Our Diagnosis
On June 26 we heard the word that literally shook our world.
Jim had been having some urinary problems - and had passed some stones and flakes. The stones were pretty big, and having had bladder surgery 18 months ago, he was concerned the surgery didn’t work, or that this was something that was going to plague him forever. He went to his local GP, and had some tests done, including a PSA, because it had been 2 years since his last one. The nurse called in a few days and told him his PSA had gone from 5.4 to 9.2 in that 2 year period and he should see his urologist. We still weren’t too worried as he had a biopsy done 2 years ago when he had TUMT performed for an infected prostate and it was clear of cancer.
After a little merry go round with getting a doctor (the previous doctor had retired) - he visited the doctor and had an exam. Doctor felt a rough spot and put him on CIPRO in preparation for another biopsy. This time there were to be 15 needles instead of the 4 2 years ago.
His report was not good. The doctor said it was ‘aggressive prostate cancer” and his Gleason Score was 8. He told us the treatments, and the pitfalls for all of them and then scheduled Jim for a bone scan, more blood work, and some other imaging. Then we waited a week to hear the results.
As far as he could tell, nothing had spread outside the prostate, unless it was microscopic. Doctor recommended removal of the prostate, and were he to do the surgery he would not spare the nerves.
We knew before we got that report from him we were going to get a second opinion, and we did.
More on that next.
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