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What are the pros/cons of HIFU and TULSA-PRO treatments?
I have Pca Gleason 3+4 in left medial apex, plus a couple atypical spots. Size of prostate is 56cc. My surgeon raised the idea of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 13, 2025
Working through rotator cuff rehab while receiving IMRT
This is a little different but wandering if anyone has gone through this situation before. I had rotator cuff surgery 2 weeks ago and will...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 9, 2024
Bladder sling or artificial urinary sphincter. Pros and cons?
I’m 71 and deciding on a bladder sling or artificial urinary sphincter. Visiting surgeon next week for more details and discussion. I’ve read the AUS...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 3, 2025
ADT for several months before Radical Prostatectomy
I’m working with two COE’s. 61yrs , excellent shape. One has suggested shrinking the prostate with ADT to gain better margins with surgery ( G9,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 3, 2025
Adjuvant radiation and ADT after radical prostectomy: Thoughts?
Hi folks - I am 73 years old and physically active and fit. I had a PSMA PET scan and biopsy done in April 2025....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 10, 2025
Radical prostatectomy, incontinence at night, can't pee in day
My best friend followed my radical prostatectomy with his 5 months ago. He has an issue that his surgeon and urologist have never seen, so...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 4, 2023
Surgery on large metastases (and my own experience)
In reviewing various sources, the current thinking seems to be that surgically-removing large metastases (in addition to radiating them) *might* provide some benefits for oligometastatic...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 6, 2025
Time for some good news
Just offering a bit of hope for others. I've just seen the surgeon 6 weeks post-prostatectomy. All clear. The cancer was contained completely within the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 24, 2025
Surgery number 3? Really?
I'm just getting over the AUS surgery, but still have pain, mainly near the left testicle. The pump was installed on the right because of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 26, 2025
PSMA negative, Biopsy positive
My husband (71) has a Gleason 8, PSA 8 (4+4). His recent MRI-guided biopsy revealed 9/18 positive cores, four of those 4+4. PSMA showed no...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 14, 2025
Anyone have robotic prostate surgery done at a small hospital?
First, I am grateful for all the many insightful and kind-hearted responses here since I began posting following my diagnosis in April. I am 59...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 8, 2024
RALP in Colorado Springs
Anyone have experience with UC health Urologists. Gleason 8 PSA 4.5 PET PSMA and bone scan shows no spread. 6 of 13 cores had cancer,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 18, 2024
HoLEP procedure experiences?
Background: 62 yo in good health, no meds or other conditions other than 3,3 Gleason and 4.8 PSA. Had my first visit to Mayo (Jacksonville)...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 20, 2025
Pain in days following after getting catheter out
Had robotic surgery 2.5 weeks ago and got catheter out 8 days ago. Did the 3 days of antibiotics and felt pretty good the first...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 10, 2024
Am I Under-Reacting to my Prostate Cancer Proposed Treatment?
I just had a post-Fusion Biopsy follow-up with my Urologist. I have two lesions of interest. The first lesion is rated a Gleason 3+3=6. The...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 12, 2024
Leakage from suture site
So I had my RP 26 days ago. On day 8 went in for systogram imaging and it showed significant leakage around suture site and...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 28, 2023
When to switch doctors? Anyone take this step?
Anyone taken steps to switch doctors? My surgeon is well respected but his office is difficult to navigate. Aside from biopsy and surgery I have...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 22, 2025
SF Bay Area provider recommendations
My husband will be switching to Medicare in January. We are long time Kaiser members and would like some recommendations as to where to go....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 27, 2025
I just had RARP on 10/29. Looking for advice on recurrence of PSA
Biopsy beforehand said I was Gleason 4+3. Pathology came back last night - turns out it was actually 4+5 = 9. One of the tumors...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 19, 2025
Operation number 2... AUS
Fairly quick meeting with the surgeon yesterday. I showed him my bladder diary from last week & he was a bit horrified. But it gave...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 12, 2025