Video 11 - 14 Days After Surgery - Mark's Prostate Cancer Experience
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- Here I am, 14 days after prostate cancer surgery, and feeling amazing. I have full continence (full control over urination), I am full of energy, and my cancer has been 100% eradicated. I am forever grateful to Dr. David Samadi, for without his surgical expertise on my prostatectomy, I would not be in such a good state of recovery as I am now in. My surgery was textbook-perfect, but this is just another successful case by Dr. Samadi, and tomorrow, he will be helping others.
Hi Mark I also live in Miami Beach and just got diagnosed with prostate cancer ♋️ having the surgery 8/22/24 Ty so much for chronicling your experience much helpful and I’m so happy for your outcome 🙏
Mark, your videos have helped me with my journey with prostrate cancer. We are glad to hear that all went well and you are back to normal ( or as close to normal as you can get ). We wish you and your husband all the best and pray that all continues to go well.
God Bless you for helping us going through the same thing.
May I know whats your symptoms from prostate cancer?
Thanks for these videos, Mark. My surgery was six days ago and I am scheduled to have my catheter removed in four days. My surgeon was very pleased with how the surgery went, which is obviously very good news. I will look for your video on post-catheter urination - definitely something that is on my mind right now.
SO THANKFUL that you shared your full experience.
Hi Mark, I had my operation this week. Thank you for all the information. You provided great tips that helped a lot.
Its nice from people to think about others and make a video like this and help people get over this and its really great that these surgeries have become better and people get well
Thank you for the great practical information in all your videos.
Thank you Mark. Your videos give me hope. Thank you.
Mr Mark ,
I am regularly watching your video series on radical prostatectomy.
Thanks,
It is giving me confidence since I have recently ie 2 weeks back i have undergone surgery.
Prabhakar from India.
US VS Australia. I had my operation on Nov 8 2023. Everything went well. I had a scan on the 21, with a follow appointment on the 24th, to have the catheter removed. However, the scan showed the tube not healed, Thursday night received a call cancelling my 24th appointment, making a new appointment for another scan on the 28th, and if all is well, I'll have the catheter removed a few days after that. Having watcher a few Americans videos where they encourage you to remove it yourself without a scan first. When I was having the scan, I told the nurse I wanted to remove it myself, and she said oh no, don't do that. Now I can see why.. As I am in Australia, it all cost my nothing, maybe having it removed in the US will cost a lot of money.
I’m glad your doing so well!
I forgot to tell you I just had BPH and had The Holep Procedure! No incontinence. The first after I got the Foley our could pee! So went home without a catheter! There was a bit of blood the first day of the Foley removal but after that I was fine.
Thank you again Mark. I have found your videos to be very helpful in my process of becoming cancer free. Yesterday I reached my 2 week mark after having the Da Vinci robotic surgery and I wanted to add my own experience to yours. I am walking and moving around normally now. I've noticed my energy level is a bit low, and I have found that I get tired more easily. This did not surprise me, since I figure that my body has turned a lot of energy toward the healing process. That said, I feel pretty dang good. I have noticed some odd pains at the surgical sites occasionally, which I assume is actually a good sign that the nerves are coming back alive. I am urinating very well (sometimes amazed at how well), which is wonderful! I would not have thought that after 2 weeks I would be feeling this good. I haven't used any kind of pain reliever since about 5 days after surgery, and after the 2nd day I was already cutting back to less than half of the normal dosage. That was also surprising to me, since I have 6 holes in my abdomen, plus all the other surgical disturbance in the area around the prostate. Anyway, this is my experience, which I am happy to add to Mark's. Thanks again Mark, for sharing your experience! It has been a tremendous help to me.
Mark, thanks for making this series. I'm in my 3rd week after surgery and just wondering since you live in Miami did you fly back for the 1st psa test with dr Samadi or just went to a dr in fla.
Sounds good. I am 71 and am in good shape. I weigh 162 lbs. I do 60 sit-ups every night. and I go in for my surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ on Sept 27th. I heal pretty well and have a positive attitude.
Hi Mark, thank you for your positive videos. I'm 39 and I live in Australia, I have just had a biopsy with the same gleason score. I am feeling very anxious about the whole procedure as my doctor has recommended a prostatectomy. Other than your kegel exercises does increasing your physical fitness, or core strength make a difference in your experience? Or does Dr Samadi pass on any good advice?
Were you able to travel after just two weeks?
Did it hurt while removing the Catherter?
I'm 2 weeks post prostatectomy from the Dr. Jackman at UPMC who teaches urology at the Pitt Medical school. My doctor says I'll need 6 weeks to get my energy back and during that time will have to relearn how to pee. Each time I listen to a video from 'Mark's Prostate Cancer Experience', I can't help but think that he's doing an advertisement, making his doctor out to be some super-human urologist who is so special because he has some secret procedure that nobody else knows about. This is not how medicine works. If you develop some special procedure, you write a paper or a book and share it with others, not have it advertised on CZcams.
I also think that the videos make unrealistic claims about recovery. This is major surgery. It takes time to heal regardless of how special your doctor is. 100% continent after 2 weeks is unrealistic. My cancer is 100% eradicated, but you get regular PSA tests afterwards because you're 'essentially cancer free' but keep checking for the rest of your life just in case.
Totally agree I've been juggling this around in my mind as well having watched his video and a few others as well before my surgery. I'm now 4 weeks post surgery and view these again as if they were planted as an advertisement for this Dr Sumati or whatever his name. I'm getting around pretty well with no pain yes... But continence is a big issue and will be for a while I believe I mean it's slowly getting better but not 100% like this guy proclaims after reconstructive surgery like this so soon
@@jerryschweitzer5051 l myself will be taking the plunge soon, so I look at a lot of videos. I believe Dr Samadi is the best urologist in the Nation for rp..I read his bio and I've counted over 7000 procedure of rp..maybe he has a removal system ,but I agree with the first comment, it needs to be published if he's that good.
@@RH-xd3nx well I'm now 6 months out, still wearing pads it's getting better but not good enough to go without idk if that day will come soon or not. 1 pad a day squirts here and there when I sneeze or cough or stretch and reach for something, sometimes passing gas can be challenging LOL...
Was nervous about getting back in a truck but it's been 3 months now feeling confident I don't do anything physical cept sweep my trailers out haven't had any embarrassing moments ha-ha
@@RH-xd3nx oh yeah..... A cold 6 pack really opens the floodgates those are my depends days fair warning ⚠️
@@jerryschweitzer5051 lol good humor goes a long way!!!
This was a great series, and I thank Mark. I had a robotic prostatectomy two weeks ago. Like Mark, my cancer was confined to the prostate. My surgeon, Dr. Isherwal at UVA, used what is called a Retzius sparing approach to further avoid the nerves. It has become an option since Mark's videos came out. Its use partly depends on the location and size of your tumors. My catheter came out in eight days, and I was almost fully continent. It was a long eight days because I took only Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen, and the catheter was a major annoyance. My urine flow isn't quit as free as it was before, but these are early days. I am also on a low daily dose of generic Cialis to help keep the nerves "awake " and still use a mild laxative to avoid straining.
I'm on light duty for the next four to six weeks. I can lift nothing heavier than 10 lbs and have walking as my only exercise. When I start working out again, I'll know whether I have full stress continence. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. I will say that a good doctor will answer any and all questions. If they take umbrage over questions about the number of surgeries or their success rate or anything else, it's time to move on.
Hi Robert, I had my surgery on 11/23/2022. Did your surgical urologist prescribe the cialis for you? I too had the Retzius procedure. Obviously it's way too early for intercourse, but wondering is this something they do for all their patients? I'm 58 and had excellent erections prior to surgery, hoping for good results. I'm 99% continent at this point as well. Thanks!
@@nedchatt834 My doc Prescribed this to help keep the nerves alive. I'm 1 mo. out, and have very minor issues related to bladder emptying. Other stuff is as good as before.
@@nedchatt834 Ned, I should also add that I'm 74. So I'm pleased with the results for someone of my age. I hope to start yoga, running light weights very soon.
@Robert Campbell ok, gotcha. Good luck to you!
Mark, enjoying your videos. Did your doctor use robotics for your surgery?
I been listening & watching your videos Sir & my name is Mark as well & my surgery is scheduled for October 11th mine is contained 6 level & so 3 days following the surgery is complicated 💯🙏
There’s a 50-50 chance of being in contact? Do you want those odds?
Good Stuff, but I'm still terrified :-(
husband just had it done. he is in a ton of pain. took them 1 1/2hr to get a pain killer to work after surgery. when he talked to us before surgery we asked about not damaging nerves, he said no way to do it without damaging nerves. and if he did there are other things they could do to fix that with surgery. I wasn't very happy with his answers. he will have the catheter total of 14 days. dr said all looked good no surprises. said prostate was swollen and squishy, no hard lumps. just alot of imflamation which may have been from urolift. waiting to hear pathology report. takes 2 weeks
How is your husband doing now?
How about your erections? I’m post surgery 3 years, and have shrinkage, and absolutely no erections. How is your experience?
Wow sorry to hear that, I'm still thinking of what treatment I want. Rp is scary because of impotence..did your doctor offer Pinal rehab after operation?