Re: OT: What a drag it is getting old...UPDATE

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:54:16 GMT, Robin Sheppard
<writer_robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, yesterday was the Big Day. It started with an ultrasound of my
bladder, then the doctor came in.

"What are you expecting to have happen today?" he asked.

"A prostate biopsy," I replied.

"Well, we don't do biopsies based on the result of a single lab test."
He then had me lie down on the table and he thumped and poked and
prodded. Then he had me stand up and bend over for another round of hide
the finger.

"Well, your ultrasound is normal, and your prostate isn't swollen
anymore. So what could have caused the elevated PSA levels? Any number
of things. It could have been something acute, such as an infection,
which is gone now I might even have been a mistake."

"So what cause the problem and pain peeing?" I asked?

"You might have had a small kidney stone in the mouth of the bladder. If
so, you passed it."

"So where do we go from here?"

"I'd suggest another PSA level check in 6 weeks. At the same time, as
long as we're drawing blood, and given your medical history, we'll check
your blood chemistry for your propensity to develop stones. And don't
worry about the time delay: if worse comes to worst, it's not going to
change from curable cancer to incurable cancer in 6 weeks. Of course, in
6 weeks, if your PSA levels are way down, it can mean that there was no
probldem to begin with, or that the second test was read in error."

Great. No wonder they call it "practicing" medicine. Just one I'd like
to find a doctor who isn't "practicing" but has gotten good enough at it
to know what he's doing!

So I do appreciate everybody's support, and I'm not losing any sleep
over it.

Robin

Congratulations on dodging the bullet from one who didn't <G>
Great news, Robin.


Bob Weiske
ASPian since '95
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