Guest guest Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in Sept of 2010. My PSA was 7.1 and staged T2C. I talked to 2 surgeons and chose a doctor from the University of Chicago who has done appx. 1500 robotic prostatectomies. My prostate was removed on Oct 1st. My prognosis was very encouraging as the doctor said the cancer was confined to the prostate and did not escape the capsule. I had very few side effects other than a little incontinence and ED. Within 3 months, the leakage was gone and I could have intercourse. It will be a year in October and I am feeling great with no residual effects other than getting up appx 3 times a night to urinate. The post surgery lab report was all positive with a gleason 6 with minor 3+4 in one lobe. I had cancer in 6 of the 12 samples taken. No negative margins. No cancer in surrounding lymph nodes. The only thing on the report that bothers me was the comment; perineural invasion was present. I asked the doctor and he said that it was not an issue. Any thoughts on this is welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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