Tim rang me this morning at about 6:30am and we talked about slipping boats. I then discovered my bed was a bit a train wreck – a slip way in itself. I don’t know what happened but the nurses are amused and can’t fix it. Continue reading
Simon’s prostate log
cancer diary
Category: blood
Here I lie in my hospital bed…rattly voice and a little hazy. It’s morning and painful to move.. Continue reading
6th and last CRP on Friday. Rang Martin who said they had done the wrong test on one batch (retrievable). Then off to Apollo Bay with a trailer load of bricks, timber and scaffolding pipes. Arrived just in time for the ORCA foreshore gathering. Continue reading
Called in to the Mercy yesterday arvo to pay a few bills and attend a pre-op briefing with Priscilla. She was refreshingly forthright. Continue reading
The CRP is now routine. Maybe a little early today at about 10:05am.
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My arm is starting to ache a little from all this trainspotting. Arrived early, expecting a morning rush but the pathologist was empty.
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Hospital has sent me a few other tests associated with pre op radical prostatectomy: FBE (Full blood examination), UTE/creatanine (kidney function), ECG, msu (mid stream urine), crossmatch. Continue reading
Wandered to the pathologist up the road this morning where, at about 10:15am I was drained of the first of 6 blood samples to test for highly reactive C-Reactive Protein (CRP).
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Not to be read if you want to avoid the personal…making love resulted in a show of blood.
The beginning. This evening I began to pee blood in earnest. I was driving back from Avoca and stopped off at Melton for a burger and a wee after a few (light) beers with Lyndal to finish the day.
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Record of events and thoughts relating to being diagnosed with prostate cancer. My brother has been through this before me. His observations have been helping me prepare myself for what might happen. Should anyone else feel less alone, or less frightened by reading these experiences then, that’s good too.
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