Dad had his biopsy today. Wow! As we walked into the office the nurse had already set up the room and the tools were sitting on a little table by the examination table. The one that caught my eye was the needle looking thing that was about 12 inches long. Beside it was some kind of probe type instrument.
When Dr. Crowley came in he explained that the probe-like instrument was an ultrasound machine and would help to see what's going on. It was kind of funny, because once dad was laying on his side and ready for the procedure, Dr. Crowley apologized as he was inserting it because it was cold. To which dad said, "Yeah, but it's still there."
As he was taking the pictures of the prostate Dr. Crowley showed me how the prostate was crowding out the bladder. Then after taking some pictures and measurements, he stuck the needle up inside the ultrasound wand and took six samples.
When he was done, he said that he didn't really think this is cancer. He said that with most men that have prostates as big as dad's their PSA levels are in the 600's, and from what he could see and dad's PSA levels, he was hopeful that this was not cancer. Yay! When I asked about what they saw in the bones and the kidney, he said we would have to do a few more test to see if we can figure out what they are.
The results for tests like these take a week, so we will find out next week what they are.
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