WELCOME TO KATHY AND JUDY'S MERRY MEDICAL CHRISTMAS. AS I MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER BLOG I WAS POSED WITH THE DILEMMA OF WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE THE PROSTATE BIOPSY. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE LIFE INSURANCE I WOULD HAVE PASSED IT UP BUT I WENT AND HAD IT DONE. THIS IS NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH. I MET WITH MY UROLOGIST AND AFTER DINNER AND A FEW DRINKS HE PROCEEDED TO JAB ME WITH A LONG NEEDLE WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE. NOW THAT HURT BUT I ONLY WHELPED A LITTLE. THEN AFTER HE WAS SURE IT WAS NUMB HE STARTED SLICING OUT SMALL SAMPLES OF PROSTATE. THAT I DIDN'T FEEL AT ALL. HE KEPT A STEADY CONVERSATION GOING ABOUT HIS HOME LIFE AND THE TIME PASSED QUICKLY. THE WORST PART, I GUESS, WAS WAITING A WEEK TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS. WELL THEY CAME OUT NEGATIVE, THAT'S GOOD, ( CAN NEVER FIGURE WHY THEY CALL SOMETHING GOOD NEGATIVE, I WOULD SAY POSITIVE), SO NOW I HAVE TO CLEAR MY SYSTEM OF THE RESIDUAL BLOOD FOR 4 TO SIX WEEKS. I HAD BETTER GET THIS INSURANCE POLICY NOW OR I COULD GO POSTAL ON THE AGENT. POINT IS THAT FOR YOU GUYS OUT THERE THE BIOPSY ISN'T THAT BAD AND WHETHER NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE CATCHING PROBLEMS EARLY CAN ADD 10 OR MORE YEARS ONTO YOUR LIFE.
I HEARD FROM JIM SLACK AND HOWARD SYLVESTER THE OTHER DAY. JIM WAS HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ME AND HOWARD SAID "KEITH WHO" BUT THEN IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. I'LL HUG HIM ANYWAY WHEN I SEE HIM. ALL FOR NOW, KEITH