Posted on 08/16/2010 10:46:29 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob
My oldest brother has stage 4 prostate cancer and another brother caught his prostate cancer early because of the diagnosis of the oldest brother.
The scary thing is the younger brother was told by his doctor not to worry about his rising PSA "because it was still in the normal range". All I can say is what an idiot! Half of his prostate was eaten up with cancer, but amazingly enough had not spread.
This has become my entire family's mission now. To top all of this off, absolutely NO FAMILY HISTORY of prostate cancer or any other type of cancer. It has scared my entire family.
So two of my four brothers have prostate cancer. Scary.
My husband just had a colonoscopy and all is well. The worst part for him, in his opinion, was the liquid diet the day before. He handled the icky cleaning out better than that. :-)
A fellow survivor offers congratulations.
LOL.... very funny.
Reminds me of this story.
Last year I went for my first prostate exam. I was the doctor’s last patient for the day. He quickly finished his business and left the room, telling me to take the paperwork to the nurse at the front desk.
By the time I got up to the nurse, the doctor had already left the building without speaking to her about my appointment.
She said, “So, I guess, everything felt normal?”
I said, “It didn’t feel normal to me. He just stuck his finger up my butt!”
God bless you and thank you for your wonderful post.
Praise God!
You need to stay healthy, patriot, your countrymen need you.
Thank you for this and congratulations.
My family has some heavy duty history with this type of cancer, including me. You might want to ask your doctors about bone scans. My father had also been “cancer free” but after a year or so the cancer reappered in his bones.
In the end it was a blood clot that killed him.
Salud,
cll
For a humorous look at the experience, do read MY COLONOSCOPY BY DAVE BARRY.
Good to hear. Stay well. :-)
CBB is right.
The checkup is frankly pretty easy.
Prep is so-so but its only a day of uncomfort and its done at home.
Beats the heck out of the options!
Glad you are still with us CBB!!!!
Good news Monday. Keep us posted.
Hope you’re totally well soon!
Congratulations and may you stay cancer-free. It is a frightening experience I know. I’m a breast cancer survivor and I’ll never forget the feeling I had when the doctor told me I had breast cancer. Been over five years now and still doing well. Do report to my oncologist every six months and also had a colonoscopy earlier this year. As some of the other posters said the liquid diet etc the day before was worse than the procedure itself.
After that, and after two maternal aunts developed breast cancer. I made SURE I got a pap smear and Mammo, EVERY year. And a couple of years ago, at the age of 55, I got my first colonoscopy. Now there is a baseline, and I don't have to go back for another few years. Yes, they're uncomfortable, but cancer treatment is much worse!
Take good care of yourselves, folks. Even if no one is depending on your presence, there are many who prefer that you are here!!
Here I was just sitting here thinking about my 50th birthday next month and wondering how lng I could stall my Dr insistance on a coloscopy.I’m female but have a family history of that so I already know he’s going to want to send me for one. :( *sigh* Guess I’d better quit wanting to stall it?
Glad to hear everything has gone so well for you. I’ve had two colonoscopys and found drinking the ‘stuff’ prior was the worst and even that wasn’t that bad.
Last month I had surgery for an incarcerated hernia and had the nasal gastric tube for over a week and no food or drink for 6 days, so I know what you mean about those two things. I, too have that nice long incision.
Ummm, when they remove that nasal tube. It stings real bad. Took my breath away. Felt like they pulled my eyeballs down my throat. Doesn’t hurt for real long, but, it does get your attention.
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery. :)
Congrats!! Thanks for posting this!
Can't be said loud enough. Colon cancers are one of the deadliest if not caught earlier, but also one of easiest and less evasive ones to cure if caught early.
I had my 50,000 mile check-up last year, and I'm glad to announce I have a colon of a 20 year old.
From this cancer survivor to you, dear BillyBob...having cancer is indeed a humbling experience. Life is good. God is good.
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Of course I was completely oblivious to it because of the drugs. The worst part was the 'prep' and with the new stuff even that isn't unbearable.
One thing's for damned sure. It's a lot less unpleasant than a case of fatal colon cancer.
Glad to hear you're going to be ok. Good luck, sir.
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