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Stef - 10 Dec 2004 13:53 GMT

After 5 cicles of chemio with Taxolo I had my RRP with "Sural Nerve
Grafting Following Radical Prostatectomy" four months ago.
RRP was mono lateral nerve sparing.Catheter has been removed after 6 days
Continence is over, I never had problem during the night and just sometimes
during the day. At the moment, a couple of drops, only if I make a big
laughter. After six weeks without erection i tried the injections of
Prostaglandina with excellent result but were so painful. Two injections
every week for one month. Then I tried pills of Vivanza and Viagra without
result. My Uro told me that I have to wait al least one year for having
some result.
I have an area of numbness on the right side of the right foot that no
cause me any problem.
Temporary, if temporary is, impotence is not easy to accept. Sometimes I
fill down, but after all, I' m still here, happy with my loving wife.
I was looking for anybody have had "Sural Nerve Grafting Following Radical
Prostatectomy".

Two PSA check after RRP
first PSA 0.06 and second 0.01
Limpho Node Negative

Before RRP
Age 41
PSA 11.17
Gleason Score 4+3
T2C
Bone Scan negative

When I can I read this NG. I found it very helpful.
THANH YOU VERY MUCH

Best regards from Italy

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johnleon - 10 Dec 2004 15:15 GMT

Stef,

I did not have the sural nerve graft, but had a similar procedure. My
right nerve was spared, and my left nerve taken. A collagen tube was
grafted in the left side, to support nerve re-growth. The operation was
only 9 days ago, so it's far to early to report any results.

I plan on posting regular updates here.

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Rebecca Ford - 10 Dec 2004 19:26 GMT

My brother-in-law did at 46. My husband was prepped for it but the doc was
able to spare both nerves. He even got an erection on the operating table.
My b-i-l said that the numb spot isn't noticeable after a year and a half.
And he's doing better with erections, but it did take over a year. Funny the
things our family shares now that PCa has been part of our lives. Give
yourself time to heal. And speaking as a wife who was 35 when my 42 yr old
(at the time) hubby was diagnosed, I'd much rather have my hubby alive and
impotent than hard and dead.

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Rebecca Ford

> After 5 cicles of chemio with Taxolo I had my RRP with "Sural Nerve
> Grafting Following Radical Prostatectomy" four months ago.
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> Best regards from Italy

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Stephen Jordan - 10 Dec 2004 19:46 GMT

> Temporary, if temporary is, impotence is not easy to accept. Sometimes I
> fill down, but after all, I' m still here, happy with my loving wife.
> I was looking for anybody have had "Sural Nerve Grafting Following Radical
> Prostatectomy".

See,
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Nerve_Grafting_Restores_Erect
ile_Function_After_Prostatectomy.asp
(which I hope appears in full on Stef's newsreader)

If it does not, I suggest going to http://www.cancer.org then searching
for sural nerve grafting. This is the website for the American Cancer
Society.

I found it on a quick Google search, and recommend that Stef try the
same. There are many references.

Regards,

Steve J

--and greetings to Stef from Arizona, USA.

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Danny McCarty - 16 Dec 2004 00:09 GMT

>Subject: Sural Nerve Grafting
>From: "Stef" miciuss@libero.it
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>I was looking for anybody have had "Sural Nerve Grafting Following Radical
>Prostatectomy".

Didn't work for me. After three and a half years the heel has recovered
sensation.

>Two PSA check after RRP
>first PSA 0.06 and second 0.01
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>
>Best regards from Italy

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