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Posted 12/20/2010 9:20 AM (GMT -5)
I'm writing to inform any guys out there who are facing robotic prostate surgery NOT TO WORRY. I had it done in August and it went without a hitch. I caught it early and the cancer did not spread outside the prostate. As of this writing I still have some leakage but I was told that could take up to six months to fully recover. As for erections, not as of yet (boo-hiss) but surprisingly I CAN have orgasms. Anyone out there who's concerned about facing surgery feel free to respond. cool
Posted 12/20/2010 10:13 AM (GMT -5)
Joey, welcome to HW, glad to see you are having a good recovery. Thanks for participating
Posted 12/20/2010 8:18 PM (GMT -5)
Welcome, Many of us here have had the RRP, thats pro talk for Robotic Rad.. Prost.... There is much to be learned here about leakage and ED. heck, I have only been here for about 6 months and now I have both of these problems, but most likely my situation was from the surgery.

A lot of patients get sent to physical therapy for plevic floor muscle strengthening and many are helped by this. You didn't say if you had done this but it is something you might want to consider. It can't hurt?

You will find there is tons of discussion on how to deal with ED. Do some site searchs and you can see what others who have been this way have done.

Like you, I had a good experience with the surgery as far as pain and recovery.

Ron 

Posted 12/20/2010 11:22 PM (GMT -5)
Joey.

Welcome to HW. Glad your surgery went well.

Withot seeing your pathology, I can't fully evaluate your results, but it sounds good. I would just caution you to be sure that it is as the doctor said. Many guys on here get a second reading of the patholgy slides. Sometimes, even tho we have negative margins, the PCa finds a way of escaping. Perineural Invasion is one way.

Hopefully you will have PSA tests verey 3 months for the next year or so, to insure that "they got it all". The incontinence and ED battles can be a real challenge. Hopefully ypu wll make it through them successfully.

Hope you stick around for a while.
Posted 12/21/2010 9:31 AM (GMT -5)
Hello Joey, welcome to the "family." The incontinence and ED are often challenging, but RRP has been a good experience for many of us.
Posted 12/21/2010 11:49 AM (GMT -5)
Joey,

Welcome to HW. I'll not bore you with my DaVinci stories, as I am in the 2% (i.e. doc tells you "98% get better ...").

For now, let's just same some progress better than others, but even in the 2% club there is slow progress.

Again, Welcome!

Posted 12/21/2010 3:13 PM (GMT -5)
Welcome to the club.
Had mine Oct 12th this year. Still leaking some and peter has yet to rise. I got the results of my post 2 month PSA and it is 0.0
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