Prostate Cancer and Prostatectomy

jch

I found nothing on this forum about this. So I thought I'd start a topic either to help me if any of you have been there before me or to help others who make this journey after me.

I'm 52 and just had my prostate removed after a diagnosis of cancer, fortunately still confined.

I'll be off the bike for a few more weeks but my surgeon without hesitation said I'd get back to riding and other web searches confirm this.

ballysmate

Sorry to hear of your condition, hope you recover. Remember it is not necessarily the end of the world.
I was diagnosed myself almost 2 years ago, just short of my 50th birthday. PSA 70, T3b, Gleason 9 to be exact.
The T3b means that the cancer had burst out through the prostate wall so my treatment has been different.
I started Androgen Deprivation Therapy to reduce my testosterone levels, which affected me greatly. Prostate cancer initially thrives on testosterone so this is standard first line treatment. Prostate cancer will become hormone refractory, and I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
I underwent 35 sessions of radiotherapy to kill the cancer within the prostate and still on ADT to shrink cancer cells around my body.
What will be, will be.
The following links are to posts I made on here. They may be of interest. The link embedded within one of the posts to the news item, describes my reaction to the therapy perfectly.
If anyone wants to get in touch, please feel free to PM or email.

viewtopic.php?f=40011&t=12905932&hilit=cancer

viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12912238&hilit=cancer

seanoconn

The very best of luck to both of you.

Chamac

hi there Jch

your surgeon is spot on, I was back on the bike around 6 weeks after my robotic prostatectomy at age 59 at the end of May 2010.It took me until September to get up to doing longer rides for me that meant around 50 miles.

At the moment tho its not being quite so easy as I had to have corrective surgery for residual incontinence in January this year involving a perineal incision so I've needed a bit longer to heal up. Even with that I'm now able to ride 30 miles plus, good bibs and plenty of chamoix cream help a lot.

As I recall my first couple of weeks of riding post prostatectomy were very short and slow not so much because of perineal pain, although there is a bit of that, but I was a bit weaker than I thought I would be 6 weeks post surgery.

So sorry to hear about both of your situations guys, my own cancer stats were PSA 12.6 Gleason 7 T3a tumour, and I've been PSA negative since surgery, so, as good as it can be so far.

Take it easy for the next few weeks jch and good luck when you start riding again.

Charles

joseph vale

Hello, everyone! It’s very nice to meet all of you. I’m 63 and am about to begin some prostate cancer treatments. The doxorubicin they’re prescribing me seems manageable price-wise. They’re telling me that I should also look into Viagra to go with the doxorubicin. My issue is that I’m not making a lot of money, right now, and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to how I can save some money. Unofficially, my Dr. suggesting looking into alternatives such as “generics” and gave me some reassurance that Canadian pharmacies might be a good option but I’m very nervous about getting into something I know nothing about and risking my health. Does anyone happen to have any insight about this, or has anyone ordered from any of these sources? Please let me know as soon as possible. Feel free to message me privately if you prefer that to posting publicly. Thank you so much for your time, support, and allowing me to join such a great group of people for my own education.

joseph vale

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Thanks for reporting chaps

cruff

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