So back I go on 9/15 w/ the Cap Gun up my butt, and another afternoon of sitting on the couch perched on multiple cushions. Now the latest waiting game begins assumedly 'til my appointment w/ the Dr on 10/4 which I show up for at my customarily early time, only to find out after waiting almost a full hour that the results are not in yet. why they could not tell me this b/4 I arrived or at least when I got there, is beyond me. They ask me to wait awhile longer while they check w/ the lab, but to no avail. We always hear the expression - no news is good news - so despite my aggravation at wasting all the time, I hold out hope that this is a good sign.
Two days later I get the call from the Dr @ work which put the lie to that old Canard.
Apparently the results showed 3 spots out of the dozen samples that showed "Adenocarcinoma" or "malignant neoplasms" all fancy words for Cancer.
2 of the 3 spots have what they call a Gleason Score of 3+3=6, but the one that put me into the low - to intermediate risk area was a 3+4 = 7. These results caused the Dr to tell me to seriously consider some sort of treatment.
I met w/ him two days later w/ my wife to go over the options as he knew them and then advised me to get a blood test to check my kidney functions in advance of other tests I would need to ascertain that there was no cancer anywhere else.
This test came back fine, so I was officially assigned a Cancer Patient Coordinator who would guide me through the next steps of testing and consultations w/ a variety of oncologists who would explain to me the treatment options.
Next Post: Decisions, Decisions.
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