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Apprehensive, and asking for your advice pre RP
Hello there, in the span of a week I have had a biopsy with positive PC results and scheduling of surgery 8 days from now...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 14, 2024
How long were you Incontinent? How did it come back for you?
I realize this is different for most patients but I am fully incontinent after 3 weeks and often hear people say they didn't have the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 26, 2023
Results after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
Fortunately, I (@ 77 years old) qualified to ablate my 3+4 tumors on the right side of my prostate gland through a HIFU procedure. Performed...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 19, 2023
SBRT vs. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Well, my last visit to Mayo didn't go as well as I wanted. I'm 72 years old and I had an Ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 6, 2023
Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision
I have perused comments in these discussion areas and thought I'd reach out for thoughts on the decision of prostatectomy vs radiation therapy. Thank you...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: 2 hours ago
Persistent urgency even after urinating, 3 months after prostatectomy
My prostatectomy was 3 months ago. My incontinence has been complicated by an unrelenting urgency to pee. Oddly, it's most acute right after emptying my...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 9, 2024
Best Prostate Cancer Treatment Options If You Have BPH Symptoms?
I've been on active surveillance for two years. I also have some BPH-like symptoms and take Flomax for it. I may need to get treatment...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 12 5:02pm
Acceptance of Prostate Cancer and its side effects
These discussions are mostly devoted to the nuts and bolts of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, and rightly so. Those discussions are immensely helpful to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 3, 2024
Suggestions For Post-Op Success?
Without repeating my profile of what I've posted before, I'm 54 and stage 1 but with a very high decipher that moves me from active...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 2, 2024
Kegals forever?
I'm at 16 months since my RARP and overall I'm doing great. My only real struggle has been ongoing incontinence. Quite minor to be sure...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 3, 2024
Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy
I am 60 years and I had radical prostatectomy on 23rd Nov 2018. I was told out of the 15 lymph nodes taken only one...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 22 9:18am
Artificial sphincter: Was it difficult to learn how to use? Tips?
How difficult was it to learn to use?I had another visit to the surgeon yesterday & showed him a spreadsheet from the last week, showing...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 12 10:39am
Surgeon Says My Nerves Will Be Spared. Good News I Hope!
I've posted before, so some of you may already know the story, but I'm 54 and have had kidney cancer 9 years ago and now...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 1, 2024
Internal Pain 1 Year After Prostatectomy
I am 71 years old, in good health and still run 4 or 5 miles several times each week. I had RALP one year ago...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 11, 2022
Advice on pursuing second opinion/treatment at UCSF.
Hello all. I have a few threads started since being diagnosed a few months ago (PSA 9, Gleason 7, Stage 2, no signs of spread...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 19, 2024
Did you get a PET scan prior to radical prostatectomy?
My husband has Gleason 7 (4+3) PCA with regional lymphadenopathy. Bone scan, CT negative. Current plan is radical prostatectomy. When originally asked surgeon about PET...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 26, 2022
Newly Diagnosed: Removal vs Radiation
Hello, I suppose I'm exactly sure where to start this. I'm already a cancer survivor from 9 years ago, only to find out I now...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 6 7:00am
Treatment questions for "younger men" with PC (40 to 60?).
52 year old recently diagnosed with PC after PSA test of 8.66, MRI, and eventual prostate biopsy confirmed (details below). Leaning towards Robotic prostatectomy but...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 24, 2024
Onward with durable remission
I add bits of pieces of my story to various posts, but I'm organizing my story and figured this would be a good opportunity to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 2 8:02pm
Considering Creating A Companion Cancer Site
After going through this journey there are some things that I found very helpful, especially here, but also some things that were lacking that could...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 9 2:58pm