Prostate cancer

RobMCFC said:
Great story, had me chuckling so thanks for sharing. Glad you've got the all clear.
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Cheers Rob. I wasn't unduly worried before hand, it was more a piece of mind excercise due to having a few polyps 8 years ago. The specialist told me to get checked out again in 5 years. So 5 or 6 years later I was due to have it done at Leighton hospital when 3 or 4 days before, some guy phoned me and cancelled it because I was a none smoker, didn't take drugs, not a big drinker and excercised very often. I told him my past polyps but he wasn't interested. I wasn't in the dangerous category apparently. So because of this thread a while back I got thinking and thought fuck it! I'm not having some knob in a suit play Russian roulette with my heath so I phoned doctors and respectfully demanded checks on both my prostate and colon. I got them. Good luck going forward Rob.
 
smevchenko said:
I had a prostate exam about 4 years ago, no concerns apparently.

Might head back to the GP soon....

Find myself needing the toilet frequently, sometimes within minutes of going.
Seem to struggle emptying my bladder, poor flow etc
Generally need at least two trips to the toilet overnight

All possibly related to older age (only 42 though), was told previously just an enlarged prostate.

Reason enough to get checked out again?
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Went to the doctors before, had a quick prostate exam. He couldn't feel any obvious lumps, but said it was swollen. Blood test tomorrow for PSA and thyroid plus diabetes checks.

Can't remember the name of it, but he suggested a medication to help improve flow, so will give that a go and see if it helps.
 
smevchenko said:
Went to the doctors before, had a quick prostate exam. He couldn't feel any obvious lumps, but said it was swollen. Blood test tomorrow for PSA and thyroid plus diabetes checks.

Can't remember the name of it, but he suggested a medication to help improve flow, so will give that a go and see if it helps.
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Good luck mucker.
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
Cheers Rob. I wasn't unduly worried before hand, it was more a piece of mind excercise due to having a few polyps 8 years ago. The specialist told me to get checked out again in 5 years. So 5 or 6 years later I was due to have it done at Leighton hospital when 3 or 4 days before, some guy phoned me and cancelled it because I was a none smoker, didn't take drugs, not a big drinker and excercised very often. I told him my past polyps but he wasn't interested. I wasn't in the dangerous category apparently. So because of this thread a while back I got thinking and thought fuck it! I'm not having some knob in a suit play Russian roulette with my heath so I phoned doctors and respectfully demanded checks on both my prostate and colon. I got them. Good luck going forward Rob.
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The humiliation saves your life. Give me humiliation.
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
I couldn't find this thread yesterday for some reason. Anyway, had the dreaded colonoscopy on Monday at Macclesfield hospital and what a well run,clean and tidy hospital it is(or at least it was in my case) Started at 7pm on Sunday drinking the plenvu solution.. OMFG! The worst fucking thing you will ever EVER drink! Sea salt meets thick gloopy saccharine induced cheap cordial. Totally horrendous! Then again on Monday at 6am.. the 2nd dose(punch flavour) was even worse than the mango offering on Sunday. So whilst every bugger was out drinking watching the match, I was on the bog! Great timing hey. Missed all the goals :( But so be it. The procedure itself wasn't too bad, just the first few minutes when it's going around your U bend thing. Just had that horrible feeling I was gonna shit on the poor bastards at any time. So the procedure finished and the doc said everything was perfect which was nice. So off I went to the recovery room to have a brew.. but by this time I was having horrendous stomach cramps. I'd opted for no anesthetic,just gas n air. Then nurse left me to put my clothes on and this pain seemed to go into over drive.. I'm stood there doubled up with my knob out in fucking agony.. Next salute I felt I needed to go, but I had no pants on, but I thought fuck it, I need to go. So I pulled the screen across and streaked to the bog(which was conveniently about 10 metres away) bollock naked! It was the ladies bog but I didnt give a shit(pardon the pun)I got on the bog and did the biggest, longest and loudest fart ever! It was like when Vivian was pregnant on the young ones. I have never felt more relief in my life. I sat on the bog for about 10 minutes and it was like a scene from Blazing saddles. Eventually I finished and most of the trapped air had gone and my stomach ache had 80% disappeared. But I had a problem.. I was bolloko. I had to put my head round the door and beckon a lovely,yet flustered Indian nurse over to retrieve my clothes from my bed. When I got out they were pissing themselves at me. But joking aside, they were brilliant. So in the last month or so I've had the checks for prostate then bowels and fortunately all good. My heart goes out to you guys struggling but what I do recommend is getting checked out on both, especially if you're a certain age and lifestyle, it could save your life.
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Carry on Cowboy, or should it be Carry on Nurse haha
 
I went to see the consultant on Wednesday. They took 14 biopsies in total, all have come back negative for cancer although there is one that they’re concerned about as it was abnormal. They’re going to monitor my PSA levels and I’ll have further MRI scan and biopsy again in 3 months if levels are high. They told me not to have any sleepless nights over it so I’m more relaxed now.
Also have changed medication from the Tamsulosin to Solifenacin which seems to have helped with the urgent need for a piss.

Thankfully all seems ago but hope I don’t have to go through that biopsy procedure again!!
 
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