Not posted for a while,just been getting my thoughts together with active surveillance.
Recently I decided that I wanted to move on and get treatment with surgery being my choice.
So about six weeks ago I contacted my nurse specialist who referred me to one of the consultants at Derriford. I was given an appointment for 29th September. I accepted this but commented that it would have been nice had it been earlier.
I said to my wife that while waiting I would give our bedroom a lick of paint.
Last Wednesday the walls and ceiling were finished and I was on hands and knees glossing the skirting when I got a phone call from the hospital offering me an appointment with the consultant that afternoon. Having complained a little I thought I had better accept.
To cut a long story short the consultant offended me an operation the next morning.
After some deliberation I said yes and spent the rest of the day having my Pre op checks.
We got home about 7pm and then had to put the bedroom back together.
The next day I was back in the hospital again at 7:30am and in the theatre by 9am.
I had Da Vinci surgery and was allowed home the next evening.
Now I am at home with my catheter counting down the days till it can be removed.
It may have all happened very fast,but it worked for me and one of the deciding factors for me was the attitude and positiveness of the consultant. I have previously spoken to a couple of the others but he was the only one who put me at ease.
Before I went in to theatre he came in and asked again if I was still OK to go ahead,then he went out and had a word with my wife.
The day after the op he came in to the ward to see me.He said he had never removed a bigger prostate.Apparently a normal one is the size of a walnut mine was like a grapefruit.
Top of the leaderboard at last.
I have also had 2 phone calls from the theatre nurse checking that I am OK.
Just hoping everything goes well from here.
Edited by member 21 Sep 2016 at 19:38
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