Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
The above picture is the before and after of the treatment of a low grade bladder cancer. The bladder is commonly in the path of the radiation and radiation cystitis occurs commonly. There is a small incidence of bladder cancer after radiation of the prostate, but it occurs and should be part of the decision …
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If you have obstructive voiding symptoms (slow stream, hesitancy, getting up at night, stop start stream, decrease in caliber of stream) and want to do radiation as your treatment of your prostate cancer it is okay to have the prostatic urethra opened by the Greenlight laser before the treatment to prevent exacerbation of your voiding symptoms …
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If it's been radiated it ain't gonna heal right if you go a cuttin on it!
Do nothing Remove it Use some sort of energy to treat it If you think of the decision making process this way it makes it easier.
So I had my prostate remove for prostate cancer in 2007. And I have in one of my bathroom drawers ticket stubs from the the Braves World Series Games from back in 1991. (Man what a year for Atlanta-I went to every Atlanta home game and dammit we should have won it....Remember Terry Pendleton and …
Conversation between post robotic prostatectomy patient and friend: "So Bill how's it going. I understand you've had your prostate removed by the robot." Bill: " It's great. Small incisions, very little pain, out of the hospital in a day and already driving. It's amazing." Friend: "So you doing good with the leaking and sex part?" …
A negligible PSA at ten years post treatment is good, however no one really knows for sure they are cured.
Prostate Diaries 