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My Retzius sparing RARP + NeuroSAFE journey

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Posted 18 Mar 2021 at 17:45

Still very good after this amount of time. Long may it continue! 👍

Wonderful compared to my 0.2 after 8 weeks, and 0.5 after 5 months. 😔

Take care.

Jim

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Posted 18 Mar 2021 at 18:01

Thank you. Yeah totally so defo needs perspective as no guarantees with this journey. My view for surgery was always to at min buy me quality of life time hopefully until immunology matures. I think I was right on the borderline for T3.

Hope things are ok with you Jim.

just had my AZ (Oxford)Covid-19 vaccine so at least that’s done. Pretty much didn’t even feel the needle. After spinal anaesthesia I didn’t take much notice.

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Posted 18 Mar 2021 at 18:38
Symantec,

As I have said before, my local hospital only tests to 0.1, so anything under that is ‘undetectable’.

Professor Whocannotbenamedhere told me himself he is no fan of super-sensitive assay, as it causes too many anxieties and problems due to due to ‘noise’, exactly as you are experiencing now.

Come and get your tests done in Coventry, and worry about something else!

Cheers, John.

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Posted 18 Mar 2021 at 19:00

Thanks John :-)

I'm coming around to your way of thinking. My nurse taking bloods said similar. I'm pretty chilled after it so all good. Will suggest to the Prof we schedule next set for six months. Summer beers and BBQ's are calling. Hope all is well with you and hope you've been vaccinated :D

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Posted 19 Mar 2021 at 07:09
Yes, I had my first Oxford / Astra Zeneca shot a month ago. I watched the needle and the doctor pulled it away, and I asked ‘Have you done it?’

‘Yes, bye bye’. Never felt a thing. Going to the dentist today for a filling, and I doubt that will be as painless.

When they phoned me for the Covid jab, they asked if I could make it at 11.27.

‘Sorry, I’m busy then, can you make it 11.28?’ They were doing one a minute!

We’ve got three cruises booked in the next eighteen months to make up for the four we had to cancel last year. Roll on the jab passport. We’ve held Yellow Fever vaccination passports for years.

Cheers, John.

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Posted 19 Mar 2021 at 07:17

yeah all very straight forward. At the 22 day mark will be ready for pub gardens and self shopping. Should be epic to get out and about again. Those cruise companies are needing the cash injection. Those that survive will be doing well I suspect as the masses emerge. Have a good weekend and hope the dentist goes relatively painlessly. 🥶🤪

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Posted 11 Jun 2021 at 17:15

Quarterly (June) PSA Blood result <0.006. Which is great. Looks like previous numbers might have been machine error/noise/calibration. Fingers crossed for next test late September.

thanks to the folks here for the heads up about possible vaccine v PSA anomaly. I booked up my PSA the day before my 2nd jab. 

Have a good weekend all!

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Posted 11 Jun 2021 at 18:12

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Quarterly (June) PSA Blood result <0.006. Which is great.

 

Excellent. 😀 I've got one next week. 

_____

Two cannibals named Ectomy and Prost, all alone on a Desert island.

Prost was the strongest, so Prost ate Ectomy.

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Posted 11 Jun 2021 at 19:17

Hope that comes back great too. Keep us posted!

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Posted 11 Jun 2021 at 20:52

Great news!

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Posted 11 Jun 2021 at 22:44

Great news. Long may that continue.

Ido4

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Posted 12 Jun 2021 at 15:40

Less than 6 thousandths of a thousand-millionths in a thousandth of a litre.  A miracle of detection.  All the best, Peter

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Posted 12 Jun 2021 at 16:00
Brilliant
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 12 Jun 2021 at 16:16

That's great news! 

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Posted 14 Oct 2021 at 13:22

Quick update:

Had routine PSA bloods attempted Tuesday but unfortunately nothing would yield for first time ever. Same fantastic nurse I’ve had for years. I drank lots of water beforehand but think the weekend before pub excesses may have dehydrated me. Got a 2nd appointment in just over a weeks time to have another go. Will stay off the sauce and hydrate as normal but I always drink ~2 ltrs per day anyway. Maybe a hot bath the morning of the blood test helps? Any hints or tips very welcome :-)

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Posted 15 Oct 2021 at 13:01

I’m sometimes difficult to get blood out of a stone at the Chemist’s, they try in one arm then the other and after that they give you a ticket to jump the queue at the Walk-In Centre at the hospital.

They are only supposed to try twice, but the last time a colleague of the original phlebotomist had a naughty third attempt and success!

I have big swollen veins on the back of my hands, but the chemists are not qualified to do what they call a ‘butterfly’ blood extraction, so you have to go to the hospital for it which takes seconds.

Reminds me, I’m due a six-monthly PSA shortly. I’ll book it with the pharmacy now.

Cheers, John.

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Posted 15 Oct 2021 at 13:48

Thanks John

It sometimes take two strikes.....but no dice this time. Been forwarded to a nurse who is a ninja at hard draws later this month. Hospital was mentioned but no immediate rush. Same are you with my hands so always a plan C I suspect if all else fails. My fab nurse mentioned that it can be common if you've had lots of bloods done over time as the scar tissue can increase in the area. I'll get pumping the guns also which helps bring those vessels up :D

Have a good weekend and will keep posted with update/results etc

Simon

 

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Posted 02 Nov 2021 at 11:50

Quarterly PSA bloods done on the 28th Oct…this time they got blood out of the old stone with ease.

Result was <0.006 so can’t ask for better than that as pretty much the two year post RARP point. Will touch base with the Prof at the end of the week🍻😎

Edited by member 02 Nov 2021 at 14:22  | Reason: Not specified

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Posted 02 Nov 2021 at 12:37

Really pleased for you.

Hoping the results for not just a premonition of your Nov 28th test. 😂

All the best.

Jim

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Posted 02 Nov 2021 at 14:23

Cheers Jim

Time travel is a funny old game 🤪😵‍💫🍻🤣

 
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