Entry 3
July 21, 2010
July 21, 2010
After considering my PSA count and having palpated my prostate, Dr #1 Urologist decided during my initial visit to him that a needle biopsy was in order. He took tissue samples from 12 spots in my prostate. We would wait one month for the results.
Some doctors schedule a screening for resistant ecoli infection before conducting a biopsy. In my case, minutes passed between between the DRE and the biopsy...no warning.
Some doctors schedule a screening for resistant ecoli infection before conducting a biopsy. In my case, minutes passed between between the DRE and the biopsy...no warning.
That hurt. Apparently, he had not used a local anesthetic.
Disoriented after that procedure, I couldn't find our new Subaru Outback that I had driven into the hospital parkade. Thinking it had been towed, I called the towing company who denied having our car. Only then did I remember I had used Margaret's Jetta that day. There it was where I left it.
Life goes on. I went on a second summer canoe trip, this time with Jim Buckingham, Pam Little, Doug and Donna McKown in the Sturgeon-Weir area. [Pictures]
A Urologist's Biopsy Experience
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