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Surprise results from Ultrasound. Sympathetic technician's dad's has enlarged prostate.

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bob31550
bob31550

Thank you, everyone, for your well wishes and prayers -- they helped me, as in Law of Attraction.

Bad news: My prostate is 97mL, nearly double my uro's estimate from her digi-rectal exam. My prostate is protruding into bladder. There was no pain nor discomfort at all. Will upload photos for your comments.

Good new: No cancer anywhere. Probably no need for 3T MRI or biopsy for now; especially since I have metal staples in my groin, from a hernia operation, which apparently distort MRI images, or cast a shadow.

Ultrasound test took 1.5 hours, including drinking water. tieing off (blocking) the urine leg bag, and waiting until the bladder was full.

For reference, how big is your prostate, and were you able to reduce it?

What would you do next, in my shoes? I have a Foley catheter in my bladder and the leg-bag.

I'll post interesting stuff I also learned, in follow-up posts.

Cheers!

 

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  • dl0808
    dl0808 bob31550

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    I stress it again 97cc is a large prostrate (the average prostate size if I remember correctly is 55cc) and that u seem to have a large medium lobe protruding into the bladder. If I were u, I would be very concerned.
    • bob31550
      bob31550 dl0808

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      Thanks, and yes, I am very concerned!  Right now, I've got a Foley catheter, so some tests are maybe not possible, or easy.  My uro has been wrong on my prostate size, and also that my first Foley can be taken out by a locum (big bloddy mistake there!)  There's no cancer, per the US technician.  I'm not rushing into the operating table or even MRI, given Chuck Norris' wife's side effect.  It's near impossible to get a second uro in my jurisdiction.  

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