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PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT SITE

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Bob Zupancic and Connie live in North Carolina, USA. He was 52 when he was diagnosed on April 19, 2007. His initial PSA was 3.1 ng/ml, his initial Gleason Score was 6 and he was staged T1c. He is undecided as to what treatment he should have. Here is his story:

I was recently diagnosed (52 years old) with PC with a PSA of 3.1, Gleason score of 6 and 2 out 12 samples from a biopsy were positive. The biopsy was performed due to an increase in my PSA level over a two year period. I am undecided at this point as to what treatment to pursue and am investigating options.

 

UPDATED

July 2007

 

 

Well, after months of investigating my options and talking to surgeons, oncologists, etc. I opted for a robotic prostatectomy done by Dr. Patel of the Ohio State medical center. He has done over a 1,000 of these.

I had the surgery on July 2nd and was released from the Hospital the next day. I am now at home revovering nicely with only some slight pain in the stomach area and primarily around the sutures. I am yet to get the pathology report back. I have to say the whole procedure was fairly easy-of course I slept through the good parts but it was easier than I had exected. As others have commented on the forum, the biggest pain to me is the catheter, but I am learning to live with it and have scheduled to have it out within a week of surgery. More to come later.....

Bob's e-mail address is: bzupancic@aol.com