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| April 27, 2004 Mitch Men's 50 68 posts | Prostate Cancer In July 2003 I was told I have prostate cancer, a shock to say the least. I did a tremendous amount of research on my treatment options. External beam radiation, radioactive seed implants, surgery all of which had undesireable side effects. I finally came across a procedure called "state-of-the-art da Vinci® computer-enhanced robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy". To put it in terms that we all understand, it's surgery done by a "robot" using small instruments and a scope so the surgeon can see what's going on. The side effects were minimal and the prostate gland with the cancer would be removed, my best option. On Jan. 7, 2004 I had this procedure done at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, CA. I was released from the hospital on Jan. 9th and my wife and I walked for 2.5 miles on Jan. 10th. I went back to playing softball on Feb. 7th, exactly one month later. I've had two follow up appointments since then and both showed my PSA level was "undetectable". Other than the fact that I've got knee surgery this Friday, I feel 100% fine with no side effects. We're at that age now where we all need to take a closer look at our health. I wanted to get the word out about this new procedure and how good it worked for me, so if anyone else hears the treaded word cancer, they have a lot of options and this is one of them. |
