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May I ask what surgeon at Northwestern performed your RP? I’m considering surgery also. Thanks.
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Thank you! The side effects with surgery weren't appealing either and I wasn't impressed with the...
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@trusam1 12 weeks it is, or whatever my surgeon suggests. Thank you for this extremely insightful...
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Thank you, everyone. We recieved the call from our surgeon this morning. And, the news was...
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Post surgery erectile recovery.
My surgery was 3 years ago and was nerve sparing and apparently successful given my continued insignificant PSA tests since. My recovery period was quite...
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Radiation vs. Prostectomy (nerve sparing)
Hellos all, I am curious if other patients on this site have a similar situation to mine and what their course of treatment (decision of...
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Hormone therapy or surgery? Decipher Genomic score?
My husband is 68 and has localized (we hope) prostate cancer - PSA 9.2 in Sept., biopsy of 17 cores found 13 malignant, 2 of...
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Prostate cancer AND bladder cancer - any others with both?
My husband has high grade bladder cancer in a diverticulum and also prostate cancer with Gleason score of 4+3 plus. TURBT surgery 3/14/23. Urologist has...
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Radical prostatectomy 9 days ago. Need help with the pathology PLEASE
Hello everyone, thank you for taking your precious time to help. I previously wrote about my partner and his information, trying to figure out what...
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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...
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Severe gas pain nearly two weeks after surgery
Hello everyone. I wanted to ask if anyone has experienced gas pain (or similar) nearly two weeks after surgery. I woke up in the middle...
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Retzius sparing surgery
Have been reading about surgeons who are doing Retzius sparing techniques. Is this done by most RP surgeons or is it just a few? It...
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What does robotic prostatectomy look like? Is it like a vasectomy?
This week I watched a video of a complete robotic prostatectomy procedure in Italy. It was on a medical education site for doctors. What a...
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Hormone Sensitive, Advance Prostate Cancer - Agressive Treatments
I am 69 and live in Portland, OR. I was diagnosed with a PSA of 25 in 2019 at age 63 and had surgery in...
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