dunno if the wife would be able to sleep over like that. I'm not electing that surgery just yet. Going for radiation, hormone therapy bla bla bla. No one talking from my Doc office. I ahve to call them elsewise I need to pay a fee for them to talk to me on their own. Insurance wont cover the fee. I've never heard of such a thing, but yeah, they want to be paid to talk to me. I get basic info told to me ONCE when I'm getting pins or radiation markers, and THATS IT!. One hell of a way to run a ship. If I have to have this video, just shoot me. Thank you for the video. Extremely helpful.

Thank you so much for this this information. I'm age 63 and have already had triple bi-pass surgery 1 1/2 years ago due to ancestry not terrible habits. I am now facing a radical prostatectomy in October and truly appreciate that I now know what to expect because of this video. It's the unknown that unnerves me and now I know. Thank You

If this helps, my brother in law just lost his wife of 40 yrs & has the same surgery in 2 days. He was offered a membrane implant during surgery for healing faster. $4,000. extra. We will see if it was worth it. Thank you for bringing your updates so important for the devastating impact to those affected by cancer.

Thanks. These are very helpful.

Hi Sir, how are you now?

49 yr old. Had the surgery robotic assisted going on almost two weeks now. I’ve worn those male depends since I got my catheter removed on day 10. On day 5 and 6th I started to wake up with slight erection which is good. I did a lot of 1 mile walks around my community once a day starting 3 days after surgery once I got discharged. I started using scar gel on my incisions one week after surgery so the scars can heal to my skin tone. I was doing quasi planks (legs on the flr) to help strengthen my core about 1 week after surgery. I’ve since graduated to full planks for 30 seconds. Working on strengthening my bladder and urethra doing pelvic flr exercises and stopping mid stream a few times as I pee to help with incontinence. Have my follow up in 3.5 months with my surgeon to go over psa which should be undetectable by then. Garlic is a cancer fighting vegetable in the superpower food group. Dicing it up in tiny pieces and swallowing with water is very helpful. If you’re starting your journey this is very helpful. This has been my journey so far and good luck and God bless everyone else going through their journey and about to start theirs.

thank u very much, going in in 2 days

The surgery and pain wasn't a problem, the leaking around the catheter was a pain. I'm 9 weeks out and the only problem I have had is leaking, the doctor says MAYBE 6 months to a year it should stop but it drives me up the wall. I'm 72 and have no cancer anywhere. Other than the leaking it's not bad at all, don't dread it just do it. I'm back to life as normal, if you try to do too much it will remind you.

Thanks bro good luck my numbers are seven

Thanks for your video, I'm 3 weeks post op, no pain, light incontinence, and back to walking and normal routine. I wear one depends a day, then change it at night after I shower. I will probably switch to the pads in another week or so. Thanks again for your valuable insights and experience. God bless.

Awesome, thx for sharing brother in Christ. I'm getting my catheter out on 7/24 and praying I won't have heavy incontinence. I also play drums, God Bless you and we serve a Faithful God through Christ our Lord. Press on my Brother.

Well done I'm at the start of my journey and I hope I can get to where you are.

I am 4 days post surgery and feeling fine, although I am not a fan of the sensations to the penis cased by the catheter 😮. Surgical incisions feel fine and I only did 1.5 days of pain meds and could probably have done without them. My health profile is similar to yours (age 66, 6’ 155 lbs with Gleason 8). So far, so good. I stumbled on your video as I am exploring the rehab phase of the experience. Thanks for the vid, and I hope you’re continuing to do well.

it was nice and reassuring to hear I'm going to have surgery and remove the prostate on August 13th with robotic surgery. thank you for your information 🙏🏻

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with this insightful video. Hope you're doing well. I've recently turned 50, 2 weeks after my diagnosis. Surgery tomorrow AM after my first date was postponed by covid. Thanks again

Thank you so very much I'm scheduled for the surgery.

I can't thank you enough for posting this!!! Monday is my "big day" and your video was very helpful!

Thank you.

Hey Russ you helped a lot I was feeling down because of the leakage and it was very frustrating your videos help put things in perspective for me

Thanks for the information...!

When were you doing your kegel exercises after the catheter was out.? Don't you have to wait a couple weeks for it to heal in that area?

I saw all of your earlier videos. I like them all. One question I have about the diapers. I'm about your own weight but I tried medium and could not stand them! I went to extra large and they were a little better but still very uncomfortable. I had a very hard time keeping them on for 15 minutes! Let alone all day! I like all my pants 100% cotton and very loose. So I know I'm going to have a hard time with these diapers. I have appointment this week with a surgeon who is doing a new technique called.... "Retzius Sparing". Ever hear of it? It's supposedly helps with incontinence tremendously.

Thank you your positivity is really helping me I just had my prostatectomy on June 24th

Hello, I'm 5 days post op , had the radical robotic prostecmy, and surgery went better than expected. They removed my lymph nodes and awaiting the report from Pathology. Other than my first night home, my recovery is on schedule, and I'm healing fast. My age and general health are keys to my quick recovery. Thanks for your very informative videos, and the views from others dealing with the same issues are helpful. I will keep you posted.

I am 80 years old and had a Robotic prostactomy last March 2024 diagnosed with prostate cancer Cleson 7 (3+4) , stage 2 in Athens Greece by a great surgeon V. Poulakis who had petformed over 10.000 surgeries so far. I stayed 2 days in the hospital and out on the third day. I had my catheter removed on the seventh day. No pain at all from the first day up today (July2024). I am walking 4 miles a day, everydays work, driving normal life, but no weight lifting. I have some leakage so far but is improving. I have taken any medicines, only Kegel exercises.

Happy for you have a long happy life .

Great stuff, thanks. I guess my personal concern is that I was negative for lymph node exposure but I was 50% positive for my extra prostatic extension….ill ask the doctor about it in my first doctors visit at six weeks.

Just diagnosed 7 4+3, 72 yo, grade group 3, T1 and T2 nodules. PSA 4.91, 3 out of 10 needle core samples cancerous. Had a hernia repair 2.5 years ago. Afraid my abdomen will be too vulnerable for more surgery. Will have to hear what surgeon says. Have had chronic non-bacterial protatitis (CPPS) for 25 years. Would sure like to get rid of the prostate if the prostatitis would go away with it.

Thanks for sharing. Same as you, 6 days out. Anxious to get cathether out. Like you, stopped meds after 3-4 days, BM have returned and are a blessing due to gut turbulance and pain. Swollen groin, working that with ice.

Very helpful!!!!

Thanks for sharing, I am 7 before Biopsie, 8 Psa looks sus - 69yo ! 🙄🤔🤔🤔🦘

Thanks, I'm 2 weeks in.

Thanks for sharing. I watched this 1 week prior to surgery. Had Davinci Knife Robotic Prostatectomy 6/19 so i’m 15 days post op. Cath came out on day 6, only wear a small pad to capture minor leaking. I’m 65 and cancer had barely started to invade the bladder but dr. Got it all and says all margins are clear.

Thank you for this video. This coming Monday 7/9/24, I will have the same surgery that you had. This information was VERY HELPFUL! I pray that your recovery continued to progress well. Thanks again.

What really gets me is I know two people that I play tennis with that had their prospectomy done at least 20 years ago maybe more! And both of them have no incontinence problems. One didn't have any when they took the cancer out none! To this day none! The other dude had incontinence for 2 months and never heard of the kegel exercises or any other kind of exercises after vasectomy.

4.months ago i had Da Vinci OP, have only 4 holes+ drain hole...what is difference btw 4 or 5 holes?

I'm at six days recovery today. I agree sooo much about the catheter management. My home nurse immeadiately saw that the catheter wasn't put on well, adjusted it and it was like magic, all that pain was gone...while I went through all the pain of the catheter I did leard about the Depend underwear. I'll be getting some today...thanks for the video!

Really helpful video, thank you. I am trying to decide between prostatectomy and brachytherapy. Sounds like my situation is very similar to yours.

Thanks for the video… I’m 4+3=7 Gleason… still in the decision making process for radiation verses surgery… I’m 68.

That's for sharing, your insight is very helpful. I'm 65 and Gleason of 7. I'm due to my surgery in a week. I pray all goes well. I will keep you posted.

Thx for sharing! I’m at 9 weeks and trying to figure it out. Your sharing is helpful!

Thank you so much for your videos, I am 2 1/2 weeks out from surgery, everything seems to be going good for me. I don’t think you ever talked about pain, just was wondering if you could message me and give me some idea about your pain and how long it lasted. Again, thank you so much for your videos, very helpful! David

I have the same prolblem congratulations to us.

god //// they told me very little i started eating strait a way/// after the surgery i wake up and felt LIKE 21 AGAIN AND IM NOT LYING . I WAS HOME IN 12 HOURS... IM 72... // BUT NOW I GETTING BAD PAIN IN MY LOWER BOWL like diarrhea but bad pain.... but i go to the toilet nomal[ no pain killers .. ok i hope you get well m8.. and all use other men go through this as easy as i did , good luck all

Got scheduled for my surgery on August 20th. So basically 2 more months before they rip me open. Not looking forward to it, but I know it has to be done. I will miss the last week of golf league. ⛳️

I just heard about this procedure during my daily researching. It is done near me by one urologist. I am going look into it. He's in Weston Florida at the Cleveland clinic. Dr Peretti.😅

Any update? Thanks for your candid and open descriptions.

Thank you!

Thank you so much. All of your videos have been soooooo helpful to me and my husband.

I am finding that after almost 9 months, incontinence is doing very well. PSA is 0. No sexual function at all at this point, not even with viagra. Just no feelings in that area. Other than that I am a very healthy 72 year old man with lots of energy and faith.