Also even if you DID have cancer, it's one of the "easiest" cancers to have- frequently driven off of body hormones (aldosterone) which requires T-blockers like flumazenil, if your urologist thinks medications are the first focus. Surrvival rate is above 90% I think; my uncle had it and required a TURP, and he put it off for over 5 years because he was worried about losing ability to orgasm.
NOT A TA: thank you so much for sharing all that; I'm sorry you can't get the TURP, it's crap like this that traps people in cycles of constant saving for medical supplies. The American medical system is a joke.
I get to leave here in a few minutes to see the urologist. I'm all excited about that. No.
Erich
UberDork
9/27/22 2:32 p.m.
Best of luck, hope all goes well for ya.
Your PSA is on the low side, and so I'd guess next steps through the urologist are a finger in the rear, maybe an MRI and/or a biopsy. If you do get a biopsy, and it turns out positive, I work in cancer care and see a lot of prostate cancer patients. While it's a disease that needs treatment eventually, we often just monitor for a while (years) if your risk factors are low. PM me if you need any more info.
couple of scans. No Jack Elam exams. They want me to retake the PSA panel in 2 weeks. Doesn't think theres a problem but verifying the results
so bringing this back for a moment. PSA came back to previous yearly low number. Doc is happy with that and so am I. Got a lot of good news from him today.... which probably means bad news coming? Or did the collarbone cover that for a year?
