Posts

How to lose many small chunks of your prostate

Image
Prostate biopsys are easy.   All you have to do is lie back in the most undignified position imaginable and let a doctor stab you multiple times in the perineum.   Great fun.   They do at least give you a local anaesthetic.   In my case, I was booked in for 08:30am on a Monday morning.   They suggest that you might not want to drive yourself home afterwards so DevotedWife™ stepped in to provide transport.   Top tip: do read the whole of the invitation in advance, because although page 1 says 08:30, page 2 says “please arrive 10 minutes early so that you can be booked in”.   So that’s an 08:20 appointment, surely?   But I get there for 8am anyway, because I like sitting in empty hospital waiting rooms (apparently).   When it’s time, a lovely lady invites you to pop into a very non-threatening room to get changed into a fetching little number, clearly designed to allow full access to everything of interest for an attentive lover, a determ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Hello, I have prostate cancer

They say nothing prepares you for being told that you have cancer (or, in my case, “adenocarcinoma of the prostate, highest Gleason score 4+5, high grade and high-risk”).   I’d disagree slightly.   The MRI scan that reported an unusual shape in my prostate, followed by a biopsy which essentially involves sticking a series of long thick pins into your perineum, kind of grabbed my attention and did give me a hint that the NHS thought there might be something ‘up’.   But yes, it’s a bit of a shock.   And I’m not sure it’s really sunk in yet, although it was less than a week ago now.   This is going to be my diary as I work my way through the process of treating this.   The title is deliberate.   I’m only at the start of my journey right now.   I am determined to get through it and come out the other side, though.   So the blog title reflects the outcome that I am going to secure for myself.   Please feel free to read, comment, and share t...
Post a Comment
Read more