G'day Gentlemen. If this has made you think please see health and wellbeing.
Cheers.
Possum3 said
01:55 PM May 30, 2018
Top responses by patients to Dr doing exam;
1 Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.
2 Find Amelia Earhart yet.
3 You know in Arkansas we're now married.
4 Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels.
5 God, now I know why I'm not Gay.
And best of all,
6 Would you write a note to my wife and tell her that my head is not up there.
Blues Man said
02:50 PM May 30, 2018
Plain Truth said
04:52 PM May 30, 2018
A gay friend of mine had the examination,he asked for a second pinion.
tipsypixie said
07:46 PM May 30, 2018
I think you and I might have the same friend Plain Truth.
Yep, best to get the message across with humour and hope men on this forum take notice. Regular PSA test can pick up prostate cancer early. I have prostate cancer and will go under the knife in two weeks. Because of regular blood tests I have been diagnosed early and have a good outlook post op.
Blues Man said
06:13 AM Jun 1, 2018
Good luck with the op Stretch60 ,hope everything goes well for you.
Stretch60 said
07:54 PM Jun 1, 2018
Cheers bluesman, will keep an eye on forum whilst in hospital.
fwdoz said
07:59 PM Jun 1, 2018
Stretch60 wrote:
Yep, best to get the message across with humour and hope men on this forum take notice. Regular PSA test can pick up prostate cancer early. I have prostate cancer and will go under the knife in two weeks. Because of regular blood tests I have been diagnosed early and have a good outlook post op.
Just think, you will be a cut above the rest of us after
Make sure you get back to good health & back to all you enjoy.
Had my blood test this week. No call from the Dr so must not be anything untoward.
landy said
10:34 PM Jun 1, 2018
Wishing you a quick recovery stretch.
Skinny Dingo said
02:15 AM Jun 2, 2018
All the best Stretch ya got a lot more country to explore yet
Stretch60 said
09:06 PM Jun 2, 2018
Thankyou all, hoping for early retirement severance package after op so will be out and hit the road exploring.
beiffe said
10:09 AM Jun 5, 2018
My doctor refuses to give me any blood tests as i asked for some tests that he did not now what I was talking about. As I have a very rare disease I wanted to get levels that are critical to know according to the research I have done. I had been diagnosed with prostrate 10years ago and was given 18 months so went traveling instead and now 10 years later have never had another test. He stated that I did not need a test as I had no symptoms.
Tony Bev said
03:38 PM Jun 5, 2018
Stretch60 wrote:
Yep, best to get the message across with humour and hope men on this forum take notice. Regular PSA test can pick up prostate cancer early. I have prostate cancer and will go under the knife in two weeks. Because of regular blood tests I have been diagnosed early and have a good outlook post op.
All the best for the op, Stretch60
Loosing the prostate is not the end of the world
I lost mine in 2015, and hey look at me now
I am nearly sane
aussie_paul said
03:39 PM Jun 5, 2018
beiffe wrote:
My doctor refuses to give me any blood tests as i asked for some tests that he did not now what I was talking about. As I have a very rare disease I wanted to get levels that are critical to know according to the research I have done. I had been diagnosed with prostrate 10years ago and was given 18 months so went traveling instead and now 10 years later have never had another test. He stated that I did not need a test as I had no symptoms.
Time to change Doctor me thinks.
Aussie Paul.
Tony Bev said
03:44 PM Jun 5, 2018
beiffe wrote:
My doctor refuses to give me any blood tests as i asked for some tests that he did not now what I was talking about. As I have a very rare disease I wanted to get levels that are critical to know according to the research I have done. I had been diagnosed with prostrate 10years ago and was given 18 months so went traveling instead and now 10 years later have never had another test. He stated that I did not need a test as I had no symptoms.
May be time to visit another Doctor, beiffe
I had not had a visit to a Doctor for a number of years, and to my knowledge never had a PSA blood test
Doctor caught me sneaking in for my flu shot, and collared me, then sent me for a mans pit stop, as she called it
My PSA reading was high, but I had no known symptoms of prostate problems, before hand
Stretch60 said
09:41 PM Jun 21, 2018
Hello all, third day post op and going well. Surgeon was happy and went as he expected. Catheter is out next Thursday then off home to the south west WA. AS for comments about symptoms there are no symptoms until it is too late and the cancer has spread. Early diagnosis from PSA test means early treatment and survival.
-- Edited by Stretch60 on Thursday 21st of June 2018 09:42:17 PM
Tony Bev said
10:30 PM Jun 21, 2018
Hi Stretch60
I heard that there is a support group, somewhere down in the South West.
Do not forget to keep exercising that pelvic floor muscle, after the Catheter is removed, and not before
Good luck for the future
Stretch60 said
05:07 PM Jun 22, 2018
Cheers Tony, good news just heard from surgeon, cancer was contained so now it's looking forward to a great future. And I do intend to keep up the exercise. I hear you about the pelvic floor exercises, it has been well and truly drummed into me.
drtooheys said
09:01 AM Jul 3, 2018
Firstly I hope stretch is all good and recovering well.
Now may a start this by saying don't just rely on PSA tests they can be misleading. I for one have a reading of 4.2 a little raised but nothing to worry about,right? WRONG. My GP gave me the good old finger and said I think it's a bit enlarged we might get a specialist to look at it. Just as well, he did a biopsy, 10 out of 12 came back cancerou. He tells me I have advanced stage 4 cancer, very aggressive so now it's waitping to find out if it's spread elsewhere.
G'day Gentlemen. If this has made you think please see health and wellbeing.
Cheers.
1 Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.
2 Find Amelia Earhart yet.
3 You know in Arkansas we're now married.
4 Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels.
5 God, now I know why I'm not Gay.
And best of all,
6 Would you write a note to my wife and tell her that my head is not up there.
A gay friend of mine had the examination,he asked for a second pinion.
I think you and I might have the same friend Plain Truth.
They learn so young these days.
Good luck with the op Stretch60 ,hope everything goes well for you.
Just think, you will be a cut above the rest of us after
Make sure you get back to good health & back to all you enjoy.
Had my blood test this week. No call from the Dr so must not be anything untoward.
All the best Stretch ya got a lot more country to explore yet
All the best for the op, Stretch60
Loosing the prostate is not the end of the world
I lost mine in 2015, and hey look at me now
Time to change Doctor me thinks.
Aussie Paul.
May be time to visit another Doctor, beiffe
I had not had a visit to a Doctor for a number of years, and to my knowledge never had a PSA blood test
Doctor caught me sneaking in for my flu shot, and collared me, then sent me for a mans pit stop, as she called it
My PSA reading was high, but I had no known symptoms of prostate problems, before hand
Hello all, third day post op and going well. Surgeon was happy and went as he expected. Catheter is out next Thursday then off home to the south west WA. AS for comments about symptoms there are no symptoms until it is too late and the cancer has spread. Early diagnosis from PSA test means early treatment and survival.
-- Edited by Stretch60 on Thursday 21st of June 2018 09:42:17 PM
I heard that there is a support group, somewhere down in the South West.
Do not forget to keep exercising that pelvic floor muscle, after the Catheter is removed, and not before
Good luck for the future
Firstly I hope stretch is all good and recovering well.
Now may a start this by saying don't just rely on PSA tests they can be misleading. I for one have a reading of 4.2 a little raised but nothing to worry about,right? WRONG. My GP gave me the good old finger and said I think it's a bit enlarged we might get a specialist to look at it. Just as well, he did a biopsy, 10 out of 12 came back cancerou. He tells me I have advanced stage 4 cancer, very aggressive so now it's waitping to find out if it's spread elsewhere.
DONT just rely on psa please