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Lavonna, I was my surgeon's 48th DaVinci patient. He left half of my prostate behind forcing me to undergo a full course of radiation treatment with hormone therapy. Choose the surgeon wisely.
OK here is an update. My husband simply did not want to do the active surveliance. Dr A.J. Farha in Wichita, Kansas did a Davinci Prostatectomy on January 18,2010. He was very fortunate through this entire process. The most pain he experienced was the evening of the surgery, on a scale of 1-10 he said his was a 3. The following 2 days it was a 1 and no pain from then on. However the most important thing is that he was DRY the first night after the catheter was removed and had VERY minor leakage during the day for 11 days following. So 3 weeks after sugery he has no continence issues. They had him start taking Cialis (20mg) twice a week beginning the day they removed the catheter. Still early to tell but it appears that is going to come back also to whatever "normal" will be. Everyone has to make their own decisions and live with whatever they decide. My husband has not for a moment regretted his decision. Fortunately for him it was all very uneventful and he feels blessed to be cancer free at this moment. We have truly appreciated this website. What wonderful people you all are!!! We wish you all the best. I would welcome sharing information with anyone that it might benefit.
Lavonna and Ken Huston
Glad to hear that all has gone well, Lavonna. As we discussed here, there are no 'wrong' or 'right' decisions. You and Ken chose what suited you best and I'm sure you'll go from strength to strength.
Of course, if you want to share information with anyone that it might benefit, the way to do it is to JOIN US and then keep udating your story over the years. It is clear from a POLL that I ran on site that the most important issue for the majority of men who visit the site is the long term outcomes of the various treatments. It is people like you and Ken who can give them this information and that is why I try to persuade men who have been good enough to share their story to continue with brief annual reports.
There are now more than 850 stories on the site, some going back 15 years.
