thomasdevos
10-05-2009, 10:59 PM
Prostate cancer, diagnosis scary but not a death sentence!
Like most men of a certain age, I am very aware of the possibility of prostate cancer, but generally, he considered as "not in my body" thought processes.
I had always been the iron man "with no major disease, heart problems, low cholesterol, blood pressure 120/68 and that at the age of 62 years.
But be careful (or at least my primary doctor), we held regular reviews of the PSA and prostate specific antigen (prostate). For a couple of years, the figures were similar and well within the acceptable guidelines.
A trial, but in July of 2002 showed a slight rise and we have scheduled another for 3 months. What had been boosted considerably indicating a visit to the urologist. After careful consideration, he suggested a biopsy "just to be on the right side. I think the quote was as: "I feel nothing alarming, but the biopsy confirms that you have nothing to fear." I left feeling very reassured.
Then 3 days later I was preparing to take a turn joy into my Cessna when my cell phone rang: It was Dr. ***x. The tests came back and you have cancer in at least one of your nodes. "Not a good thing to hear when I was about to go fly. So I put the plane back in the shed and went to the office of a friend and said bad news. I was then reminded that another friend and fellow pilot was one of the top urologists in the region and perhaps a second opinion would be a good idea. In this I agreed and quickly called my friend and told him the news.
The long and short is that I did indeed have cancer of the prostate and he said I should do one of two treatments: a "seed" implants or b: the radical prostatectomy.
I do not see an oncologist implant seed, but was not satisfied with what I heard. Also, knowing I'd be worried about whether these "seeds" were doing their job or they were too much and cause further damage.
It then occurred to me that: If you have an organ that is cancerous, the cancer had not spread to the extent we might say, why in the name of all that is holy, do you have just removed. So I confronted my friend urologist and told him that we would have surgery. He was visibly relieved.
He then calmed my fears about wearing a bag of urine (going to happen) and loss of erection. His summary: "There is no building in a cemetery" that put the proper perspective on everything. Now I'm here 5 years later and no problems other than the erection is usually supported with Cialis . I am grateful to be here with no serious side effects.
Reference Site:
prostate cancer treatment (http://prostate-cancer-treatment-cure.com)
prostatecancerfoundation (http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org)
en.wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer)
www.cancer.gov (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate)
neworiental (http://www.neworiental.org/publish/portal0/tab1127/info377702.htm)
Like most men of a certain age, I am very aware of the possibility of prostate cancer, but generally, he considered as "not in my body" thought processes.
I had always been the iron man "with no major disease, heart problems, low cholesterol, blood pressure 120/68 and that at the age of 62 years.
But be careful (or at least my primary doctor), we held regular reviews of the PSA and prostate specific antigen (prostate). For a couple of years, the figures were similar and well within the acceptable guidelines.
A trial, but in July of 2002 showed a slight rise and we have scheduled another for 3 months. What had been boosted considerably indicating a visit to the urologist. After careful consideration, he suggested a biopsy "just to be on the right side. I think the quote was as: "I feel nothing alarming, but the biopsy confirms that you have nothing to fear." I left feeling very reassured.
Then 3 days later I was preparing to take a turn joy into my Cessna when my cell phone rang: It was Dr. ***x. The tests came back and you have cancer in at least one of your nodes. "Not a good thing to hear when I was about to go fly. So I put the plane back in the shed and went to the office of a friend and said bad news. I was then reminded that another friend and fellow pilot was one of the top urologists in the region and perhaps a second opinion would be a good idea. In this I agreed and quickly called my friend and told him the news.
The long and short is that I did indeed have cancer of the prostate and he said I should do one of two treatments: a "seed" implants or b: the radical prostatectomy.
I do not see an oncologist implant seed, but was not satisfied with what I heard. Also, knowing I'd be worried about whether these "seeds" were doing their job or they were too much and cause further damage.
It then occurred to me that: If you have an organ that is cancerous, the cancer had not spread to the extent we might say, why in the name of all that is holy, do you have just removed. So I confronted my friend urologist and told him that we would have surgery. He was visibly relieved.
He then calmed my fears about wearing a bag of urine (going to happen) and loss of erection. His summary: "There is no building in a cemetery" that put the proper perspective on everything. Now I'm here 5 years later and no problems other than the erection is usually supported with Cialis . I am grateful to be here with no serious side effects.
Reference Site:
prostate cancer treatment (http://prostate-cancer-treatment-cure.com)
prostatecancerfoundation (http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org)
en.wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer)
www.cancer.gov (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate)
neworiental (http://www.neworiental.org/publish/portal0/tab1127/info377702.htm)