Waiting Sucks

You have a right to rant.  This is totally unacceptable IMHO.  They need to understand that you are the customer....

Jim

you have a right to vent about this, we can all understand your frustrations about not knowing the results of your biopsy. hopefully you will have your answer soon, we are on stand-by for your results.

david

I've been there and like you say, waiting sucks. Let us know when your results arrive so we can bewilder you by all recommending that you do different things. And, in the meanwhile do keep venting.

Ah yes, impotent rage. Good choice. We are big on that on this forum, especially those of us who are on hormone therapy. We stamp our little feet*, we pout, we burst into tears.

Do keep us posted and keep that spleen well vented. We understand.

*size 16 in my case.

Wow, we all share many frustrating experiences, my Uro went on vacation the day after my Bx for two weeks. He told me to call the Monday he got back, I had to call three times that day to get him on the phone to tell me the bad news. Hope this calm you down a little bit.

mP

 

Some of the comments today are great. Reminds me of waiting for two weeks for my results. I had to be working my usual 12-14 hour days the whole time, so when they finally called, I had lost track that I was waiting for anything. Besides, at 56, who would ever have PCa? I knew they wouldn't find anything. And I wasn't on HW to have all these guys tell me I should be mad at the doc.

My suggestion - go do something that needs to be done, but you have been putting off. Use the energy to get things out of the way that will get seriously sidelined if you get a positive report back.

Thanks for all the comments. From all the stories, it seems more people have a ridiculous wait, than not. Tells me there is something wrong with the system.

Well, the good news is that i got an email from the nurse today, telling me the Doc would be back next week and would call me, but that the biopsy came back negative, no cancer. Needless to say, a relief. I emailed her back to ask for a copy of the report for my records, becaue i have no doubt this will not be the end of it. They will keep an eye on me and if my psa keeps rising there will be more biopsies until they find something.
Although i have to say, he seemed pretty complete - he took 14 samples, and my prostate is not that enlarged.

This forum is terrific and you guys (and gals) really helped me out, i have a ton of knowledge now for the future, and it was really helpful for you to let me come here and rant my neurotic thoughts. I hope things go well and continue to go well for all of you. I plan to hang around here, not just go away, because no doubt there will be some newbie, acting just as neurotic as me, scared to death before the biopsy, that comes here asking questions, and if i can help you guys allay their fears, i would feel good about it.

Prato...what great news!  Congratulatons and I am SO glad you are not a member of this club!  Glad to have you stay around as a visitor though.

Best regards,

Jim

Thanks guys.
@Jav......
"what did i learn from all this?"..... you ask an interesting question....
I learned first of all, there is an awful lot of education AND support on internet forums for any problem one might have, more than many people think!
I learned that you can't just leave it to the doc, as you said. Especially when it comes to PC. I never realized how much controversy there is when it comes to this type of cancer.

I also learned, that i need to change. I get so neurotic about these things, but also i get nuts about a lot of other things, that are in the scheme of things, pretty unimportant. Pretty much nonsense. Crappy drivers cutting me off, driving slow in the left lane. Incompetent waiters. My kids not doing things the way i want them to (they are adult kids, living on their own, not young kids. I stress myself out about business, and put a lot of pressure on myself to grow my business, i am way too driven. Which at this stage of life is really really STOOPID.

Now all these things i mention in the last paragraph, are not easy things to change at all. But i learned, to answer your question, that i really need to try. Because too many things can go wrong in an instant, that can make all that stuff extremely unimportant.
But most people on the boards have learned these lessons already, and i sense you all very much appreciate what you do have, no matter what your situation, which is pretty amazing.

So thats what i learned from this.

pratoman,

thanks for trying to enter our club, but glad the biopsy results resulted in our turning down your membership application. hope you never have to deal with PC, for many of us, it's a life changer in many ways.

you are always welcome to visit and encourage the rest of us dealing with this scourge of a cancer.

david in sc

Michael_T said...
Regarding the "what did you learn" question...I don't want to insinuate myself in an off topic way in this thread, but if this forum has taught me anything it is "to take a deep breath" and to see what others have gone through.

Everyone here has really helped me keep my decisions--and my condition--in context. Hope it's working out that way for you as well.

Michael

Michael, this was very well put. Thank you. Its something to remember. I have never learned to "take a deep breath" in times that seemed about TO turn into a potential crisis. I am going to try to remember your post, and yes, keep things in context.

GOP, sorry your situation turned out differently. But it sounds like you are doing well, which is the good news, and if i am correct in my understanding of Gleason scores, yours showed a not to aggressive Gleason, so thats good.

I give you credit for going on that fishing trip in the first place, i wish i could have been that under control while waiting. Maybe with the education i have gleaned from members here, the next time i will be.