I'm not the only one...Prostate Health and Colon Health too!

Quick update. Saw my cardiologist today. 6 month follow up. Manny got to meet him. EKG normal. Go back in 6 months. We are not sure if my cancer pills contributed to my A Fib. My ablation and cardio version was # 9,999 that my doc performed. Manny asked him how many in total now. "Just under 12,000"! Busy guy. I'm sure I mentioned here that he wrote the EKG app for Apple Watch. Brilliant man! Unargueably the best.

 

Great news! Glad to hear

 

Good to hear your heart checkup went well.
I had my 3 month check with the electro physician gal wrt to my pacemaker. She said I was doing well, did some wireless adjustments to the settings so my heart responds quicker to increased breathing. She said my forecast battery life is 15 years, so at 88 I’ll need a battery swap. I did see my cardiologist a couple weeks ago and he said I was doing good. My ultrasound and stress tests I did before the pacemaker install did not reveal any other issues that had to be addressed at this time. They both said come back in a year.
In the past month I have noticed walking especially hills and steps have become easier, so that is good news. No restrictions on lifting but I’m imposing a 50# limit for awhile yet. Last week I got a couple of 1/4 mile jogs with my walk and my heart rate went up higher than it has in decades. That is good news. I’d like to get up to a 5KM run in a year, provided my joints do not crap out.
Anyways good news on your cardiologist visit. My wife had afib and pvc issues, but a couple of surgeries and she is on the go all the time now.

 

Sounds like the two of are doing quite well. Joint pain has become a bit of an issue, not bad, but not good either. Ha!

 

Not so bad since PSA is normal. Stil sucks. Flomax is usually prescribed. Docs are pretty damn good. They got you!

 

Yeah, if side effects are a bitch, there's always more options. I hate frigging pills with a passion.

 

All seriousness aside, with an enlarged prostate, urine flow is constricted causing you to go often. Flomax helps increase "flow' by relaxing bladder and prostate muscles so you can empty out your bladder when you go.

 

Finasteride sounds kuul. Wonder what possible side effects it has. I was on Flomax for a month or so. With my prostate removed, plumbing had to be redone until that healed. They checked my bladder once a week for a bit until they were satisfied things were "good". Funtimes.

 

You only remove the prostate as a last resort to save your life or a severe quality of life issue when the prostate doesn't respond to treatment. I doubt an urologist would ever recommend prostate removal just because it's enlarged and can be successfully treated. No prostate is a game changer.

 

Sheesh, I didn't bother scrolling down to see the other 20.....

 

Yes

 

Matt - many thanks for your contributions to the forum - this thread being a big one. My father-in-law was just diagnosed with prostate cancer and the only reason I knew anything about any of what is going on is due to your openness and educating us numb skulls about this difficult topic.

Appreciate you, stay well!

 

Thanks Adam. I have another 90 day follow up next Tuesday. Tough news for your FIL. If caught early enough, it can be managed it seems in my case. So far....

 

That's a good move actually. Best to see a specialist at this juncture.

 

The urologist will definitely have more treatment options for you. Mine was damn good. Dr Damien Sorce. Damn good.

 

Maybe not necessary. When I got to him my prostate was normal size and weight amazingly enough. The trigger for me was the PSA of 12 with my PC doc testing. Your situation is different. When I was wheeled in to get my prostate removed, my RN that wheeled me in said, " You do know Dr Sorce is one of the top 5 in the country that does your procedure?" I'd look him up. He works out of Aurora Medical Center among others. His bio is nutz. Curriculum Vitae top notch. Top notch is a good thing.

 

90 day followup. Waiting to see oncologist. Bloodwork results in. All panels normal. PSA <0.01.

 

Update. Up in Aurora. Had my 90 day followup yesterday. Previous November followup was great. Yesterday's was great too. Everything's stable. Still beating this thing going on over 7 years now. Not bad with a Gleason 9 which is highly aggressive. Back to Alamosa now. (After a stop at HD for some B&Y goodies)

 

Good to hear you are doing good.
My prostrate was half removed via the TURP procedure. (Pathology showed no cancer) My symptoms were the inability to pee and vacate my bladder, such that they said my bladder was over stretched tp 2 liter capacity. Still hard to believe, Burt after several years, peeing is still good and my residual capacity after relieving was now at 50 cc. I’m doing good. My pacemaker is also still doing good, after my 9 month check up via wireless monitoring.
Stay vertical friends.