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Da vinci surgery - my experience

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Posted 16 Dec 2014 at 14:33

Well, that's squeaky bum time over for the time being.  I had my third follow up visit today, 6 months now after the op.  I am pleased to report that PSA is still undetectable.  What a relief.  Next appointment on 7th April but Christmas and our sunshine break to the Caribbean at the beginning of January can now be fully enjoyed.

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Posted 16 Dec 2014 at 17:16

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Well, that's squeaky bum time over for the time being.  I had my third follow up visit today, 6 months now after the op.  I am pleased to report that PSA is still undetectable.  What a relief.  Next appointment on 7th April but Christmas and our sunshine break to the Caribbean at the beginning of January can now be fully enjoyed.



Very good news Roddy!

My next squeaky bum time is scheduled for early April also.....http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif

Relax and enjoy your Christmas and forthcoming break to the Caribbean!

Best Wishes

Luther

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Posted 17 Dec 2014 at 01:09

Pleased for you, Roddy.

Have a wonderful time next month!

Jacey

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Posted 17 Dec 2014 at 10:45

Nice one Roddy, keep it up.

 

My next is in January. It would have been this month but the insurance company says I've run out of funds for this year so I need to leave it for a couple of weeks.

 

Steve

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Posted 17 Dec 2014 at 13:27

Great news, Roddy ! http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif Enjoy a squeaky-bum-free time in the Caribbean ....searches in vain for an envious-faced emoticon....

I've got my 6 months post-op PSA in Jan ( I think Steve has as well ) & with a bit of luck a consultation with a real-life urologist.

Mention of holidays in the sun turns my mind to the ED effects of RP, neglected hitherto in my own case. Time for some New Year resolutions....will first investigate what Lyn & others have posted on the ED threads...http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif

Merry Christmas,

Morris

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Posted 18 Dec 2014 at 01:34

Excellent news Roddy. Have a great holiday - we will be in the Gambia for Christmas 🌞🎅

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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 21 Mar 2015 at 12:25

It is now 9 months after my op.  This week, I had my latest appointment with the consultant following a blood test.  I am delighted that the PSA level is still undetectable.  I know there is still a long way to go but each small step feels like a little victory.  Now for the next squeaky bum time in 3 months!

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Posted 21 Mar 2015 at 13:00

Good news Roddy!

Squeaky bum time for me again in April http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif

User
Posted 21 Mar 2015 at 13:49

Well done Roddy. ...squeeky bum.time is upon me. I see the oncologist for my results on Tuesday

Bri

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Posted 21 Mar 2015 at 17:29
Roddy

Great news,long may it continue. I am a couple of months in front of you, 28th April will be one year on.

Hope all goes well for Bri and Luther.

Thanks Chris

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Posted 11 Apr 2015 at 22:46

A quick update from me & a fingers-crossed for those who have their PSAs in April. Saw my head honcho urology consultant in Jan -- the chap who'd actually performed the robotic op -- & decided 4 days before the consultation, in an excess of possibly unwise bravado, to bite the bullet & dispense with the single Tena pad I'd been wearing until then. Good news. PSA still undetectable, & consultant sufficiently confident to move my case to six-monthly PSA reviews, after which I'd only be summoned to the clinic if there was any concern. He also wrote to my GP recommending the fairly standard 5 mg per day tadalafil (Cialis), which I've now been taking for 2 months, but asked me to report back if there was any reduction in continence after taking the drug, since one of his patients had noticed a slight deterioration. So far so good -- just the very rare & almost-imperceptible leak, & progress on the ED is encouraging, although it was proceeding pretty well before the Cialis,so I'm not sure how much difference that's made...

10 months on & some sort of normality beckons,

Best Wishes to Roddy, Chris, Steve, Luther & Bri,

Morris http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 14:22

Hi chaps

I haven't been on this board for a while - nothing untoward healthwise but for some reason my computer would not load the site properly and I found it impossible to post anything.  However, I seem to have proper access today, so hope this works.

 

My last PSA test was in June, one year after the op.  The good news is that the PSA level was still undetectable.  The next test and appointment is booked for 22nd September (with the specialist nurse rather than with the consultant or one of the doctors - another encouraging step, hopefully).

 

As you know, urinary incontinence has not been a problem for me and that remains the case.  The ED battle is being won.  The sildenafil is working and, with proper stimulation, I can get a strong and sustainable erection.  In fact, I have woken up some mornings with a real stiffy.

I can't recall if I mentioned this before, but a side effect of the sildenafil has been a deterioration in my sense of smell.  The consultant said that he had never come across this before but that nasal congestion was a noted, but infrequent, side effect.  However, I can certainly live with that trade-off!

Best wishes to you all.

 

 

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 14:38

Good news all round Roddy....

Keep it up! ...... if you'll excuse the pun http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif

Luther

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 14:50

R

Well done, good to hear your news, especially when we have been travelling this journey at similar times.

Not noticed the sense of smell issue but do get the blue tinted vison with sildenafil.

I sometimes find chrome will not sign me in but if I then try internet explorer it works fine.

Thanks Chris

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 15:31

My husband gets an extremely runny nose at just the wrong moment but it's worth putting up with !! He hasn't mentioned blue vision though .

We can't control the winds - but we can adjust our sails
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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 15:52

Well done, Roddy. Success stories are always a pleasure to read on here. A stiff in the morning would send me into raptures!

Paul

Stay Calm And Carry On.
 
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