You get a number when you go to the "Surgical Lounge' - ours was 480. They call this number when they have reports and updates for family and friends during surgery - keeps your identity anonymous. I'm not sure we were too worried about that, but privacy in this day and age, is always nice, I guess. On to pre-op holding tank where you get shaved, checks & balances are enacted, and many questions are asked pertaining to the Anesthesia. Its just a very crowded place with curtains separating lives, stories, and people. I put my beloved's wedding ring on my necklace where it embraces a cross. These will be around my neck until we are discharged.....and there is something symbolic about this that I will think about later.
It's time - there he goes - wheeled away into the unknown. He won't remember the things that happen and we muster up all the trust we have. This is a pioneering Urological program, and the hearts of the team are visible, and the eyes of the surgeon are humbly smiling - this makes trust do-able.
# 480 got word that the incisions began at 9:26 AM and all is going well. Then at 11:30 a moment with Dr. Menon who explained that the surgery went 'perfectly' - welcome words when you consider the whole male anatomy has been restructured on the inside body - a brand new connection of urethra to bladder was created - amazing. Additionally, the good news to us was that the Stage was more defined because of an exam done by the surgeon under anesthesia - the DRE - digital rectal exam - dreaded, but important for guys with prostate cancer likelihood. We were told the prostate was soft, not hard and nodular - which translates to a Stage T1C - something we have been uncertain of and concerned about. It was either a T1C or T2C - the prior having the better probabilities for less worry of future cancer revivals.
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