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Are Kegels Worthwhile?
At our RARP consult, I asked the well-respected surgeon if my husband should start doing Kegels. He said it couldn't hurt, but that most improvement...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 28, 2024
Biopsy 1 carcinoma found.
I’m very new but concerned. I’m 72 years old. I had a biopsy and 1 cancer was found. Gleason was 7, 3+4. I’m seeing my...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 7, 2025
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
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
PC treatment: Prostatectomy or Proton Beam Therapy
67, very healthy and fit. No symptoms. PSA creeping up in last few tests, 5.6 in latest. In recent biopsy 11 of 12 cores positive....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 22 11:40am
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
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
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
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
Neuropathy following Robotic Prostatectomy
I’m 64. Had my robotic prostatectomy in November of 24. Several months after the surgery I developed severe pain in my penis. Mainly in the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 11, 2025
Healing process following a urinary sling and penile implant
(Non-Mayo Clinic surgery> Two weeks ago I had a urinary sling and penile implant inserted post three-year robotic prostatectomy. While my surgeon assures me all...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 23 10:38am
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
Prostatectomy last Monday and my first week experiences
First, thank you to all of the contributors in Mayo Connect. I have been reading every day in preparation for my surgery. Had RARP on...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 22, 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
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 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
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
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
Possible Extracapsular Extension - How much influence on treatment(s)?
60 years old2022 - PSA increased from 2 or below to 2.82023 and 2024 - PSA remained 2.5-2.82025 - Annual Physical PSA = 4.0-Urologist visit...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 8 11:35am