Glad to hear he will be all right. Good thing he got it done before Obamacare sets in.
My father-in-law was diagnosed with prostate cancer just a few short weeks ago. Luckily, it was early stage and the survival rate is 100%. We drove up to St. Louis last Friday to be there for him and mom during surgery. It was done with the DaVinci robot. We saw an example video of it - the patient is on the table with this machine above and the doc is over at a monitor with joysticks and a microscope lens! Looks like he's playin Pac Man!
So, dad-in-law has 6 small holes in his belly, 5 of which you can cover with a regular bandaid and the sixth not much bigger (this was the hole they pulled his prostate gland out through) He was in the hospital for just 24 hours and will not have to go through any chemo. How cool is that!!! Now, I'm not saying he doesn't have some pain, and bless his heart, he's 67 years old and has never had any "major" surgery, so he didn't really know what to expect. He's now 6 days post op and doing pretty well.
Vonna
Yes, I fish like a girl. If you tried a little harder, you could too!!
Glad to hear he will be all right. Good thing he got it done before Obamacare sets in.
Good to hear he is doing alright, I can't believe the things they can do for you now.
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Glad all turned out well for him.
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Yep, glad they caught it and that he is doing well.
Shoals Area Crappie Association
Glad he's gonna be okay!!!!!!!! Best Christmas Present of all!!!!!!!!!!
Fatman
Thats great news. Every uncle I have has had this cancer last 2 had the cemo and is now 5+ years cancer free.
Glad it was good news for him also.
Pete
Great news. With these new surgery proceedures, things are healing a lot quicker too. It won't be long afore he will be out there doing his thing again. Congrats and give a bit of thanks to the man upstairs who has given this knowledge to our care givers.
Dusty
A gun in hand is a lot better than a cop on the phone.
It's good to hear that he is doing well.. and you are correct, it's amazing the things they can do now a days. A few months ago my daughter had the muscles cut loose on her eyes and reattatched. Everything worked like planned. It really is amazing.
You can't fish with a hung line!
I had prostate surg.2yrs ago at 69 went in at 5.30 am and was home at 11:30 am. was fishing 3 weeks later. Congrats that it went well. Just had my 2yr checkup and its ok.
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