Oops – a bit of a scare.
I needed a urine test last week when I thought I’d picked up an infection in the waterworks; it showed no infection – but traces of blood.
Minute traces. I hadn’t noticed anything, but I had been a bit sore in the pipework, possibly connected to unusually (for me these days) prolonged…how can I put this delicately…relations.
I was sure that’s all it was, but my GP ordered another test of the urine, for red blood corpuscles. RBC in doctor’s shorthand.
Coupled with the fact we’d neglected to include PSA in my annual bloodtests last November, this news certainly sent a shiver down the spine.
Here I am nearly seven years down the track from a prostatectomy and so far clear of prostate cancer, and thinking nothing can go wrong now. Surely.
That’s foolish, of course. When I last checked, the medical authorities were saying you need to be clear at least a decade.
I peed in the polystyrene cup on Monday morning, the GP’s nurse decanted a sample into a phial, wrote the paperwork, and sent me off to the lab to hand it in.
Then, the wait. How long before they ring with the result?
Nothing by Thursday. So I rang. The GP’s nurse told me to hang on while she checked. It took forever, it seemed, but was only a couple of minutes.
Then: “You’re clear. Nothing was found.”
Big phew. Gigantic phew.
Why hadn’t they called? My wife says GPs don’t these days, if the news is good. Only if it’s bad.
How considerate.
Good news for you. I’m very interested to learn if you’ve been monitoring your Vut D levels during this prostate ‘adventure’ you’ve been on?
https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/health-conditions/prostate-cancer/
“Research has shown that there is a link between prostate cancer and vitamin D. Studies have found that men with prostate cancer tend to have lower levels of vitamin D. Men with healthy levels of vitamin D tend to have lower rates of death from prostate cancer and less aggressive cancers….”
Best wishes.
Pietrad
Sorry, but my antennae always twitch when I read vague statements about what research has found. What research? I would need to see evidence.
Fair enough but check out the Vitamin D site to satisfy your doubts.