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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / October 2005experience with Sloan surgeon for RP, also nerve graft
Greetings: I am recently diagnosed. Have a Gleason 8 (5+3), stage 2a. I'm 49 yrs old and urologist recommends aggressive treatment either RP or seeds+radition+hormones. So I am pursueing a 2nd opinion from Dr. Easton from Memorial Sloan Kettering. Scardino doesn't see new patients (or you need to be connected?). Wondering if anyone has experience with Easton or other RP surgeons at Sloan? Also I may need one nerve removed....I've heard they sometimes take a piece of nerve from your ankle? Does that help? Appreciate any input. > Greetings: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Appreciate any input. Dr. Scardino was my surgeon - but I guess I had "connections" Sandy K. When did you see him....because when I called they said he wasn't seeing patients? Where you happy with outcome? Thanks Thanks for commenting. When did you see him....because when I called they said he wasn't seeing patients? Were you happy with outcome? > Greetings: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Appreciate any input. There have to be thousands of great surgeons associated with the NYC hospitals that are very qualified to take care of you. Seek out several, and take the pick of the litter. I used Dr Steckel ar North Shore and all worked out great!  SignatureJK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories thanks for taking time to comment Dominic, Sorry to hear the news. 49 years is too early to be considering these sorts of things. But, that Gleason is scary. a 'normal' Gleason 8 (4+4) is scary enough, but that '5' is probably going to disuade most surgeons. You did not mention your PSA. A very low PSA might make a slight difference, but ... well ... 5 is the worst score you can get and the '3' might just mean they didn't see enough of your prostate to find a quantity of '4' sufficient to change your diagnosis. How many needles did they use in the biopsy? Tread carefully, my friend. SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05 PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 non Illegitimi carborundum > Greetings: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Appreciate any input. thanks for reply.....psa not alarming but jumped from 2 to 4.2 in a little over a year. psa not alarming but rose from 2 to 4.2 in a year. 12 cores done , 4 positive. thanks psa not alarming but rose from 2 to 4.2 in a year. 12 cores done , 4 positive. thanks "DominicM" <dmarrese@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1128735269. > Also I may need one nerve removed....I've heard they sometimes take a > piece of nerve from your ankle? Does that help? > > Appreciate any input. I had one nerve removed at age 64. Erectile function came back within 6 months. You can get along fine with one nerve. I'd be concerned only with the cancer right now. thank you. |
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