Can understand your wish to "get it out". 3 years ago that was my reflex reaction. No research. No considering anything else, I wanted it out. And out it went 5th May 2013.
I have been lucky with my consequences, despite a ricky start to my recovery including being evicted form hospital only to be readmitted less than 5 hours later for another 4 days. Lots of issues but all seems like a distant dream now, and were all overcome.
Looking back, I would not change, my mind, I have no regrets. Pointless, as you do not know how another course of treatment may have done? Could be worse, as bad or better?
No one should tell you what to choose. No one should steer you to a particular course of action. YOU are the one who will have live with YOUR choice, ONLY YOU! Hopefully for many years to come?
All I would suggest is that you consider all options open to you with your condition and staging.
You can talk to men who opted for a particular treatment who made a full recovery in every aspect of their life. Does not mean that the same will happen to you.
You can talk to people who opted for that treatment, or A N Other treatment option and are having a miserable time. Does not mean that this will happen to you.
Statistics are all well and good unless you are the statistical blip, the 5% or whatever, that this goes wrong for?
Its up to you. And we have all been there.
In the meantime, have a good weekend and enjoy the haymaking. ;-)
dave
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You seem quite clearly to have made your mind up which course of action to take , which is a good thing believe me. But have you read the toolkit and leaflets and explored it all ? Yes 100% you should be making use of that Viagra as much as you can bear it ( and your dear wife ) , because after the op you are statistically looking at a long period of inaction. I'm only 49 and 13 months post op with double nerve sparing and still no natural recovery yet. Did they say which HT you would be on at all , because six months passes by quite quickly and it isn't all that bad. As others have said , and you've been on the site a while now , no one can make your mind up for you. Good luck to you ok
Chris
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Your GP RANG you to see how you were!! Blimey, you're very lucky. (In that respect anyway)
Enjoy whatever benefits you and the wife get from Viagra.
We too found that Viagra was a "blessing" that we would probably not have pursued at our time of life thinking our problems were age related.
We don't get the benefit that we did, again, mainly age related I think but at least the option for us is there.
Enjoy that lovely sunshiny feeling.
Best Wishes
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and MRI and see consultant within a week, Blimey that too. Took me 3 weeks before I saw mine after my MRI, and saw the consutant agin 5 weeks after my biopsy. Maybe its not good being in Worcestershire.
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Me too Toad, I live in Worcestershire as well and similar times for me. Looks like Glen has been "lucky " with the speed of things. I am still happy with the way things have gone for me but I have had to chase up appointments at the beginning with everyone.
Chris/Woody
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Can understand your wish to "get it out". 3 years ago that was my reflex reaction. No research. No considering anything else, I wanted it out. And out it went 5th May 2013.
I have been lucky with my consequences, despite a ricky start to my recovery including being evicted form hospital only to be readmitted less than 5 hours later for another 4 days. Lots of issues but all seems like a distant dream now, and were all overcome.
Looking back, I would not change, my mind, I have no regrets. Pointless, as you do not know how another course of treatment may have done? Could be worse, as bad or better?
No one should tell you what to choose. No one should steer you to a particular course of action. YOU are the one who will have live with YOUR choice, ONLY YOU! Hopefully for many years to come?
All I would suggest is that you consider all options open to you with your condition and staging.
You can talk to men who opted for a particular treatment who made a full recovery in every aspect of their life. Does not mean that the same will happen to you.
You can talk to people who opted for that treatment, or A N Other treatment option and are having a miserable time. Does not mean that this will happen to you.
Statistics are all well and good unless you are the statistical blip, the 5% or whatever, that this goes wrong for?
Its up to you. And we have all been there.
In the meantime, have a good weekend and enjoy the haymaking. ;-)
dave
All we can do - is do all that we can. So, do all you can to help yourself, then make the best of your time. :-) I am the statistic. |
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You seem quite clearly to have made your mind up which course of action to take , which is a good thing believe me. But have you read the toolkit and leaflets and explored it all ? Yes 100% you should be making use of that Viagra as much as you can bear it ( and your dear wife ) , because after the op you are statistically looking at a long period of inaction. I'm only 49 and 13 months post op with double nerve sparing and still no natural recovery yet. Did they say which HT you would be on at all , because six months passes by quite quickly and it isn't all that bad. As others have said , and you've been on the site a while now , no one can make your mind up for you. Good luck to you ok
Chris
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Your GP RANG you to see how you were!! Blimey, you're very lucky. (In that respect anyway)
Enjoy whatever benefits you and the wife get from Viagra.
We too found that Viagra was a "blessing" that we would probably not have pursued at our time of life thinking our problems were age related.
We don't get the benefit that we did, again, mainly age related I think but at least the option for us is there.
Enjoy that lovely sunshiny feeling.
Best Wishes
Sandra
We can't control the winds - but we can adjust our sails |
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and MRI and see consultant within a week, Blimey that too. Took me 3 weeks before I saw mine after my MRI, and saw the consutant agin 5 weeks after my biopsy. Maybe its not good being in Worcestershire.
Edited by member 10 Jul 2016 at 12:01
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Me too Toad, I live in Worcestershire as well and similar times for me. Looks like Glen has been "lucky " with the speed of things. I am still happy with the way things have gone for me but I have had to chase up appointments at the beginning with everyone.
Chris/Woody
Life seems different upside down, take another viewpoint
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Well, that's it for now. Saw the oncologist and urologist this afternoon. Op scheduled for middle of August and pre-op assessment at the end of this month.
Going out with mates for a few beers tonight, lol then I shall see about making some more hay while I still can.
Always look on the bright side of life, aka Monty Python.
Glen