Considering surgery, look at this new surgical technique

chas036

Hi,,,my name is Charlie and I'm a 50 year man who pees his pants. That is what I tell people that ask me about my prostrate surgery.

I had robotic surgery on 9/25 and now I have to wear a diaper to stay dry because I am fully incontinente from my surgery. Well, I really use a pad, but saying diaper sounds more dramatic. For you guys out there that had surgery and are now incontinente, you know exactly what I am talking about. You know how frustrating it is, especially if you had a very active life style before surgery, like I had, and now your life revolves around your incontinence and changing your pads.

This post is for all you new guys out there that are considering surgery in the future. I strongly recommend you take a look at this new procedure being formed by Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewari, director of robotic prostatectomy at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital in NYC. With this new procedure for reattaching the ureatha, 65% of the men are fully continente within 4 weeks after surgery and 95% after 16 weeks.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/70715.php

I did a lot of reserach prior to my surgery, but I wish I could have done more or had someone tell me more about someone like Dr Tewari and incontinence. I knew incontinence was an issue after this type of surgery, but because I was relatively young, and in excellent pyhsical condition, and had been doing kegels for 4 months prior to my surgery, I had a false set of hopes, and I thought that I wouldn't have any problems with incontinence, or if I did, it would be very minimal at the most.

I even picked a good surgeon who had a good reputation and had performed well over 900 of these operations, so I thought I was in good hands, but luck was not on my side.

I know that it has only been 7 weeks since my surgery and it takes time, but I have not seen one bit of improvement in my incontinence in those 7 weeks, nothing. I use 4-7 pads a day depending how much time I am on my feet. The only good thing that came out of my surgery, other than my cancer being removed, is that I have no ED problems what so ever and I can get a full and hard erection without using drugs. But you know what?,,,,it is completely worthless to me becuase of my incontinence. Because I drip so much, and when I have an orgasm I ejectulate urine, my wife wants nothing to do with me until I stop leaking.

What I am trying to get across to you new guys considering surgery is that if you can find someone who can give you a better chance of continence very quickly after surgery like Dr Tewari can, then do everything in your power to take advantage of this and use this surgeon or ask your surgeon if he can do this technique. You don't know what having incontinence is until you actually have it, and it is something you don't want to experience if you don't have too.

I am curious if there are guys here who have had surgery Dr Tewari using this procedure and what your results were?
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Biospy 4/2007 - 2/12 <%5 Cancer Gleason 6
RP 9/25/2007 Uni Rochester, NY
Gleason 6, Negative Margins

Boothby171

Charlie,

I'm 46, PSA about 4.8, Gleason 3+3=6, Stage T1c, Diagnosed in June, 2007.

I'm scheduled for surgery with Dr. Tewari on January 10th, 2008.

There is a recent article in PCRI abuot this continence-"sparing" surgery.

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I appreciate the references to Dr. Tewari, but I'm also sorry that you're going through the incontinence "thing."

I'll let you know how I fare...

-Steve

chas036

I would be very curious to see how you do with incontinence after your surgery. I hope that Dr Tewari's procedure is all that is is talked up to be. Good luck and keep me informed.
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Biospy 4/2007 - 2/12 <%5 Cancer Gleason 6
RP 9/25/2007 Uni Rochester, NY
Gleason 6, Negative Margins

Boothby171

I can add that link:

http://www.prostate-cancer.org/education/localdis/Tewari_NerveSparingRP_Trizonal.html

BTW, I'm off to that very surgery on Jan 10th, 2008. Wish me luck!

--Steve

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