Thank you for the reply Bob. I hope things continue to improve for you. It sure sounds like you are very, very active and that this surgery has given you some of your life energy back!
I am only 32, but this "disease" is very debilitating. I just came back from another urologist today, and while he was very nice and informative, I still left more confused. He wants me to try trigger-point physical therapy. I have decided I will give it 6 months to a year, and if it does not work, I will be requesting prostate removal with Dr. Krongrad.
I really appreciate you taking the time to give us an update. It helps put things in perspective.
To be perfectly honest, I did not push the envelope although I was golfing 8 weeks later. Could I have golfed earlier-absolutely. I just did not want to take any chances. I work out with weights on a regular basis but laid off for 4 months. Once again I was probably being conservative. I am sure that Dr Krongrad is right and 4 weeks is all you need from a technical point of view but I would double that and use 8 weeks. Having said the above, I developed scar tissue-side effect in a small %age of the surgery patients. I think it actually results from very tight stitching ( you can check this out ) which is exactly what you want. Getting this corrected is not a big deal but it causes discomfort and in my case it took a while to detrmine what the problem was. In looking back, I think this slowed me down a little at the front end of the surgery recovery. Hind sight is 20/20. The operation eliminated the prostatitis and the side effects have not been that bad. I made the right decision to have the operation. My quality of life has increased immeasureably.
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I am only 32, but this "disease" is very debilitating. I just came back from another urologist today, and while he was very nice and informative, I still left more confused. He wants me to try trigger-point physical therapy. I have decided I will give it 6 months to a year, and if it does not work, I will be requesting prostate removal with Dr. Krongrad.
I really appreciate you taking the time to give us an update. It helps put things in perspective.
Have a great weekend,
Mike
Jun 11, 2010
Robert Patterson
To be perfectly honest, I did not push the envelope although I was golfing 8 weeks later. Could I have golfed earlier-absolutely. I just did not want to take any chances. I work out with weights on a regular basis but laid off for 4 months. Once again I was probably being conservative. I am sure that Dr Krongrad is right and 4 weeks is all you need from a technical point of view but I would double that and use 8 weeks. Having said the above, I developed scar tissue-side effect in a small %age of the surgery patients. I think it actually results from very tight stitching ( you can check this out ) which is exactly what you want. Getting this corrected is not a big deal but it causes discomfort and in my case it took a while to detrmine what the problem was. In looking back, I think this slowed me down a little at the front end of the surgery recovery. Hind sight is 20/20. The operation eliminated the prostatitis and the side effects have not been that bad. I made the right decision to have the operation. My quality of life has increased immeasureably.
Nov 25, 2011
bill johnson
Bob, Just joined the forum June of 2014. Looks like it has been 5 years since your prostectomy.
Not sure if you still regularly participate.
it looks to be 5 years since your procedure -- how have things progressed. Have you had any recurrence of cancer as biopsy indicated a gleason score5?
Prior to the prostate removal, what were your PSA readings?
Jun 9, 2014