>>>Here's a blog from a guy that has a 10 yo son, so he's not too old. When would have been a good time for him to have been screened, in order to prevent the Advanced PC that's killing him? (Notice his low PSA reading....Doctors say 0 to 4.0 is good???) At diagnosis, mine was 20.4.
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>>>http://advancedprostatecancer.net/
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>>The daVinci Prostatecotmy operation is going to be on September 14th (Monday).... should be out by Tuesday... stay home about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks, then back to work.....
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>Things have sure changed since 1994. I was in the hospital 6 days (got pneumonia along with my RP), had the catheter in for 3 weeks.
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>Luckily, I had/have a home office so I was able to work when ever I felt like it...which wasn't very much. I had staples that went from my belly button to my pubic bone that slowed me down for quite a while.

Sorry to hear about the staples... yikes! And don't say "CATHETER" around me! I'm gonna have one of those puppies for about a week.... ooooouuuuuuoooooooooo..... ouch!