On the other side of RRP - THANK YOU, my cyber brothers!

Age 60 PSA: 4.8 pre-biopsy
4/5/07: Biopsy: Gleason: 3+3, Stage T1c
5/22/07: RRP, Pathology: Gleason 3+4, Stage T2
Left margin positive, both nerves spared, no lymph or seminal vesicle
involvement, but multiple foci PCa throughout my 72cc whopper that was
growing into my bladder.

Well, my RRP was last Tuesday: back home Thursday night: have come to
a tolerable understanding with my new pal, Mr. Foley: making a VERY
smooth recovery: 19 staples will come out today. I hope to see my
pathology report today, even though I won't have a chat with my
surgeon until next week when he takes out my cath. I can hardly thank
all you wonderful souls here enough for the wealth of knowledge and
info and enlightenment to this new chapter of life for me. I've been
reading posts from 2003 to today in my quest for more understanding
and the existance of this group has the single most important lantern
in showing me the pathways and forks in the road we're traveling.

Thank you.
Wishing you all lower PSAs,
Z

Well, my RRP was last Tuesday: back home Thursday night: have come to a
tolerable understanding with my new pal, Mr. Foley: making a VERY smooth
recovery: 19 staples will come out today. I hope to see my pathology
report today, even though I won't have a chat with my surgeon until next
week when he takes out my cath. I can hardly thank all you wonderful
souls here enough for the wealth of knowledge and info and enlightenment
to this new chapter of life for me. I've been reading posts from 2003 to
today in my quest for more understanding and the existance of this group
has the single most important lantern in showing me the pathways and
forks in the road we're traveling.
Thank you.
Wishing you all lower PSAs,
Z

====> hi zoom - glad you made it through the RP in flying colors.

you forgot to mention that the best view was the hospital...... as you
were leaving it and heading home. i still remember how wonderful it
felt to know that it was over.

it only gets better from here.......

and soon, that mountain in your life will turn into nothing more than a
speed bump.

all the best,

~ curtis



knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc

"Zoom" <OneDay@aTime.net> wrote in message
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> Age 60 PSA: 4.8 pre-biopsy
> 4/5/07: Biopsy: Gleason: 3+3, Stage T1c
> 5/22/07: RRP, Pathology: Gleason 3+4, Stage T2
> Left margin positive, both nerves spared, no lymph or seminal vesicle
> involvement, but multiple foci PCa throughout my 72cc whopper that was
> growing into my bladder.
>
> Well, my RRP was last Tuesday: back home Thursday night: have come to
> a tolerable understanding with my new pal, Mr. Foley: making a VERY
> smooth recovery: 19 staples will come out today. I hope to see my
> pathology report today, even though I won't have a chat with my
> surgeon until next week when he takes out my cath. I can hardly thank
> all you wonderful souls here enough for the wealth of knowledge and
> info and enlightenment to this new chapter of life for me. I've been
> reading posts from 2003 to today in my quest for more understanding
> and the existance of this group has the single most important lantern
> in showing me the pathways and forks in the road we're traveling.

Glad to hear you're doing well. Yeah, no one likes the tube.

Sorry to see that positive margin. If you allow it, the thought of it will
gnaw at you for a long time. Surgeon or Onc may even recommend RT in six
months. I hate making those kinds of decisions.

Take care of yourself, Zoom. No sense in rushing things.

Good luck!



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PSA 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 PSAD 0.19 years
EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47
PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 PSAD .056 years
Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 and every 4 months there after
PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 .145 PSAD 1.4 years
Casodex added daily 07/06
PSA <0.04, <0.05
Non Illegitimi Carborundum