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Livin' the rat roddin' lifestyle
I'm a very private person and rather shy, but I'm going to tell you all about my health issues because your my buddies and maybe you guys over 50 that don't bother with annual checkups will take my advice and do it, sooner the better.
I do annual checkups which includes blood work mostly cuz I have hyper thyroid that needs dailey meds to keep it straight. Thyroid problems is no big deal if ya keep track of it.
Well the blood work includes checking colesterol & any unusual changes in PSA. My PSA jumped last year from 0.1 to 4.1 so my GP says I need to go to a Urologist for a closer look. Now guys it don't get no more personal than this. The urolodist looks at your private parts and sticks his fingers, and other things in very embarrassing places. He tells me he wants to do a biopsy on my prostrate. That done he tells me I got prostrate cancer but it's not serious. Ya gota be kiddin Me?? ..He says we caught it early and it is a very small spot so we don't have to do anything but keep a eye on it case it gets worse. Hey I'm thinkin it can only get worse so lets fix it. I had 3 options. Surgically remove the prostrate, [serious deal with long recovery time] or zap it with radiation treatments that can go on for weeks with dailey visits to the radiologist and can even cause radiation damage to other parts with long lasting & troubling results.
Third opton is do whats called radio active implants in the prostate with short recovery time and a very good success rate. So thats what I did last Nov. 18,. I'm still alittle sore and taking it easy cuz I do need to go back to work some day soon. After all the docs want to get paid.
I aint done whinning yet, I wear glasses and have my eyes checked annually so I did that Tues. and the eye doc says "u got macular degeneration" [oh happy days, when it rains it poors] He sends me to a specialist that tells me we caught it early and may be able to save you eyesight. He does hitech exam including digital photo of my eyes. My right eye has what is called wet macular dengeneration and he will give me a series of injections in my eye and we'll hope [and pray] for good results. First shot was yesterday and I'm here to tell you my eye was very sore all night but feels better today.
That's it guys, I'm going to live alittle longer, may even finish my other project and maybe ride a Harley again...
I do annual checkups which includes blood work mostly cuz I have hyper thyroid that needs dailey meds to keep it straight. Thyroid problems is no big deal if ya keep track of it.
Well the blood work includes checking colesterol & any unusual changes in PSA. My PSA jumped last year from 0.1 to 4.1 so my GP says I need to go to a Urologist for a closer look. Now guys it don't get no more personal than this. The urolodist looks at your private parts and sticks his fingers, and other things in very embarrassing places. He tells me he wants to do a biopsy on my prostrate. That done he tells me I got prostrate cancer but it's not serious. Ya gota be kiddin Me?? ..He says we caught it early and it is a very small spot so we don't have to do anything but keep a eye on it case it gets worse. Hey I'm thinkin it can only get worse so lets fix it. I had 3 options. Surgically remove the prostrate, [serious deal with long recovery time] or zap it with radiation treatments that can go on for weeks with dailey visits to the radiologist and can even cause radiation damage to other parts with long lasting & troubling results.
Third opton is do whats called radio active implants in the prostate with short recovery time and a very good success rate. So thats what I did last Nov. 18,. I'm still alittle sore and taking it easy cuz I do need to go back to work some day soon. After all the docs want to get paid.
I aint done whinning yet, I wear glasses and have my eyes checked annually so I did that Tues. and the eye doc says "u got macular degeneration" [oh happy days, when it rains it poors] He sends me to a specialist that tells me we caught it early and may be able to save you eyesight. He does hitech exam including digital photo of my eyes. My right eye has what is called wet macular dengeneration and he will give me a series of injections in my eye and we'll hope [and pray] for good results. First shot was yesterday and I'm here to tell you my eye was very sore all night but feels better today.
That's it guys, I'm going to live alittle longer, may even finish my other project and maybe ride a Harley again...
