It's that time again...

Hubby and I are heading to OSU tomorrow for the 3 month check-up and next Eligard injection. Does this pre-test anxiety ever go away? I am good until about a week out and then nervous as a cat. He's been doing well and last PSA was <0.04, non-detectable by OSU standards. We are more than a year post-op and I would think I would have a bit less anxiety. I'm not a meds person, so not into taking anything - and I'm good the majority of the time - it just ramps up before test time. Hubby is a good compartmentalizer and just sticks it on the shelf. Wish I had his resolve...

Thanks much, Island Time. The wine is helping also. I will post our findings tomorrow. I know we are going to continue this living in 3-month increments business at least for another year. Hopefully, we will continue to get those < signs. Good luck with your thyroid testing. My husband suffers from Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and has been in a near-constant flare for about the last 7 months - the primary symptom is hives triggered by just about anything with iodized salt. One would think you could easily control that with diet, but sodium hides everywhere. He's on max thyroid replacement and our only hope is that the auto-immune disease will burn out his thyroid completely at some point soon.

Nytingale, nope, the anxiety never really goes away. Heck, I'm going to labcorp this morning for my annual complete panel (glucose, cholesterol, all the other stuff), and I'm a little anxious--have my dietary changes had any positive result except for having lost about 15 lbs?

A glass of wine helps. So do walks, meaningless books, playing with a small child or a dog, attending the worship service of your choice, doing the dishes or scrubbing the bathroom.

Prostate Specific Anxiety. After about 2 years I still get it. But as you point out, wine is our friend. In Cbus now too. Rusty Bucket & Brassica so far. Where you eating?

Thanks to all for the support and sorry to not report back sooner. Yep, wine is self-medicating - so I guess I do "take something", but it's way more tasty than an SSRI, LOL! GoBucks - no great meal in Cbus this time, had to do a quick return home due to an event we had tickets for in Toledo on Friday night. The best thing to say is that we had another <0.04 non-detectable day. On the downside, hubby's TPO - the antithyroid antibody measure is 996 (normal is less than 35). So the Hashimoto's continues in full force - another gift that keeps on giving.