a son worried about his father

What operation is dad having this will help as others who have had the same will be able to post info

Dr google is not a good place for info

You also have the extra worry on your results this happens with everybody the waiting is the worst

Its natural to be worried about dad and i think once you get more info from folks on here it will help

Dont forget to get the toolkit off this site

Regrds

Nidge

Hello Nozza and welcome to the site.

There is a lot of useful information on here, all personal because the people responding will have knowledge or experience of what they post.
Doctor Google on the other hand is full of information that is not necessarily relevant to you or your dad and may therefore scare you.

As far as your own PSA test goes, if nothing else it will give a base line for the future so hopefully you will not be in the situation where PC will creep up on you.

Anyway, I'm sure lots of information will be coming your way soon

I am happy to share my experience of the keyhole surgery but I do not have all of the technical expertise of many on this site.

On the day of the op a nurse explained what would happen and went through afew formalities. Was asked to undress and put on gown and surgical stockings. The anaesthetist then came in and asked more questions before describing what would happen in theatre. The surgeon then popped in to make sure that I was ok and to see if I had any further questions. I was then walked to theatre and prepared for the op and they did exactly what theu said they would. Came round in recovery feeling very comfortable at about mid-day and was then moved to a ward. I had a catheter inserted with a pipe draining the urine into a bag hooked onto the bed frame and a drip in the back of my hand. Had a sandwich and couple of glasses of water. By 3 p.m. was happily out of bed and walking around the ward with urine bag hooked onto the portable drip frame. Was kept topped up with pain relief and remained very comfortable over night. Following day dressings were changed, walking around, eating and drinking plenty (3 litres per day)

They gave the first of the injections you mentioned and showed me how to do it. They should have showed your dad a video of this during his pre-op, but it is very straigjtforward and if you pinch an inch of flesh it is painless.

The catheter causes no problem but just use sensible hygiene precautions.

I had hugely swollen purple testicles which were uncomfortable but not painful. There was hardly any bruising and no pain from the six entry wounds.

My brother suffered a lot of bruising anda lot of pain during the first three days as a result of the gas used to create ooperating space and as this gas rises towards the shoulders it can be painful and affect you ability to breath easily. I had none of this.

My biggest concern post op was to avoid straining the bowel and so did everything I could prior to the op and afterwards to keep things moving freely

My catheter was removed after 7 days and the clips on the wounds were removed at the same time. Plenty of incontinence pads (high volume) from Boots but initially used incontinence pants at night. Dad will probably experiment with what he feels comfortable wearing. After op just be sensible, let him rest when he needs to but also move around and exercise and bit by bit hopefully things will improve.

I would suggest that a family member is around at the hospital on discharge to ensure that someone besides Dad understands what he is being told

I hope that all goes well for him.

Kevan

Thanks everyone for the replies, my Mum has gone to every appointment with Dad so far, on the day my mum is going up with dad to the hospital (Guy's Hospital, London Bridge), then I'll pick up dad when he's ready to come out of hospital, my mum will come as well. I had my results back yesterday, 2.4 was my PSA level which I was told was perfectly normal, the Doctor wants me tested in a years time though, my cholesterol is high as well.

Thanks again everyone, will keep you all posted on here. He just wants it over and done with now, don't blame him really!

Cheers

Marc

Strictly speaking, research says that the risk is increased only if the father, brother or other close male relative had early onset prostate cancer - based on the premise that 70% of men in their 70s have this disease, that would implicate ALL of their male relatives and we would quickly get to 100% of all men - which is obviously not right.

Having said that Nozza, your PSA is right at the top end of normal for your age so I think the doctor's advice of retesting annually is very wise. Might be worth seeing what dad's urologist thinks about it (if you get the chance to ask)

Dad had his operation which went well, is hopefully coming out today, all being well.

So pleased all is well so far Nozza.

I hope it continues to do so. All the best for dad's speedy recovery from the op.

Sandra

Can hear the relief that you are feeling. That's the first bit over so onwards and upwards but as everyone has said, make sure that Dad takes time with his recovery as he may forget that this is pretty major surgery.

Keep us posted.

Kevan