Good afternoon friends.
Just a quick update, had my robotic prostatectomy on the 17 of October 2022 at the age of 68.
I am very satisfied with my choice of surgery over the the other treatment options offered, I was continent from the day of catheter removal all but a few drops on over exertion, E D was a problem but at 68 years old at surgery I was always aware that there could be issues in that department, getting there with the help of tablets.
Just today received my 2 year post surgery psa results from gp website. <0.1 which is great ( anxiety doesn’t get any better waiting for those results).
I think the anxiety is made worse by my post histology results, although my Gleason score post surgery was downgraded to 3+3=6 from my biopsy score of 3+4=7 the fact I had a focal positive margin & what they reported as early extra prostatic extension always makes it a possible chance of re occurrence.
Tommorrow morning I await my specialist nurses phone call & just wondering if I will stay on 6 monthly psa checks or go to 12 monthly, I have heard different nhs areas use different criteria, any ideas on that guys ?
Anyway good luck to you all . Jeff.