Guest guest Posted October 1, 2000 Report Share Posted October 1, 2000 Hi Sally, and welcome, welcome, welcome to the greatest information, support, and fun group on the internet. You will probably find more.............friendship. I am from Iowa, 52 y/0, and was diagnosed 1 year ago in September. I have had to slow down some, give up doing some of the stuff I used to, and am still working on relaxing. I have always been an extremely active, hard-working, ambitious, and try anything gal. So, this is difficult admitting that I cannot do some things anymore. But, I am planning a week-long trip the the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on the Minnesota/Canada border for late next spring, with my best friend. So, I WILL do that again. Haven't done it for 8 years. Take care, and take care of yourself as well as the boys. Laurel > Hi, everyone. My name is Sally Sullivan. I live in Alabama. My > diagnosis of PLS was confirmed about 2 weeks ago. I'm glad all of you are out there and glad I'm not in the > perverbial " boat " by myself. > > Sally > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2000 Report Share Posted October 8, 2000 Hi ( & all). Mom isn't on line, but she will be visiting me for a few days. I'll try to get her to say Hi! to you all. What is this conference that some others wrote about? (The one with the dress code?) See ya! Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I've been reading your posts with interest. My husband had his prostate removed 6/07 with the DaVinci robot at age 68. His doctor thought my husband was very active for his age and recommended a more aggressive approach. He had 3 brothers with prostate cancer-- one in his 50's who also had his removed, the other two in their 60's. Both of those cases went to the bone, diagnosed too late. One has since passed. He had PSA tests every 6 months and when it jumped a bit his doctor recommended a biopsy. Had my husband done more research he probably would not have gone through with it, but I'm glad he did. He has suffered from stress incontinence. He is a very active person and does not have a desk job. His doctor told him if he sat at a desk he would not leak as much. He also suffers from ED and is taking Viagara with limited success. The one mistake he made was he thought the surgery was no big deal and went right back to work with the catheter in place. He didn't take it easy. After the catheter was removed (which he complained about constantly) he had intense abdominal cramps during the night, and I had to take him to the ER. They did a cat scan and found urine leaking inside. He didn't give that reattachment time to heal, so they had to put the catheter back in. He drove me nuts during this entire time. I kept telling him he had major surgery and he had better listen to the doctor and take it easy. He is not a patient person. We went to a seminar on incontinence and ED put on by his doctor's office. They had a guy there who had both the implant and the valve installed that shuts off urine flow. My husband thought it was a big sales pitch. I said those things were last resorts. I would suggest to those of you who are going to have surgery to do your kegel exercises beforehand (he didn't) and to take it easy after the surgery. Also, make sure you have a surgeon that has done numerous operations with the robot. Ask how many. His doctor was one of the first ones trained on it. Even though he has to deal with some incontinence and ED, I still think it's better than having cancer that you have to constantly worry about. Especially when you consider his brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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