's Surgery

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Hi Everyone. I figured it was about time I posted the results of 's

surgery. His surgery was September 28th. When the surgeon came out to see me,

she told me that she did have some problems with the removal because the

prostate was larger and more inflamed than she expected. He's had prostatitis

and she felt the inflammation was from that. She decided to go ahead with the

surgery and thankfully, he's doing well.

On the final pathology report, his Gleason Score was a 3+3 = 6, there was no

evidence of it having spread outside the capsule, the seminal vesicles and lymph

nodes were clear. We're very thankful - so far, so good. He'll get his

follow-up PSA in a couple of weeks. We're trying to decide on whether to have

the regular PSA or the ultra-sensitive PSA.

The catheter was no picnic for him - you need 4 hands to manage that thing

But fortunately that was removed one week after surgery and he's doing pretty

well with incontinence. Really hardly any at all except for some stress

leakage.

I think all things considered, he's doing well and we're very thankful.

Thank you all for your input whenever I posted questions or concerns - it is

truly appreciated.

Sandy