I've posted before because my husband has been suffering from the constant and chronic urge to urinate with the associated inability to do so. This started innocently enough 3 weeks into a 4 week EBR...
My husband learned a new skill today at the doctor's office after being up all night with spasms and pain...self-catheterization (something I never thought he would be able to do!!). Radiation...
Good appointment today!! Met with a new (to us) doctor at the urologist's office. One of his quotes that I remember "we are in a herd of horses and your husband is a zebra." Meaning, no recuperation...
Oops, I meant they don't accept HMO, only PPO. Tired eyes......
Today's Update: First, in answer to a question above, all of the infections have been low-grade and cultured. The initial urinalysis always come back high in the ER because of the radiation, but the...
Thank you all, and thank you, Michael for the recommendation. Our kids went to the beach for the week, without us...it's always been a family trip. My husband is sitting in the back room nodding on...
Thanks, David, on confirming the suprapubic catheter as a viable option (and I am SO SORRY for what you had to go through!!). We go back to the RO on Monday and I'm definitely going to bring it up....
Thanks for the responses all. We live in So Cal and have been fortunate enough to receive treatment from the Robert & Beverly Lewis Cancer Center, affiliated with Pomona Valley Hospital. I am,...
My husband was diagnosed October 2012 with PC. Gleason 4+3. We opted for radiation. In December he had the 6 month lupron injection (major side effects: muscle loss/emotional...totally not like him)....
Hi everyone,Last week we were a normal family; this week we are now starting the journey that is prostate cancer. First I had to figure out what the prostate was...since I'm the wife. Here's what we...