You or a loved one just got diagnosed with prostate cancer. This is the type of news that is guaranteed to send you the technique. In a series of articles, I'll explain what I went through and how I was able to bounce back. Needless to say, I ran many miles to ease the stress of the situation. I also had a strong support group, which included my wife, son, parents, in laws, doctors, friends and other family members. I'm not saying that's what I did will work for everyone, but I think it will help to at least shed light on problem.Čudna thing is that I really had no physical symptoms. I felt good.
What I learned is that people should get regular PSA test. Now some of you are probably wondering what the heck is the PSA test. PSA is prostate. Specific antigen blood test is done, you can detect PSA, prostate protein yields. If the PSA level is elevated, it could be a sign of prostate cancer. This is especially important for people to get regular PSA tests. In addition, annual inspections, which include prostate exam and PSA test after the age of forty for those without a history of the early thirties, if history is recommended.
Back in 2007, I went for my annual check-up. I started it twelve years ago when I joined the Connecticut Wild land fire crews. It is a condition of the crew after they turn forty. I had 8 years PSA results and my levels are slowly increased to about 1.8 ng / ml to 3.0 ng / ml during this practitioner who conducted the exams did not seem to care about. But that all changed in 2007 when my PSA results came to 4.7 ng / ml. Lab report said reference 0.0 to 4.0 mg / ml. My understanding is that if you are in that range you were wrong. What I learned is that simply not the case.
I was directed to see a urologist. After physical examination, he indicated that he felt something in my prostate. A week later, I laid on the table for review, and conducted an ultrasound and biopsy of my prostate. This procedure is not fun, but was not injured. What I mean is that the instrument pushed his behind so they can retrieve small samples of prostate cancer was somewhat uncomfortable. But I wanted to know what is a doctor and his assistants tried really like to be comfortable. They do this work day after I thought about it, it did not really bother me. What bothered me was the results. I had prostate cancer. Of the ten samples / cores, only one showed the cancer though. But my Gleason score, which is a scale used by physicians to indicate how progressive the disease, on 8 On a scale of 1 to 10, my Gleason score was pretty high.
The next few days I started doing research on treatment. As stated by a physician, I had blood in my urine for some time afterwards. They said it was normal. I also had that body CT and bone scan. This part makes me very afraid, because if you discover something, it usually means things are spread. That was my biggest fear at that moment. I was trying to break things down into manageable proportions. I just wanted to get through the scans and not think about anything else.
Preparation I went through it reminded me of the colonos copy preparation. You need to drink a few solutions. I believe that one drawer in it. I just took my stuff time to drink and went pretty and a half later, I was informed that the scans were negative. I let a big sigh of relief, but knew that things were far from being finished. Run continues to be my way of dealing with stress and my friends were running there when I needed them.
