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Leonard Evens - 23 Jun 2006 05:41 GMT

Robert Jordan, a news anchor at WGN-TV in Chicago described his
experience with prostate cancer in an article in the Chicago Tribune.

It can be found at

www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-0606180383jun18,1,7526310.s
tory?coll=chi-news-hed

He was interviewed tonight on WTTW in Chicago. An interesting
presentation. He was treated using the DaVinci robot surgical method.

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Bob Anthony - 23 Jun 2006 14:22 GMT

Pretty much why I chose this method. The cautery issue was interesting.
That did not come into my mind. Now look what you caused! ;)
I've noticed that some surgeons use clamps more and some cauterize more.
All stay away from the nerves as much as possible, I hope. I've watched
several operations on the internet to see if I could spot the different
approaches. (I should have made a DVD of my operation for posterity).

B.A.

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Buck - 23 Jun 2006 14:41 GMT

I don't believe Robert Jordan's assertion that at age 62, everything
was OK in the potency department five weeks out from surgery. If that
happened for him, it's great, but it's not useful to set that target
for others who are considering the surgery. Many men will now be
discouraged if they aren't functioning after five weeks, which after
reading most posts on this and other forums, is an unrealistic target.
I understand why this is difficult to talk about when interviewed
publicly, but it would be better to not answer the question than to
mislead others who may be considering the surgery.

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Leonard Evens - 23 Jun 2006 15:12 GMT

> I don't believe Robert Jordan's assertion that at age 62, everything
> was OK in the potency department five weeks out from surgery.

I see no reason to doubt his word. He does say he was taking daily
doses of Viagra. I doubt if it had too much to do with the surgical
method, though. We would have to see a careful study which compared
results for a sizable number of comparable men treated by conventional
surgery by an expert with DaVinci surgery also performed by an expert.

> If that
> happened for him, it's great, but it's not useful to set that target
> for others who are considering the surgery.

I agree that he should have explained that his results were not
necessarily typical. Usually erections take longer to return, when they
do, and the likelihood of their returning declines significantly with age.

> Many men will now be
> discouraged if they aren't functioning after five weeks, which after
> reading most posts on this and other forums, is an unrealistic target.
> I understand why this is difficult to talk about when interviewed
> publicly, but it would be better to not answer the question than to
> mislead others who may be considering the surgery.

I disagree with that. He should have relayed his exerience but
indicated that others shouldn't necessarily expect the same. Also, he
should have given the more typical kinds of responses for men of
different ages. The other side of the coin is that his experience does
tend to counteract the general gloom about the subject as if complete
impotence were an inevitable consequence of treatment for prostate cancer.

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Pops - 23 Jun 2006 15:19 GMT

As I've posted befoe; Willie is dead, 1.5 year after LRP. I'm 62 also.
Suppose it's a good thing. There's no way I can cheat on my wife!

Anyway, Willie is dead, long live Willie

No use in crying over split milk....

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You smiled, you spoke, and I believed - 24 Jun 2006 00:38 GMT

>> I don't believe Robert Jordan's assertion that at age 62, everything
>> was OK in the potency department five weeks out from surgery.
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> tend to counteract the general gloom about the subject as if complete
> impotence were an inevitable consequence of treatment for prostate cancer.

I had brachytherapy, and I had problems at 5 weeks.

j.

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