Hi,
Read your post and it certainly struck a cord with me. I am 59 and now 5 weeks post RARP and beginning to get back to normal after the op. Almost fully continent, exercising every day, stomach wounds almost fully healed and beginning to enjoy life again after a difficult few months. Have the all important first PSA results meeting with the surgeon in three weeks time, so fingers crossed.
Never had any Pca symptoms so this whole journey has been a shock.
This web site / forum has been so helpful and some of the regular contributors are a mind of fantastic information. Get your Dad signed up and he will soon become very well informed and understand he is only one of many many men on this difficult journey.
I have now made six or seven good friends in the last few months we have had or have got Pca and it has given my life a different perspective. There are many positives that can come from this difficult condition.
As a result of this cancer my wife and I have just sold our house, cleared a small mortgage , banked some valuable funds and are going to enjoy doing some things we would not have done if I had not been diagnosed. It has made us plan our next 10 / 15 years (hopefully) as opposed to just getting old and drifting through life.
Good luck to your Dad and his close friends and family. Don't let this crappy disease define him.....make him see it as something that will improve his life and relationships and ensure he remains in a positive state of mind.
Lots of love and good luck.
Steven