Finished up at hospital. Cleared for surgery on Monday morning.
Prostate Cancer
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Well – heading off to the surgeon’s office for the last pre-surgery consult. Following that, have to go on down to the hospital for my pre-surgery check in. The surgery is scheduled for Monday at 8:00 am. Check in time is 6:00 am. Not to concerned about the surgery itself. […]
The week before last we scheduled the surgery to have the prostate removed for April 20, 2019. This was contingent on having a clean bill of health from my cardiologist. I work out 7 days a week, so the note from my heart doctor should not […]
I had good meetings with the radiologist and the surgeon on Wednesday. I was given a lot of information. The logical choice is to do the surgery. There is a minimal chance of permanent side effects from the surgery after a 1-6 month healing period. I […]
I have been talking with men that had prostate cancer. They have offered advice, shared their experiences and shed a lot of light on the process. They have also put into context the information I have picked up from my doctor. Tomorrow morning I have a […]
I met with my urologist yesterday and received the scan results from my full body bone scan and the abdomen and pelvis scan. The first scan was to determine whether the prostate cancer had spread to my bones. The results were negative. The second […]
Heading out this morning. Have early morning appointment to get injected for radioactive dye. Have to wait three hours for dye to settle into the bones. While I am waiting I will have a CT Scan of abdomen an Pelvis with contrast. Then after three hour waiting period is up, […]
The next step in this process, before any plan of treatment can be worked out is to determine if the cancer has spread beyond the prostate. I am scheduled for a full body bone scan next week to see if there any sign of cancer in […]
I have had high PSA reading for several years now. The last two years they have been holding in the 7-9 range. Neither my GP nor my urologist were overly concerned about the reading because the reading was not going up, and was not very high, it would […]