Hello,
I am in search of anyone who has gone through this & can share what experience you have.My 45 year old highschool sweetheart & now boyfriend again has been diagnosed with this & was going to have Moh's sugery Dec 5th,but the drs couldnt get together at the same time( Moh's sugeon & urologist)...so now we go Monday the 13th to Indiana University to the urologist who will perform basic excision & have a plastic surgeon do the reconstructive.
All blood work was done & ok,prostate was enlarged somewhat,white count up just a bit,but otherwise all looks good.The cancer is on the shaft & he had a biopsy which was cauterized & stitched Sept 26th.He alot of pain there & is not sexually able to perform without pain ,so isnt worth it at the moment.Has anyone had the similar & what was the down time like? How long before he would go back to work,or be active again..ect?What is recurrence likely hood?
He had contracted genital warts back in 1982 & had them removed then,only to have had a terrible dr & so saw another dr in 1997 who used liquid nitrogen & made the area MUch worse & he has been terrified of drs ever since...Then I convinced him he had to be seen right away,& I just knew it was cancer..my email is
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Thanks in advance...
Kathie