Today I had the follow up appointment from surgery to get the staples and catheter out and to review the pathology report with the Dr and determine next steps.
first, staples and other came out fine, that was the easy part.
In the conversation with the surgeon, he's 99% sure he got 99% of the cancer out. Only one lymph node was positive and the belief is that there may be microcells contained within the pelvic cavity.
So, what next. Well, my surgeon works collaboratively with radiation oncologists and medical oncologists and my case will be discussed at the next 'tumor panel' meeting. The initial thoughts are maybe some radiation and hormone treatments. I'll know more in a couple of weeks which way the thinking is going.
4 weeks from today I'll get my PSA test taken to establish a new baseline and then it will be checked every 3 months afterwards for the first year.
Fighting cancer takes a lot out of you...I'm exhausted...but maybe that's just from the long day of travel back and forth.
Thanks again to everyone for your continued support, it's very much appreciated.
Oh, I can't sign off without asking two questions (feel free to post a comment/response)
1. Did Tiger Woods choke this past weekend?
2. Is Brett Favre nuts?
later
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