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My Dad's Journey With Prostate Cancer

My Dad was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 66. His gleason score is 7 (3 + 4). He has chosen to have surgery to remove the entire prostate. We both feel this is the best option in his case. His bone scan & CT scan show no signs of cancer. To have the surgery is the only way to be "cancer free". I know just writing about this will help us and hope it can help others too.

Catheter is out

Jul 25 2012

Dad got his catheter out yesterday. He says it didn't hurt like he was expecting it to. It stung for just a few seconds and just like that it was out. He is learning how to get his "control" back, but for the first day it went pretty well. We are both so thankful that so far everything has went better than expected. Thank you all for your support.

Previous diary posts by CorvetteGirl:

Home from surgery and recovering well
Just waiting for surgery

MRI
MRI Tomorrow

Comments (2) Add Comment

written by DVW, July 26, 2012

Hopefully, with the catheter out the worst is over for your father and it's a smooth ride to recovery from now on!

written by Endgame, August 10, 2012

I am post surgery about 8 months....after the catheter came out i gradually gained control over my bladder. It took about 3 months to get it completely back with a lots of kegel exercises. On occasion I still have an issue but rarely. I am 59y/o white male, good physical condition in general.. Just be patient....and keep working with the exercises..