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Prostate Surgery
- Thread starter needampass
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My Dad has his shrunk. Called a TURP. They gave he meds to keep it shrunk.
He usually never talks sex stuff with me, so I know it was bad when he just blurted out, "It was over after that surgery". Granted he is in his 70's now, so maybe he just gave up. Because there are always option even if it means penile implant.
He usually never talks sex stuff with me, so I know it was bad when he just blurted out, "It was over after that surgery". Granted he is in his 70's now, so maybe he just gave up. Because there are always option even if it means penile implant.
I had a prostate cancer scare several years ago. PSA of 7. Had a very long talk with my GU guy (I was a fellow treating clinician at the time so we spoke for almost an hour) and the long and short of it was because of the permanency of potential negative outcomes that, if he personally had PC he would do nothing at all.
This isn't medical advice, I'm simply trying to relate how an unbiased conversation between peers goes in the medical professions vs a practitioner who is confronted with a desperate patient demanding that they do something now.
Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
This isn't medical advice, I'm simply trying to relate how an unbiased conversation between peers goes in the medical professions vs a practitioner who is confronted with a desperate patient demanding that they do something now.
Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
It’s not always all or none. There is an alternative where treatment is not initiated right away in the case of low grade prostate cancer. The patient is monitored on a regular basis and if there is no progression, treatment is not done, sparing the patient the side effects of radiation or surgery. There are men who have been followed for years under this program, and function normally despite having prostate cancer. Most major medical centers are now offering this option
If you ever need to see a urologist about your prostate, make sure you know your PSA test scores going in. I've been under Active Surveillance for a few years now. Last visit, doc comes in and starts talking about how it's time to start planning surgery, here are the choices, etc. I finally stopped him, asked what the hell he was talking about, my test scores were stable. Why was he suggesting surgery?
The SOB was reading somebody else's chart.
The SOB was reading somebody else's chart.
Weirdly, no. It's a busy practice, these guys are zipping from room to room and shit happens. Maybe I'm too forgiving. But he (and the other docs there) have been overall very good. And I do my homework, so I know what to expect going in. Can't imagine being the poor schmuck who has no idea what his test scores are and ends up under the knife for no reason. I'm sure it happens, just don't want it to happen to me.