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J. O' Connor - 28 Jan 2008 03:48 GMT

Hello fellow travellers.

Hard to believe what a difference a day/week makes.- And what a difference
No catheter makes.
Thanks to modern medicine and the body's amazing recuperation and healing
abilities. It is now only thirteen days after a four hour operation and
considering that I am 66 years old...I feel great and hade already returned
to my regular fulltime office job last Tuesday.

I updated my stats and am so thankful I did not delay the operation any
longer, as according to the Pathology of the prostate, the cancer started to
break thru the capsule in one minute area.

Getting back to "what a difference a day makes"...After removal of the
catheter, that day and the next, it was as if someone opened the tap and
forgot to close it. Day three - 5 pads, day four - 4 pads and today I think
I will be managing with only two pads. So all who come behind me, Don't
despair...Give it time and stay positive.

Best wishes,
John from Australia

2006-3.4
3/2007-6.3
7/2007-6.7
8/2007 Biopsy: (40%)of one core = Gleason pattern 3+3=6, Stage T1.
12/2007-5.8
15/1/2008- RLRP of 54 gram. 3+4=G7,T3a. Perineural invasion + small focus of
extraprostatic extension. Clear margins.

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Unquestionably Confused - 28 Jan 2008 03:56 GMT

> Getting back to "what a difference a day makes"...After removal of the
> catheter, that day and the next, it was as if someone opened the tap and
> forgot to close it. Day three - 5 pads, day four - 4 pads and today I think
> I will be managing with only two pads. So all who come behind me, Don't
> despair...Give it time and stay positive.

Congrats on the great news and swift recovery, John. At this rate, give
it a couple of weeks and you'll be back tossing down beers or dog piss
(Foster's<g>) and singing "How dry I am."

Bob
RRP 03/16/2000

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Steve Kramer - 28 Jan 2008 10:38 GMT

> Thanks to modern medicine and the body's amazing recuperation and healing
> abilities. It is now only thirteen days after a four hour operation and
> considering that I am 66 years old...I feel great and hade already
> returned to my regular fulltime office job last Tuesday.

> 15/1/2008- RLRP of 54 gram. 3+4=G7,T3a. Perineural invasion + small focus
> of extraprostatic extension. Clear margins.

Glad to hear you're recuperating so quickly. Sorry to hear the bastard got
out.

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Paul - 28 Jan 2008 13:31 GMT

>Hello fellow travellers.
>
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>15/1/2008- RLRP of 54 gram. 3+4=G7,T3a. Perineural invasion + small focus of
>extraprostatic extension. Clear margins.

The cath and the week after it's removal were easily the worst part
for me. If I never see another one of those it'll be none too soon.

Best wishes on the continued recovery.

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PSA @ 45 yrs. = 4.7 02/06/2007
Biopsy 03/16/2007 G7(3+4),T1c
RLRP 06/12/2007 G7(3+4),T2cN0M0 Neg margins
PSA 07/16/2007 = <0.1
PSA 09/12/2007 = <0.1
PSA 12/18/2007 = <0.1

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jloomis - 28 Jan 2008 14:58 GMT

Good on yah. Sounds like you are on the right track.
jloomis Northern Calif.

> Hello fellow travellers.
>
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> 15/1/2008- RLRP of 54 gram. 3+4=G7,T3a. Perineural invasion + small focus
> of extraprostatic extension. Clear margins.

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Jim - 28 Jan 2008 15:43 GMT

John,

Congratulations on the nice recovery and especially congrats on the catheter
removal. I'm jealous since mine will be in for another week! I was
planning on taking a few pads down to the clinic when I get it out (I hope)
next Monday but it sounds like I better take a small box full! We have a
two-hour drive back home and my wife would probably object to my wetting her
nice leather car seats!

We're certainly lucky to be living in an age where robotic surgery exists!
Like you, I'm amazed at the rapid recovery from such a major surgery. I was
feeling fine (other than the nusiance of the catheter) within 24 hours.

Sorry to hear about the minor breakthrough your pathology revealed. Will
the doctors do anything different in your subsequent treatment because of
that?

Regards,
Jim
_______________
Age: 65
Sep, 2007: PSA = 7.0
Oct, 2007: DRE unremarkable; Biopsy positive on 3 of 12 cores - Gleason 6
(3+3)
Nov, 2007: Negative for methasases on the usual bone scan, abdominal CT,
chest x-ray
Dec, 2007: Gleason 7 (3+4) reading on the same biopsy slides by different
pathologist
Jan 23, 2008: RLRP at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit

> Hello fellow travellers.
>
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> 15/1/2008- RLRP of 54 gram. 3+4=G7,T3a. Perineural invasion + small focus
> of extraprostatic extension. Clear margins.

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