surgery will be...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 20, 2025
Has anyone been prescribed hormone therapy prior to surgery?
My husband is at the decision stage between hormone therapy and radiation or surgery. Localized tumor based on PSMA PET, Gleason score 9(4+5) PSA 9.2,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 13, 2025
Prostatectomy scheduled at Mayo: more questions about what to expect
Will the Mayo Surgeon likely see me before the surgery, or just the Anesthesiologist?Will someone likely let me or my wife know generally how it...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 1, 2025
Tips on weight loss before prostate removal surgery
So I finally made the decision for prostate removal, and my surgeon said I need to lose 30 lbs for the procedure. Once my mind...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 3, 2025
radical prostatectomy after partial HOLEP - is it possible?
I had a partial HOLEP after I was not able to urinate, and they found cancer - Gleason 3+4. An MRI showed that there was...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 14, 2025
Detectable PSA 9 years post prostatectomy
I am 9 years post prostatectomy. Until 3 months ago, my annual PSA was always undetectable. Now it is 0.1 on 3 tests over 3...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 27, 2023
Erections post radical prostatectomy: What to expect?
My 55 year old husband has been diagnosed with PCA, Gleason 7 (4+3) with MRI revealing a grade 4 tumour in one side of prostate...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 25, 2024
New Oncologist recommendation vs. prostectomy
Hello All, Gleason 7 (3-4) in two tumors with cribriform and PNI and Gleason 6 in two tumors. Decipher .72. Age 63. Condition described as:...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 23, 2025
Hernia surgery after SBRT?
Finished Sbrt mridian Viewray Tx in September 2023. Have a small inguinal hernia that a surgeon told me didn’t need to be treated yet. But...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 3, 2023
Artificial Urinary Sphincter Surgery - A Review
OMG I just got kicked in the balls by a kangaroo. I haven't been I this much mental torture since one of my girls made...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 4, 2025