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Cancer....

fogtender

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Last fall I was tested for PSA levels in my blood. The first test came out at 24 and the second about three weeks later was at 35. It indicated that I have Prostate Cancer. After a Biopsy four month later, on a scale of one to ten, I was about an eight.

Needless to say I have had all sorts of scans with Nuclear crap injected into my veins, stuck in large magnetic machines and force to do stress tests on tread mills till my legs fell off to see if my heart could stand going under for inserting radio active beads into my Prostrate.

After all these tests, it appears that the cancer is still in the prostrate and that the Lupron shots and other drugs brought my PSA levels down below one. The Testosterone levels in me are now below most women's and I fully expect to start having menstrual cramps at any time....

After about nine months, yesterday (9/10/09) I went under the knife (or needles, I slept though it) and the beads were surgically inserted through my rectal cavity, about eighty of them.:sad:

When I first came to, I pretty much felt like a virgin's first day in Prison without getting a kiss, but the drugs they gave me made me feel a bit better about myself and being violated.... :doh:

My neck feels like they had me in some kind of headlock and were trying to pull my head off at the shoulders, I was told my throat had an air hose stuck down it the size of some kind of shovel handle and really is sore, to the point I am pretty suspicious of what they were doing while I was out....:glare:

In thirty days, I have to undergo direct radiation five times a week for five weeks to ensure that there is nothing living within inches of my scrotum.... :unsure:

As a disclaimer, I am not suppose to have any young pregnant women sit on my lap for more than five min's (Bummer), but I can expose film now by putting it in my pocket, although I don't know what the clarity of the pictures will turn out like, but I am sure they will be perverted in some way. I should also be able to mark the woods around the house with glow in the dark spots where I got rid of the day's coffee....

I am sure over the next few months, I should have some strange radiated, mutated creatures crawling out of the septic tank vents from the radiation that I will be depositing there...

Needless to say, I apparently have had this growing for about twelve to fourteen years and the doctor's that I have/had been going to, never suggested a PSA test until this last year at 54 year of age. I had no signs of the cancer that most have, and unless I had taken the blood test, would have never known until it was too late. Both my father and uncle had it, and were treated and are doing well, although they are still grumpy.

Point is, if you are in your late forties, get a PSA test done. If you wait until it spreads out of the Prostate and into the bones, you are toast, no matter how much they nuke you, you get done in by the cure and not the diseases.

Get it done!:flowers:

Mark
 
Good reminder! I had a checkup a coupla weeks back. Doc said my PSA's were so low he wasn't even gonna do the butt check!

When we get to being old farts, we gotta start checking more stuff out.

Great post!
 
Good reminder! I had a checkup a coupla weeks back. Doc said my PSA's were so low he wasn't even gonna do the butt check!


When we get to being old farts, we gotta start checking more stuff out.

Great post!

Yep, got to do one of those deals where they stick the camera in and go up to the stomach next... happy, happy, joy, joy....:unsure:

No Butt check??? What you get charged all that money and don't stay for the show....:yum:
 
It's quite alright. This doc has fat fingers :doh:!

In a coupla years, I'll start with the "Roto Rooter" jobs. Hate the thought, but it's better than the alternative!
 
Glad you are able to keep a good perspective on it Foggy. :thumb:

It is amazing that your doctor didn't get you tested more thoroughly considering you had a family history of cancer. Family history is a huge indicator.

Keep your spirits up!
 
Sorry to hear that Foggy. I have an enlarged prostrate but my yearly PSA tests have been in line. I've also had the rotorooter checkup. No fun but something we gots to do.
Like PB said, you have a great outlook on this. Keep it up and that will surely help you in the long run.
Best wishes with the ordeal you have ahead. We're alway here and ready to listen if you feel like unloading anytime.
 
Having Cancer at 30 they watch me pretty close. At 50 I already have had the Roto Rooter job twice and will probably be on the list for next year. Drinking that chit is what got me the first time. The second time they gave two little bottles of something else which was a breeze to drink and created more than a breeze. However I was told they won't give you that anymore since many guys had heart attacks after taking it. But I have to have the PSA and one other test every year.

Best wishes Foggy I will think of your in prayer.


murph
 
They wanted to do that on me but I talked them out of it at the time.After 53 days in the hospital I wanted out! Said if I lived a couple years I would reconsider it. So I guess after November I will have to get it scheduled. Gotta go hunting first!
 
DId anybody mention getting old aint for sissy's?

Isn't that the truth.

I had mine done about 3 weeks ago. Everything looked OK. She did threaten me with the roto rooter job if I didn't do the smear test. I figured that was was the easiest option. At least she didn't pull on the rubber glove.

Lotsa luck foggie. I'm sure you will be OK.
 
Foggy - thanks for the reminder - I had my doc do baseline bloodwork on me last year so she'd have something to compare to in the future. I'm not looking forward to the rotorooter in another 3-5 years, but my PSA was fine. (we won't talk about my triglycerides, though... :( )
 
the hospital in my town is doing free exams for men over 40 this week.i called and am goint tuesday afternoon for mine.this is a blessing since i dont have any insurance.they do this every year for about the last 5 or 6 years.

foggy we will put you on a prayer list
 
the hospital in my town is doing free exams for men over 40 this week.i called and am goint tuesday afternoon for mine.this is a blessing since i dont have any insurance.they do this every year for about the last 5 or 6 years.

foggy we will put you on a prayer list


Glad you are gettng the chance to get checked!!! Having a heads up is worth the effort!!! Hope your numbers are really low, like 1 or less!
 
I hope everything works out well for you.

Some scientists say that cancer feeds on sugar. You might consider a low carb diet. Though, those treatments sound like they will wipe out most anything .....
 
I hope all is going well with you Foggy. I'll admit that reading your post along with my wife and I taking care of her mother as she died from cancer earlier this month has me thinking. Next month I suppose I'll officially begin being in my 'upper' 40's. I've had exactly one prostate exam; that was when I turned 35. I know, I know, it sounds stupid, but it was a somewhat traumatic experience for me. Afterwords I had to go home and couldn't work the rest of the day. It wasn't the pain as much as the feeling violated along with the dang lubricant oozing out. I couldn't take it. I've not had an exam since.

But, as I said, after what I personally witnessed first hand and listening to your story, I should reconsider. It wasn't pretty watching my MIL die. I assure you, she was one very tough woman! An unfortunate aspect of her cancer and death was that her cancer had progressed quite a bit before she first sought medical attention. I don't want to do that and, embarrassingly enough, I'm not so sure I am as tough as that wonderful woman.

Again, I sincerely wish you the best and I think I will 'man up' and schedule a full physical when I go back for my next appointment for the knee surgery I just had a couple of weeks or so ago. Take care.
 
Hey Mr. Tender! You'll be ok no matter WHAT happens. And I want you to read into that statement. We love you man. (non-gay)
 
I've had exactly one prostate exam; that was when I turned 35. I know, I know, it sounds stupid, but it was a somewhat traumatic experience for me. Afterwords I had to go home and couldn't work the rest of the day. It wasn't the pain as much as the feeling violated
Dargo, I've had a couple at my age. My new Doc is a female and she wanted to "see me" a few times before she scheduled my next one, to get to know me better. Well, it's coming up and I don't fret about it one bit.
 
Hope all is well and getting better Foggy . Your post reminded me that I need to get checked again .......oh goodie ...........
 
Dargo, I've had a couple at my age. My new Doc is a female and she wanted to "see me" a few times before she scheduled my next one, to get to know me better. Well, it's coming up and I don't fret about it one bit.

Hey, I never thought about a female physician. Maybe that would be better?
 
Afterwords I had to go home and couldn't work the rest of the day. It wasn't the pain as much as the feeling violated along with the dang lubricant oozing out. I couldn't take it. I've not had an exam since.
Sometimes a man has to suck it up do what is right to continue to be here to provide for his family. It's more than just you and your feelings when you have a family. Just git 'er done...found early many cancer patients get to be cancer survivors.

I gave me and my wife a birthday gift of a physical back in October when I turned 59. I'm with the VA because I have pre-existing conditions that makes conventional health care cost prohibitive, and they were very thorough. Fortunately my PSA was .4 and my cholesterol dropped from 176 to 165. I am blessed with good results, and pray for all men to get checked early and often. I have a friend in a hospital bed in his living room with his extremeties all swollen and deformed, just waiting to die because his prostate cancer was not diagnosed early. It's a very sad thing to watch your friend dying and you can't do anything about it. he accepts his fate, but it is tearing up his wife watching him die. No man in his right mind wants to put his wife through that.
 
You men must continue to get all necessary health exams just like we women do.
Cancer is on the rampage more and more now-- just DO IT.
The fact that some of you mentioned men vs women doctors is neither here nor there.
 
Y'all know what you've done, don't you?

I'm gonna walk in the house and tell my wife that, after reading some serious postings from people that I really don't know in the usual way of 'knowing' someone, I've decided that I need to go get a prostate exam. Yeah, the one I complained so much about thirteen years ago. :mellow:

That one is going to throw her a curve ball to say the least. But, hey, it has been a while since my only exam, her mother just died from cancer that wasn't detected early and I'm beginning to accept the fact that I'm really not a 'kid' anymore. Heck, I'm almost as old as Skurka. According to him, I'll pass him in a couple of years. :sad:
 
Well for those that still haven't gotten a PSA check, you may have nothing to worry about, or if you were like me and got a late check, you will get to do it the hard way.

I am about halfway though my direct Radiation treatments now, pretty beat up so far. Started with the Lupron shots in March, got the Bead implants about a month and a half ago, and now am going though fives days a week, for five weeks of driving 80 miles each way to get nuked for about ten minutes each day... Then drive back home.

Can tell you that if I had been checked a lot sooner, the numbers would have been a lot lower and one of a couple of "Cures" would have worked fine, when they were higher, then it takes at least two steps, I am at three...

Getting a blood test takes about a minute to get done. The results can really change your life, for both good and bad.
 
Hang in there bro. I'm sorry to hear they are putting you through such a rough regimen.

A relative (married into the family) had the extensive pellet treatment and it worked as they hoped. No recurrence and its been several years now.

Just to brighten this place up here's an exam story:

Long ago I was finishing up two years living in Venezuela, in the Peace Corps, and started to have back pains. The embassy sent me to a local clinic to diagnose suspected kidney stones. (confirmed).

But we had a heck of a time getting an xray of passing the radioactive drink I was supposed to pass. The clinic tech was the cutest girl I had seen in a long time. For some reason while taking the xray she had to be right there in my face while I peed into a sample jar. I still remember her whacking my **** with a snap of her fingers trying to curb my too-enthusiastic admiration long enough to pass some of the radioactive fluid and get the xray. Ouch!

Venezuelan women.............:flowers::flowers::flowers:
 
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