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I’m happy to report the plumbing worked perfectly, I do not suffer from any incontinence issues!... I enjoy normal sexual relationship thanks to Dr. Slawin’s nerve sparing approach

E. H. Knight
Underwent Robotic Prostatectomy (RALP)
to remove prostate cancer
Houston, TX

When the test results came in form the biopsy of my prostate, my urologist asked to meet with my wife, Denise and I. I’ll never forget his first words to us, “you have prostate cancer but it is not going to kill you!” He felt we detected the cancer in an early stage and explained to Denise and I the options for treatment that were available.
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Had I not taken vacation time to "recover" I could have returned to work on day 9 but started back on day 12 with no problems.

David Walker, M.D.
Underwent Robotic Prostatectomy (RALP)
to remove prostate cancer)

Dallas, TX

October 18, 2008

Dear reader:

I am a 60 year old physician who is about 6 weeks out from robotic prostatectomy performed by Dr. Kevin Slawin. For me it was important to have a rapid recovery time to resume work and still benefit from a successful operation which I believe robotic surgery provides.

Today marks exactly three months since you performed my prostatectomy and I am happy to say that my recovery has gone quite well. I regained complete urinary control about three weeks after surgery and have had no problems since.

Raymond Hunter

Underwent Robotic Prostatectomy (RALP)

to remove prostate cancer)

Allen, TX

Dear Dr. Slawin, Today marks exactly three months since you and John Dodge performed my prostatectomy and I am happy to say that my recovery has gone quite well. I regained complete urinary control about three weeks after surgery and have had no problems since. I continue to follow your prescribed ED regimen and expect good results given more time.
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Know your options, but know you will not find a better physician, surgeon, friend, and skilled team to assist you in your battle against prostate cancer.

Tyrrel C. Grohman, M.D.

Underwent Robotic Prostatectomy (RALP)
to remove prostate cancer)

Dallas, TX

Dear Reader, I, as a prostate cancer survivor, would like to share with you my experience being under the care of Dr. Kevin Slawin in the diagnosis, surgical treatment, and follow up care.
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When I’m having surgery, if my choice is a hall of famer in the prime of his career vs., potentially, an unproven rookie even if he or she may be a first round draft pick, I don’t have much of a decision.

Jim Murray
Underwent Robotic Prostatectomy (RALP
to remove prostate cancer

San Antonio, TX

Dear Dr. Slawin, John Dodge and Pat Meyers:

Thank you for all of your help with my prostate cancer surgery. I am also thankful to have benefited from all of the prostate cancer patients who went before me and who helped Dr. Slawin, and others, refine procedures to increase my probability of being cured and decrease my probability of side effects. The entire process was much easier than I expected and the results couldn’t be much better:

While I expected success, I was surprised to experience almost no incontinence beginning the first day and night after the catheter was removed

Morris N. Harper
Underwent Robotic Prostatectomy (RALP)
to remove prostate cancer
Austin, TX

Dear Kevin,

When I first met you, it was on the recommendation from a close friend who had been treated by both you and your partner, Peter Scardino. I was seeking care for my father, Oliver Harper, who had been treated for prostate cancer in another city some years before he moved to Houston. On one of the many times I came to your office with him, I asked how often I, as the son of a prostate cancer patient, should be checked for the disease. You advised me to do so every six months. It was because of that conversation that my cancer was caught on my “in between annual physicals” exam.

July 16, 2009

Dear Dr. Slawin,

I just wanted to drop you a short note to express my appreciation for working me into your busy schedule on short notice yesterday. Your facilities are first cabin, and all of your assistants are extremely personable and efficient.

July 6, 2009

Dear Dr. Slawin,

This is just a note to thank you and your staff for all your very capable care in connection with my not very fun prostate and bladder problems. You had been highly recommended by Stanley H. and the recommendation certainly has been validated.

I recently underwent robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery to remove my prostate. While my PSA was less that 4.0, it had moved up 0.8 of a point (2.4 to 3.2) from the previous year, which caused my primary care physician to send me to a urologist. This led to a biopsy, and with Gleason scores of six and seven, surgery or external beam radiation were the best options. I elected surgery, which went very well, and I was home and moving around the next day.

Only the small dime size scars on my abdomen remind me that it has only been 60 days since my robot assisted prostate surgery, and 2 weeks after receiving the pathology/ultrasensitive PSA results showing I am cancer free. I owe this to you, Dr Slawin, John Dodge, and Pat Meyers. My fear of cancer surgery, pain, incontinence, and erectile dysfunction prior to the operation were totally overblown! Pat, your counseling weeks before the surgery, describing what I should expect before, during, and after the surgery was invaluable in helping me prepare mentally.

April 4, 2006 Dear Dr. Slawin, John Dodge, and Pat Meyers, I want to thank you for all you did to make the treatment of my prostate cancer a wonderful success. You guys are incredible. As you know, my robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy was performed by Dr. Slawin on February 6, 2006 and the results could not have been better.
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Dear Dr. Slawin and Staff,

I will be in Houston next week for my post-surgery check-up, but I wanted to take a moment and write a letter of thanks ahead of time. I had my laparoscopic robotic prostatectomy on January 23, and was dismissed form the hospital 22 hours after the surgery. I experienced very little blood loss and did not need any pain medication after the third day. I stayed at my son’s home in Houston for a week, and though I took it easy, my wife and I went to the movies and got about. The only inconvenience or slight discomfort I experienced had to do with the catheter.

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