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Suggestions for questions of surgeon following RARP
Hi, I'm meeting tomorrow morning with the surgeon who performed my RARP two weeks ago this past Monday. Unfortunately I haven't yet received any pathology...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 29 8:21pm
Surgeon Experience for Gleason 8
Despite doing yearly PSA tests for the last 24 years, DREs whenever recommended by my primary care doctor, and visits to urologists in centers of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 18 3:36pm
Best surgeon for prostate in Jacksonville Fl.
In my decision phase. Live in St. Pete but want to get other option from a cancer clinic. G7. 4 cores G6. 2 cores Going...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 26 5:05pm
How to find a good surgeon for radical prostatectomy
Every article I have read suggests that outcomes post RP are primarily dependent on skill of surgeon over type of RP (laparoscopic, robotic, open). How...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 14, 2022
Surgeon appointment for Robotic Prostatectomy: Questions to ask?
Tomorrow I will have an appointment with a surgeon for possible robotic surgery (prostatectomy).59yrs oldGleason score 3+4=7One positive core 1.6cmAcinar adenocarcinomaPSA 6/12/23= 4.24PSA 12/12/23=5.13BPH on...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 3, 2024
Can you select your Mayo surgeon?
How does one go about picking the best surgeon once the decision is made to travel out of state to Mayo - Rochester ? I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 12 8:09pm
I'm trying to select a surgeon and finding it to be complicated.
Has anyone in this forum had negative (or positive) experiences at the Jacksonville Mayo Clinic for RALP? I've interviewed several surgeons at multiple facilities so...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 5, 2024
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
Locating RARP Surgeons By Ranking
In cleaning up my prostate cancer tab (200 tabs open in that group 😳), I forgot about this one. This is from the people who...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 12 9:50pm
How much did you know about your Urologist before RALP?
For those who’ve had RALP, did you learn how many procedures your surgeon had performed prior to yours? If so, what was the number?Also, do...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 30 9:15am
How to find background info on surgeons for RP
Finally met with my urologist today and got my biopsy results after three weeks. Out of 13 samples taken during the biopsy, two came back...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 21, 2024
What prostate surgeons and hospitals does anyone recommend
Has anyone had any experience with a Vipul Patel, MD for surgery in Fla? It says he has done 19,000 robotic prostate surgeries. is that...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 10 5:42pm
Just finished Chemo - when good for hip replacement?
Another query here about where to go for hip replacement prompted this query as my hub is in dire need of hip replacement. We have...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 13 6:01am
RARP challenges due to previous abdominal surgeries.
I’m currently a 4+3 and in the midst of a 2nd opinion regarding treatments. In 2023/24 I had 2 abdominal surgeries for colon cancer. One...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 24 3:40pm
Lymph nodes feel smaller post RARP: Anyone else notice this?
This weekend I moved wrong and pulled some of the muscles in my underarm. I went to massage that general area and I noticed that...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 21 8:17am
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 8:43am
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 2:22pm
PSA level 7 weeks post radical prostatectomy: Thoughts?
I had a NSRP on 1/27/25 at Mayo. My Pathology was a Gleason 9 Grade 5 with extraprostatic extension. AJCC classification T3a. Surgeon did not...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 20 6:18am
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 8:20am