Kelly
East and Alli live in Florida, USA. He was 50 when he was diagnosed in April,
2009. He does not give his initial PSA so presumably it was less than 4.0 , his
Gleason Score was 3+3=6 and although he does not give his staging it seems likely
that he was staged T2a. His choice of treatment was Da Vinci Surgery. Here is
his story.
THERE
WAS NO RESPONSE TO AN UPDATE
REMINDER
IN 2011
SO THERE IS NO UPDATE.
After my general doctor felt "something" during my annual DRE (Digital
Rectal Examination) (only my 2nd ever, I had a biopsy done at the urologist and
the results were positive. Early stage, Gleason 3+3. Had the cat/bone scans done
and everything was contained.
I decided, pretty early on to have the surgery
based on age and stage of cancer. Found a great young surgeon in Miami where I
live who has been doing robotics for a while now. A real great guy and very talented.
Had the surgery July 15th and was home on the 16th. Surgery went great and path
report showed no margins.
Catheter for a week and a little pain but not
bad. Some discomfort after catheter removal but has gone away 6 weeks later. Normal
urinating, a little leak when I cough hard.
Two weeks after surgery I
was actually able to become firm enough to have sex for about a minute. Since
then it's only about 70% firm. I'm taking 5mg Cialis daily and just got a Vacuum
device to aid rehab and use for sex. It works great with the band on, but is uncomfortable.
First post surgery PSA was 0.01, very happy!!!
