Any day above ground is a good one

Went to see my general practitioner today for my annual physical. My annual physical is where this blog started just one short year ago. That is where I first started to get an inkling that I might have a problem. From this single visit to my doctor my life changed and I started down the path to find out how to regain my health again. I am SOOOO glad I make it a habit to have a physical in August. Had I not then I would have been blissfully unaware of what was growing inside of me. Ignorantly going about my business until it was way too late to do anything about my cancer in any medical way. I would have become a statistic of the most unpleasant sort.

But I chose to be informed by tending to my basic health by regularly seeing my doctor. I chose to read as much as I could to educate myself about this disease. I chose to fire my first urologist because of his behavior. And I chose to go to a doctor for treatment that was 75 miles away, because he was the BEST in his field. I also chose to listen to everyting my doctors said to do and then DID it.

Well I am in good health and my PSA was again at trace levels. I still have some minor urinary issues but these too will get better with time.

Just listen to your doctors and do what they tell you and you too may feel as happy as I do today. It is your choice.

It has been a while since I posted… a month! Man PCa has obviously not been on my mind! When I last posted I was about to return to Michigan to finish my summer vacation. My wife’s aunt who lives down the way from us was going to celebrate her 80th birthday and a wedding was going to occur during the time I was to be in Michigan. Hoards of my wife’s relatives descended on us and we spent most of our time hanging out and having a great time with them. Little time to dwell on PCa. This was a different mindset for me and to me an indicator that perhaps I am putting this thing behind me, “somewhat”.

While it will never quite leave my thoughts and me it as been good for me to indulge in the present. I am not spending my time researching PCa on the Internet. I am not thinking about my treatment. I am just doing what I do.

While I am sure many of my readers are looking for information about PCa and how to deal with it, I am sure that they will delight it the fact that there is an end to the fear, the Doctor’s, the procedures, and the all consuming thoughts of this cancer.

I also received some good news since my last post; I got my blood work back. This blood work included my first PSA test since this whole ordeal started and it was at .001. Barely trace amounts!! While it is still pretty soon since my last radiation treatment and since I stopped my hormone treatments, it was GREAT to see it in black and white. Perhaps that is reason enough to take a rest spa from posting. I was giddy.

But now I am back in the world of reality and I am reminded of this because I just set an appointment with my GP Dr. Iezzi to have my annual physical. This was how this whole blog came to life last year, as this is how I found out about my cancer.

If you take one thing away from reading this blog, please let it be this… GO GET YOUR PHYSICAL AND GET YOUR PSA CHECKED.