Rob I'm very sorry to hear of your ongoing discomfort, and I can only imagine how difficult and frustrating that is for you. One has to wonder if it comes down to a matter of the surgeon needing a...
Thanks, Chask. You know, I am continually struck by how often I read stories about encounters with urologists who don't seem to be as good at their job as we hope for and expect. Your story for one,...
Re "From the sound it, your doctor may know that he's probably going to do something to your body that he knows will cause permanent incontinence. Ask him if flat out if that's the case." I spoke...
Thanks again island time. Please know that I very much appreciate your generous discussion, and that you are helping me immeasurably in the struggle to frame my thoughts. As tempting as it is to give...
Thank you for all of that, island time! And my condolences re your Predators losing tonight! The surgeon is Dr. Alex Vanni at the Center for Reconstructive Urologic Surgery, Lahey Hospital in...
Thank you kukukajoo. Are you the Eggman or the Walrus? LOL. Dr. Vanni cites a success rate of 80% for his "Urethroplasty for high risk, long segment urethral strictures with ventral buccal mucosa...
Thank you for your reply, Iapilot, and I it is wonderful that you are now doing so well. You are correct about my stricture being different, and the medical consensus was that trying to self dilate...
I'm a 67 year old male and I had a prostatectomy in 2003, and when tests showed some cancer still present I had 8 weeks of daily broadbeam radiation. 14 years later PSA remains "undetectable" and...