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6 Week PSA----YES!!!
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Oct 04, 2010 - 12:52 pm
Just got my first PSA results back post op and it is undetectable. The nurse called me so I did not ask for the exact number but I know what the answer would have been. I'm very happy and relieved. Now I just need to find the hyperlink to download the application for the Zero Club. I hope it will be ok to pay the initiation fees and dues with a post dated check. Dx April 2010 |
Joined: Mar 2010
Congratulations
Ed, that is great news. I hope the good numbers continue to stack up for you.
Joined: May 2009
Welcome to the 0 club. It
Welcome to the 0 club. It feels great doesn't it?
Larry
Joined: Mar 2010
Good news Ed
Looking at your stats you must have been told the lifetime recurrence is less than 3%. All the best. Rest easy now!
Joined: Mar 2010
Great news, Ed
I am about 1 month behind you. Still just 3 weeks out...
I get my blood drawn at the end of this month and see the Dr for a follow up on 11/10.
Hope I can follow in your footsteps!
Joined: Jun 2010
charlie
so what did they say about your blood test or is it to early. i hope the big fat zero for ya. griff
Joined: Mar 2010
No word yet
I am not sure if they will call me or wait until my appt on 11/10. I presume that I would get a call if it were bad news? One might think the other way around wold be better...
Joined: Mar 2010
Charlie
Sheesh, Charlie, give THEM a call. They work for you. Why put yourself through all this uncertainty? Just call the nurse and say, "hey, what was my PSA reading???" I sometimes think medical staff forget how important any little tidbit of information is to us and they may think "no news is good news" but we know better. We want the news NOW.
Joined: May 2009
The only problem with
The only problem with calling is they can read the test to you wrong. It happened to me about 4 months ago. When I mentioned this to my Doc he said that is why we don't like you calling in. Nurses and Doctors can make mistakes!
THe mistake they made for me was she didn't tell me the less then sign....She said Oh your PSA is .1 when it was actually <.1
Larry
Joined: Mar 2010
Thought of you
You know, Larry, I thought of you when I responded to Charley's post and all the agonizing you must have gone through when you were given misinformation. Now, when I call in I make the nurse be very explicit when she reads me the numbers and then I read them back to her and question whether I got it right. But you know, at the end of the day these guys work for us and we shouldn't have to be worrying about whether or not the nurse can't read a standard lab report or not. If we call, they should give us the right numbers and we shouldn't have to be filled with anxiety about wondering whether they are going to call or not. It's not like its a job interview or anything.
Joined: May 2009
I agree with you Kongo.
I agree with you Kongo. Unless one has had a cancer diagnosis I don't think they understand the anxiety we can go through wondering with each test as to what is next for us.
On a different note....I had a small tumor removed from my neck this week. My wife is working on becoming a Surgical 1st assist. One of the doctor's she is studying under is the doctor that removed this small tumor. When I told him who I was he stated "Oh, you should have had your wife come in with you, she is really good and I would have let her remove the lump for you." My response was Doc, I don't want my wife anywhere near my throat holding a knife in her hand!
Larry
Joined: Mar 2010
Funny Story
Good story, Larry. Hope you enjoy a speedy recovery from your recent surgery.
Joined: Apr 2010
also request they fax a copy of the labs to you that day
Definitely call for test results (why wait for them to call?) AND at the same time, request that a copy of the actual printout of the lab results be faxed and/or mailed to you that day so that you can confirm the oral reading with the written result. Best case scenario, "waiting-for-test-results-anxiety" is relieved for the time being. Worst case scenario, doc may get on the phone; however, BEFORE you meet face to face with the doc, you have time to gather your thoughts, research your options, put your questions together and be better prepared to have an intelligent/informed discussion with your doc about what comes next.
Joined: Mar 2010
Just got the results <0.1 Yeah!
6 weeks down and 39 years to go.
Joined: Apr 2010
Charlie G
Great news---here's wishing you a zero each and every time ! To an outsider, wishing you a zero must sound strange. But to a fellow pc brother it's music to the ears !! good luck and continued success----Dan
Joined: Jun 2010
ed
that is great i had to wait for the 3 month test and got it today and zero. great huh? for some reason my dr. does not do a 6 week test he says its to early for a good reading. i hope you are doing good. griff
Joined: Jun 2010
Thanks everyone, I am doing
Thanks everyone, I am doing great. Been camping and fishing, remodeling basement and tomorrow I am getting back on my dirt bike. Life is good.
Ed
Joined: Nov 2009
Congrats
Congratulations!!! This is great news!! Wishing you all the best on your journey
Joe
Joined: Jun 2009
Congratulations Ed
Congratulations Ed on zero PSA. You are now an official member of the Zero club.
May you continue to be a member.
JR