In September 2003, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at 50 years of age….Faced with the prospect of battling cancer, I burned up the Internet seeking information regarding my options….In my research on the Internet, I discovered another option that had not been well publicized, and certainly wasn’t an option discussed by my doctors at that time —- LRPS. Laproscopic radical prostatectomy surgery is a procedure using micro surgical instruments inserted in the body via a few small incisions. The doctor is guided by a camera and is able to use great precision in performing surgery. The upside of this procedure is that it is relatively bloodless, less intrusive as there is not a large incision, and facilitates nerve-sparing procedures to reduce the risk of incontinence and impotence.
In my case, the procedure was remarkably successful. One day after surgery, I walked out of the hospital. Except for a few uncomfortable days with a catheter in place and two to three weeks of limited incontinence, all is well.
Check out the details. Sooner or later, this may be useful information for a male member of your household.
My dad recently had his hip replaced. The doctors were amazed at how fast he recovered given his age (90). The only problem was the operation or anasthesia or whatever had made his enlarged prostate worse requiring a catheter. Finally, that became too much and he had surgery similar to what was described here except it used a laser to open a passageway through the prostate. Out of the hospital the next day and no more problems.
Thanks for the post. My Grandfather and father had prostate cancer, so my chances aren’t good for the prospect. My father had almost a year of incontinence after traditional surgery. He has survived over five years after the diagnosis.
Don’t accept without personal research a prostate cancer diagnosis, and don’t go for biopsies and surgeries until you have done more research. Things are changing in the field and there is a growing understanding that too many unnecessary prostate surgeries have been done.
Go to http://www.squarf.com/cancer.htm for an amusing, but appropriate rant about this.
I have been fighting off doctors who would love to remove my prostate for 9 years. Those years have pretty much proved them wrong, as I am just as well now as when I had that first PSA test that was a little high.