I know what you mean davidg. Doug said he feels as great as ever, how can he have this? I think he figured with a family hx he would get it later in life. We still have kids in early grammar school!!...
So hard with no insurance. Dana Farber Institute just called. Maybe we could qualify for a financial help for a consult, but it still would be pricey. Cost for a consult is almost 800.00, plus they...
You are young like my husband so I am interested. What do you regret. Do you wish you had done a different procedure. I thought dry orgasms was a definate for everyone??? We are so out there right...
davidg sounds like you had good experience with robotic surgery. steavejohn there are a lot of nice people on here. You should start your own thread too so you don't get lost, you'll probably get a...
meant to say in my last thread PC is so common....
Msworrywart should be my name!! The same thing happened to my husband as yours. Because of a family history his GP said to start his PSA at 44, it showed 3.9. Now with the lab results it showed like...
NH wife. Thank you, the Urologist does surgery at Maine Med. (Moritz Hanson) so we are getting a consult with him and hopefully a radiation person at the same time. Doug is interested in seeds a...
Thank you pcwife, that is good to know....
Mikeaz, We have a small starting up landscaping business....doing very well but, no insurance at this point so we have to look at financial assistance options at this point unfortunately. Really...
OK Waterguy, I understand what you are getting at. My uro is all for surgery and very biased. He is sending us to a urologist at Maine Med. that he said will have his same standpoint. Mass General...
Mikeaz sorry about your diagnosis, sounds a lot like Doug's. You are obviously holding your head up and that is what my husband does. You will be fine. He's so positive. I fail at that sometimes....
Mikeaz, what made you decide on brachytherapy? Our small town urologist was so against it at Doug's age (45). He said the only sure cure is surgery. I don't want this ca to get bigger, just want it...
Casey meant to say also that stress reduction would be a welcome and healthy thing. Kids can be harmful!! Yes he has already seen some of that stuff regarding side affects. He wants his quality of...
I know Rob, but what keeps us going is that even our urologist said we don't need an oncologist with Doug's low risk PC. That sounds good. Things could be worse. We will get past this....
We are not perfect by any means but, we have three children so our diet is usually including green vegetables, fruits (unfortunately my husband hates berries though), lunch meat with no or little...
Got our biopsy results yesterday. Left core Adenocarcinoma, Gleason grade 6/10, present in 10% of tissue submitted. NO lymphatic invasion identified, no perineural invasion indentified. Right core...
Thank you Bronson, you are so kind. I'm sorry you had a bad upbringing too, but it made us stronger people I guess. Doug has experienced the blood, but not much at all. Thanks for the heads up....
So sweet Sephie. You are too kind. Thank you for thinking of us. I am going to have Doug speak with his Urologist to see why so long for the results. He likes to have husband and wife present for...
Really. I'll have Doug check on that....
Doug is back at work this morning. I told him to have his worker do any lifting. He's just mowing on his Walker today so he said that it's pretty light duty....
Waterguy: Doug had his biopsy done yesterday. When he arrived he asked for valium as you suggested and they said they don't normally do that. The receptionist checked with the doctor and they didn't...
Thank you so much Rob 2. I thought about it after I posted a blurb about my life and thought maybe I said too much. I just wanted the people that are interested to know that I don't have much of a...
Terry I am going to do that, thank you. Your family must really appreciate you. Lori...
Sadly my mother is non-existent in my life. Is for herself, and hasn't seen her grandchildren in 4 years (she's 59). She didn't protect me from an abusive step-father as a child and when I approached...
Water Guy, Thank you!! I let my husband read some of your threads. Just positive and to the point. He doesn't do much with message boards, but I told him that for now this one is where I am venting....
Today is the biopsy. We aren't smiling much. Got the kids off to school. My aunt will be here to get them off the bus while we are at the 2:30pm appointment. Oldest daughter has a softball game at...
Doug just spoke to his 77 year old uncle. He said Doug's dad was diagnosed with pc in his early 70's and had (seeds?) and didn't have any complications that he knew of. Doug's dad died of a head...
New Diag, thank you and I am thinking of you. Mon. I'll be thinking of you and you'll do great. I keep thinking there is a 40% chance after the (bad) free psa result that it could be something else....
Water Guy, thank you. We are thinking of so much and we know we should'nt. The doctor said it still could be an infection, but with all the reading I've done I know that it probably isn't so. Doug...
Walk by Faith and every one else with your stories. Thank you....
I am tearing inside, can't show the kids or my Doug. You guys are great....
So there you go. I couldn't go with my husband to his free psa result test today. We have no relative help and I had to get kids off the bus, softball practice after that. It came back at 4.2. I...
Thanks Kathy....I will try....
Terry you definately saved your customers life. Kudos to you! Must make you feel good....
Funny thing is that I know that my husbands customers wouldn't want to wait for lawn/yard work. Very cut throat out here. Sounds like you have some great people that you work for. It's our livlihood....
Does anyone know. I couldn't find any statistics yesterday and I refuse to look any more stuff up on the internet, how much a dre right before blood work could drive up a psa number. Just wondering...
Thanks Terry. Even the Euro said that the first psa done by the GP should have been done before the DRE. The GP is not a doctor fresh to the field, he should know better. Euro said sex before the...
Such kind people on here. My husband is so positive and I am not. He says stop jumping the gun when you don't know the answers. Someone else said that on here directed to me. So true. I just love him...
Casey59 thank you so much for the encouragement. I needed a reply like yours. The nookie :) wasnt' before for the first psa but was 24 hrs before the free psa. The doctor did a dre just before his...
We are trying to start out with a new business. Busy time of year with landscaping starting up...ugh. If my husband "does" need surgery. I hope financial assistance is available.....we currently...
I want to say that I am pround of every one of you. You are survivors and you are so upbeat. Life goes on....
Carlito, I'm still hoping it's not PC. I am really not strong when it comes to this type of thing. My mind caries me. :(...
Thanks everyone. I am an anxiety sufferer so it's hard....
My husband is 45. He went for his first dre and psa last year and it was 3.9. Nothing prompted the doctor to call us I guess because he was within guidelines. This year he definately had the dre...