Hello All,

Paul and I have had a very busy week with Dr.'s.  We went to a surgeon
on Wednesday.  He does the robotic surgery. We like him and he answered
most of our questions...only down fall he made us wait for 2 hours in
the waiting room.  Nurse said he takes him time with patients and after
meeting him I believe it is true. So, while annoying I suppose knowing
when our turn comes around he will give his full attention and not be
in a hurry.

He has done roughly 400 surgeries on his own and over 600 where he
assisted.  I realize assisting does not matter as he is not the one
controlling the robot. He also gave us his email address when we left
in the event we have any more questions.  He told us Paul was a good
candiate for any treatment he chose.

This brings me to our next Dr. on Thursday we saw a radiologist
oncologist.  I have to tell you on our way to the visit we were feeling
like we might be interested in brachtherapy.  The Dr. was great. We
were with him for an hour and a half.  He also talked about Paul being
a good candidate for any of the treatments.  He was very detailed and
attentive.

First, we have felt exhausted with two days of DR's.  The good thing,
all our reading and this group helped us know what both Dr.'swere
talking about.  It was exhausting all the information coming at you but
I can only imagine what it would have felt like not being informed.

Our decision....Robotic surgery. I think it is done RLRP on the
site...is this correct?   Can anyone tell me what further research we
might do on the surgeon and the hospital?  There are only two Da
Vinci's in the DFW area.  The hospital we will go to is a physcian
owned hospital.  I am not familiar with it.  It located some distance
from us. The oncology Dr. liked the group of uro were are using.  I
worked in the business part of a hospital for 10 years.  We knew the
best Doc's by way of nurses and word of mouth.

We feel relieved to have made our decision. I slept better last night
than I have in some time. We will plan for November.

Thanks to everyone for all your information and sharing your stories.
I hope as we go our experience will aid someone else just beginning
this journey.  I know we still have the roughest part of the journey to
go but we are on our way.  

Lisa