| August 4th 2005 7am
Today is the day to visit the doctor for the details of
what is up my backside and what we can do. Off to work until I
pickup my wife and granddaughter to head for Dr Ney's office.
4pm
Per the doctor: The bad news I have cancer, the good news if
there is such a thing "I have a good cancer"??! The Doc explained that
we caught it very early and it is isolated to the
Prostate. Now it is all up to me to decide what to do, I am a
candidate for a variety of treatments. I must decide between being
"Nuked", Freeze Dried" or "Cut up" and they all have pros and cons!
The Doc explained that if you talk to Prostate survivors you will
get a different opinion in regards to there chosen treatment. Some
will say "If I did it over again I would never have
Chemo, or Seed Implant or Surgery" and I would find an equal
amount who felt their choice was the best decision made.
Survival rate on each is about the same for individuals with similar
rated cancer.
I will try to provide links to the Medical info for the
following try this one for now
National Cancer Institute
Chemo (Nuked): The negative to this is that the radiation cold
damage the bladder and rectum (All I could think of when he
told me this was "Rectum Hell, It damn near Killed im"). Also
if you have the chemo and it comes back you can't have the surgery
it is too dangerous.
Cryo ( Freeze Dried): The negative is that if the
cancer comes back all you can do is keep doing the Cryo.
Surgery: ( Filleted): Pros: No more digital Prostate exams. The
negative, well hell it's going to hurt, I will be out of commission
for 3 - 6 weeks, I have to wear a pee bag for 10 days, a
depends or male shield for up to 3 months ( if nothing goes wrong)
Although the Doc says he can fix that later if it becomes an issue.
There are two available surgeries, Laposcopic(sp) or the
normal open you up. The first method is less invasive, the down time
is less and not to mention the pain is shorter. Bad news is
that the Doc says my fat ass to height ratio is to much so they
can't do the Lapo procedure. Now I can lose the 30 lbs to get back
down to 210 but I don't have the time. I need to do this ASAP
because my son Michael is leaving to open his own business. We
can't delay this because as soon as he signs the lease he only has
90days to get open before the $5,000 a month lease payments
starts. So that leaves me with the filleting method. Now the only
hope I might have is to meet the Dr Ney's partner who does the Da
Vinci
procedure. Hopefully he will take into account body type and muscle
mass. Thank god for my Dad's big chest, broad shoulder and back
genes, otherwise I would look like the Pillsbury dough boy. Well
this is where it leaves us, trying to decide which way to go.
My first thought is to set up the appointment with his
partner, because my down time is much less even though the
other negatives are the same. The next thing is to keep researching
the options and make the decision. I can tell you getting Nuked is
out of the question. No matter what is needs to Get R' Done now.
Like I told the Doc, my first goal is to stay alive to be with
my wife, children and grand daughters. Number two I do not want to
have my nick name changed from " Father Food Stain" to "Grandpa Piss
Stain". |
