I am self employed investment manager financial advisor. Through all my treatment I missed only three days of work. One for a colonoscopy and two for the HDR procedures. I scheduled my 25 IMRT fraction for 6:00 pm on my way home from work. They usually took a half hour all in. Treatment in no way affected my work either physically or mentally. It really was no big deal and more inconvenience than anything else. Appreciate your brother's example as his treatments were far worse than what yours will be.

As to the names on the pathology report I learned the Grosser is the technician that sets everything up for the pathologist to read.

As to the amount of cancer the biopsy sample such a small amount of the gland that you can't use it as the sole determinant. That is why the scan will also be used. 12 core biopsy samples only a few percent of the gland. So far more cancer might be missed than found. But for most all situations it provides enough valid information to make excellent treatment decisions.

Hi Manfred, JNF and Graytech,

Thanks for the helpful info.

I do work at home. I'm starting to get back with it. It was a little tough the first few days as I spent a fair amount of time doing online research.

Thank you,
Tim

Post Edited (TimOz) : 2/15/2017 8:08:45 AM (GMT-7)

Tim,

I think you will find JH pathology to be great to work with. Epstein is world-renowned and widely published in the literature. I read that he does the path himself or, if vacation etc., closely oversees good associates.

Yours will be a biopsy 2nd opinion whereas mine was post-RALP. I was 3+4=7, had a 3mm lateral margin+, intraprostatic incision, but JH sees it as 3+3=6. Hopefully, that won't be aggressive, and I can outlive it before mets occur. But my uPSA has started up, slightly, 5 yrs after RALP, so we will see.

May I suggest you make sure your bone scan is safely retained for a number of years. It will be a good baseline for comparison scans down the road (if needed). In fact, now is the time to buy a big black binder and start keeping copies of everything in one place.

Know u are antsy right now, but it is just part of the deal. You'll be ok.

Robert