Got my prostate out - Ask me anything!
So, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer back in June - not too aggressive, but enough to necessitate treatment.
Decided on surgery as the best course, as I'm only 69, and in fairly good health.
Had the operation last Wednesday.
Rock star surgeon here in Philadelphia, who has done 5000+ procedures.
One night in hospital. One shot of Tramadol that night, then on to Tylenol. Off that for the last three days.
Catheter came out yesterday (so I now have a pair of yellow shoes and no bag to match).
Walking around.
Taking it easy for the next three weeks, but otherwise all seems well.
And the pathology report? Clean!
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He is still cancer free!
Best wishes to you in your recovery.
That's all we need to know. Continued good health!
Have to retrain my bladder and have to be conscious of lifting anything heavy for the next several weeks.
The other thing is that because they remove the prostate and the seminal vesicles, there is no fluid produced to carry sperm, so it's not so much shooting blanks as not shooting anything at all.
I do have to take 5mg. Cialis tablets once a day for a year. Not for ED but because it's a vasodilator and increases blood flow to the pelvic region and promotes healing the nerves and the bladder.
Your friend should get the best surgeon that he can find.
As I said, mine is a rock star.
I had robotic surgery which is performed laparoscopically. Ended up with 7 incisions sealed with SuperGlue and a Foley catheter for a week.
At the moment I'm dealing with the little bit of urinary leakage that happens when surgeons mess around with the plumbing.
The pain from the surgery wasn't minimal, kind of like being hit across the stomach with a 2x4. I've had gout attacks and the pain from that was magnitudes greater.
Hope this answers the question.
Oh, and the removal of my prostate didn't leave me prostrate.
Interesting to learn they can do it via laparoscopically.
And if they want to do a prostate biopsy, be sure that they give you the same anesthetic that you get for a colonoscopy.
When my brother had his they told him it was going to be just a 'little pinch'. They lied.
But here's a joke you can tell the anesthesiologist:
This anesthesiologist is out at a bar and he picks up a woman. She asks what he does, and because he doesn't want her to feel weird about what he does, he says that he works in medicine, but really doesn't want to talk about. She's fine with that and at the end of the evening they hook up.
Next morning as they're having coffee she looks at him as says: 'You're an anesthesiologist, aren't you?'
'That's amazing! How did you know?'
'Easy', she says. 'It was only a little prick and i don't remember a thing.'
