Thank you for all the prayers. I posted about my father’s prostate biopsy here twice in the past weeks. We went to the hospital this morning to get the result. Unfortunately, he has cancer BUT it’s the non-aggressive type. I would like to thank YOU for the time you’ve allotted to say a prayer for my dad, even if I don’t know you it meant a lot to me. I’m still grateful to God that we caught it early and we have several options at hand to consider.
Stay healthy and God bless.
I had to go to the emergency room for acute urinary retention and the emergency doc called it hypertrophy of the prostate and referred to my status (he had my records) as 'suspicion of cancer.' On the other hand, my primary physician has 'malignant prostate cancer' on my chart. I know I'm lucky to be this age with this condition, but just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this. I had to go through several urologists before I found one who didn't get mad at me for refusing biopsies.
Someone I know will be getting a prostate biopsy next week. This is his second.
His first was in 2017, and two days following, he developed sepsis and ended up in the hospital for 13 days. He ditched that doctor, and the new doctor this time did an anal swab to determine what antibiotics are needed, and seems to be taking more precautions to make sure that this one doesn't end with sepsis.
Still, I feel like it's a matter of when, not if, he develops sepsis from this procedure. Am I overreacting here?
He was diagnosed after having a PSA of 5.03. Doctor said tumor is small but they need to find out if it's the aggressive type? He is suggesting chemo apparently. Wouldnt radiation be best? How can I support my dad? I know he won't want to talk about it..my mom is already crying but I told her right now there is nothing to worry about.
Any and all tips appreciated.
Thank you.
Update:
His Gleason score is 6. He said doctor first recommended prostate removal. He said next they're gonna dk a CT scan of his pelvic area to see that it's still only in the prostate. 2 out of 12 samples showed prostate cancer.
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And how long did you have a blood after biopsy?
My father had a biopsy on Friday. This is his third one and he's in his 70s. He developed shaking chills and then fever today of 101. We called the doctor as googling this (I know, dangerous) and the paperwork we were given said this would be a cause for concern due to risk of infection. The doctor basically said that fever and chills are normal after the biopsy and I can't help but shake that it's not based on what I know and what I can find in other prostate biopsy hospital instructions. Because the doctor said to take tylenol and wait it out and continue taking Cipro, my dad doesn't want to go to the ER. My only concern is infection that becomes complicated, as my friend's father suddenly passed away from sepsis that turned into septic shock from an infection. I'm hoping I'm just overthinking it, so if anyone has had the biopsy and also had fever and chills, was that normal?
Update: Thank you all so much for your comments. It was very hectic after I made this post, so I apologize that I'm only updating now. As I said below: My dad did get better!! It did turn out he was infected, and we were pissed about that doctor. We did not go back to him. My dad still refused to go to the ER, but the next morning, we took him to the doctor (a different one, the one we called was an on-call doctor) and that doctor said to get him on stronger antibiotics ASAP. We're so glad we followed our gut, and also the advice of everyone here. He said if we waited any longer, it could have been bad. He did have a trans-rectal biopsy, which I'm reading has a higher rate of infection. My dad has now decided after three biopsies that he will no longer get them due to how painful the experiences are, and he will just deal with the cancer treatment. Even with a very high PSA, he turned out to be cancer negative this time.
No idea what to even say. I feel selfish for feeling bad about this.
In two weeks they're doing a PET scan and a CAT scan to see whether/where it has spread. The doctors are going to discuss what they can do for him based on the results of those scans.
I'm horrified by the thought that they might tell us it's terminal and they can't do anything.
Don't know what I'm trying to get out of posting here. I just want my dad to be okay.
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