Vintage men- I have met my prostate,
10-12-2013, 11:20 AM
#51
Good news! 
10-12-2013, 11:41 AM
#53
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Thank you for updating us, Dean. I'm so glad you got good news. 
10-12-2013, 06:40 PM
#54
Glad to hear you are doing well.
10-13-2013, 04:59 AM
#56
Good news.
10-13-2013, 11:57 AM
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Murph, you crack me up.
Dean, there are parts of me that are swollen, so I won't answer your question.
Two good nights sleep, the whole digestive system is not back on-line, so now I just take my meds, walk a lot, and wait for healing.
One fun thing is to give myself a shot every day of Lovenox, and new procedure they started to eliminate the small chance of blood clots. I have done one so far and it worked, so guess I can do the rest. My body has gotten used to the catheter (as much as possible) so I can live with it for another week.
The catheter was the worst at first, followed by the drive home. Normally about 90 minutes, but in the Friday traffic it was 3 hours of torture. Our RAV4 is the sport model and has a suspension like a truck. The last 6 miles was on our country road, which they haven't paved since the Civil War, and the ruts and holes nearly killed me. But happily I found that our couch is the best thing to sleep on, bed too hard, and both nights have been comfortable.
The doc believes the cancer is all out, but it will be 2 months before my followup and next PSA test to find out for sure. My PSA results should go from about 16 to zero. My fingers are crossed.
Thank you all again for good wishes and comments. Any questions, I'll try to answer.
Dean, there are parts of me that are swollen, so I won't answer your question.
Two good nights sleep, the whole digestive system is not back on-line, so now I just take my meds, walk a lot, and wait for healing.
One fun thing is to give myself a shot every day of Lovenox, and new procedure they started to eliminate the small chance of blood clots. I have done one so far and it worked, so guess I can do the rest. My body has gotten used to the catheter (as much as possible) so I can live with it for another week.
The catheter was the worst at first, followed by the drive home. Normally about 90 minutes, but in the Friday traffic it was 3 hours of torture. Our RAV4 is the sport model and has a suspension like a truck. The last 6 miles was on our country road, which they haven't paved since the Civil War, and the ruts and holes nearly killed me. But happily I found that our couch is the best thing to sleep on, bed too hard, and both nights have been comfortable.
The doc believes the cancer is all out, but it will be 2 months before my followup and next PSA test to find out for sure. My PSA results should go from about 16 to zero. My fingers are crossed.
Thank you all again for good wishes and comments. Any questions, I'll try to answer.
10-13-2013, 01:07 PM
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Are you using a Foley catheter, or some other type? I used the Foley and experienced no difficulties or discomfort with it at all.
Then again, your surgical procedure was vastly different than mine.
Then again, your surgical procedure was vastly different than mine.
10-13-2013, 04:40 PM
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Dean, I heard the term Foley several times, but don't see it on packaging, so not sure. But it goes into the bladder and the bladder isn't used to foreign objects and will spasm. That makes you feel like you have to pee really really really badly. Almost painfully so. That has been the worse of this ordeal so far, but it isn't bothering me anymore so I'm okay. My last hard core pain pill was a half dose before I went home. Since home, just Tylenol.
10-13-2013, 11:15 PM
#60
I do what I can.
Okay... I read that as Love-Knocks. And I just couldn't help but laugh. I mean, considering they just had ya by the short and curlies there and doing nasty things to your package, and now they make you shoot up with Love-Knocks? I mean, noooooooooooo. It's just wrong. Love might be knocking, but this isn't the time to be answering.
Ouch. Sounds kind of like what a UTI feels like. Icky. UNfun! As is the treatment.
Okay... I read that as Love-Knocks. And I just couldn't help but laugh. I mean, considering they just had ya by the short and curlies there and doing nasty things to your package, and now they make you shoot up with Love-Knocks? I mean, noooooooooooo. It's just wrong. Love might be knocking, but this isn't the time to be answering.
Ouch. Sounds kind of like what a UTI feels like. Icky. UNfun! As is the treatment.