Re: Need Biopsy

I've had three negative biopsies in the UK. The first was performed with a
local anaesthetic was relatively painless but I had blood in my semen for
the next six weeks. The next two were done by a sadistic Aussie female who
I had evidently upset by questioning why she had not given me an antibiotic.
I don't do local anaesthetics either she said as she rammed the probe up my
rectum. I bled so much after her second one that I was kept in hospital over
night. No local, no antibiotic from her but later a six week course of
antibiotics from my GP for the subsequent infection.
She was totally incompetent as she took forty minutes to do a vasectomy on a
patient and had to phone for advice while doing it. When she had taken blood
from me once for a PSA test she put the usual plaster on my arm and I
buttoned my shirt sleeve and put my jacket on. When I stood up to go a look
of horror appeared on her face as blood was pouring down my wrist.
Derek.
"Ken Knecht" <kenkknot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Evidently it varies from one patient to another. I've had two and found
them both very painful. Different uros.

"Jonhunt" <u23018@uwe> wrote in 61c32afead86d@uwe:">news:61c32afead86d@uwe:

Staple Gun! Ouch. I just had this procedure done. It was
uncomfortable, but not painful. My doctor gave me a diazipam tablet
one hour before the appointment and then another when I arrived. I'm
very easily drugged, so I was asleep for about an hour before they
called my name. The actual tissue samples felt like a bump. A tiny
core sample was taken. The number he tells you he will take and the
number he will actually take may differ. Since this was my first time
I knew nothing. The doctor had said he would take A sample. A friend,
said no, he'll probably take ten. He actually took 12. All benign. The
friend has had a total of 50 with increasing PSA levels and no cancer
found. He did find out that his bladder was not emptying and may be
essentially dead. He had an enlarged prostate, but could go for hours
without needing to urinate.

I'm scheduled for the Green Light Laser Treatment and I'm looking for
comments about that.

Good Luck.

Ed wrote:
My Urologist just called and stated that my PSA is slughtly elevated
and that I should have a Ultrasound guided biopsy done. Has anyone
had this done? He explained it to me but I was a bit shocked and not
much sank in.

I have had Cancer in the past (Malignant melanoma) and felt this
should be done to rule out cancer. Any thoughts would be
appreciated.

An elevated PSA can be caused by many things, so don't sweat it too
much. Better have the biopsy done, though, if the uro recommends it.

The procedure is uncomfortable and stings a bit. It feels like someone
using a staple gun on your prostate. Get them to tell you how many
samples they are taking so you can count them down.

The main risks are infection (not that great if you are on cipro) and,
if they make you drink a lot of water, urinary retention (slight, but
if it happens, head for emerg for catheterization).

If the biopsy is positive then you have cancer, but if it is negative,
you can't rule out cancer, because the probes might have missed it.

Cross-posted to sci.med.prostate.cancer.

Ed




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