Wow it has been a while….
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.







So happy to hear that you had some “giddy!”
Comment by Karen — August 7, 2006 @ 8:45 pm
Dan,
I went a bit further than Michigan but found myself in a somewhat similar state, thinking about things besides Prostate Cancer for extended periods of time!! It was great!
Glad to hear your scores are down, my next blood test (first since May) is next week. Praying for low scores!
Good luck to you on you Dr. visit as well!
Comment by DavidE — August 9, 2006 @ 9:33 am
Hey DavidE,
Good to hear from you again. Saw on your blog where you went to Europe to play frisbee golf. No PCa there, good for you!
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Comment by Dan — August 9, 2006 @ 9:13 pm