Da vinci surgery - my experience

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Posted 11 Apr 2015 at 21:46

A quick update from me & a fingers-crossed for those who have their PSAs in April. Saw my head honcho urology consultant in Jan -- the chap who'd actually performed the robotic op -- & decided 4 days before the consultation, in an excess of possibly unwise bravado, to bite the bullet & dispense with the single Tena pad I'd been wearing until then. Good news. PSA still undetectable, & consultant sufficiently confident to move my case to six-monthly PSA reviews, after which I'd only be summoned to the clinic if there was any concern. He also wrote to my GP recommending the fairly standard 5 mg per day tadalafil (Cialis), which I've now been taking for 2 months, but asked me to report back if there was any reduction in continence after taking the drug, since one of his patients had noticed a slight deterioration. So far so good -- just the very rare & almost-imperceptible leak, & progress on the ED is encouraging, although it was proceeding pretty well before the Cialis,so I'm not sure how much difference that's made...

10 months on & some sort of normality beckons,

Best Wishes to Roddy, Chris, Steve, Luther & Bri,

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 13:22

Hi chaps

I haven't been on this board for a while - nothing untoward healthwise but for some reason my computer would not load the site properly and I found it impossible to post anything. However, I seem to have proper access today, so hope this works.

My last PSA test was in June, one year after the op. The good news is that the PSA level was still undetectable. The next test and appointment is booked for 22nd September (with the specialist nurse rather than with the consultant or one of the doctors - another encouraging step, hopefully).

As you know, urinary incontinence has not been a problem for me and that remains the case. The ED battle is being won. The sildenafil is working and, with proper stimulation, I can get a strong and sustainable erection. In fact, I have woken up some mornings with a real stiffy.

I can't recall if I mentioned this before, but a side effect of the sildenafil has been a deterioration in my sense of smell. The consultant said that he had never come across this before but that nasal congestion was a noted, but infrequent, side effect. However, I can certainly live with that trade-off!

Best wishes to you all.

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 13:38

Good news all round Roddy....

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Luther

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 13:50

Well done, good to hear your news, especially when we have been travelling this journey at similar times.

Not noticed the sense of smell issue but do get the blue tinted vison with sildenafil.

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Thanks Chris

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 14:31

My husband gets an extremely runny nose at just the wrong moment but it's worth putting up with !! He hasn't mentioned blue vision though .

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Posted 25 Aug 2015 at 14:52

Well done, Roddy. Success stories are always a pleasure to read on here. A stiff in the morning would send me into raptures!

Paul

Stay Calm And Carry On.

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