First consultation with consultant

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. Not sure what to take from first consult tonight. Consultant very good and straight to point although I am thinking he is fully expecting cancer. As he has organised an MRI SCAN, CT scan with dye and a bones scan. He did examine and did say our go rightly so to be worried as left side of prostate really firm. His urine flow was very stop and start. But whole chat was about prostate cancer and it was me that mentioned at the end about possible benign conditions which he just didn’t entertain much. We have both cane away more or less preparing for a cancer diagnoses after scans and biopsies. Give him his due he had already requested bone scan yesterday before seeing us toda just with the gp referal. Which I thought was strange as they don’t normally want to expose you to radiation unesscary also the cost of scans. All in all I am confident we have a very efficient and knowledgable consultant so will just wait and see what happens. He is away to start him on tamoxifen which again is used in prostate cancer patients possibly benign conditions too away to research. It’s a minefield all this 

  • Hello lovely,

    this is the worst thing.. the waiting! I think it’s good to have a consultant who is so prepared to do the full array of tests in good time. I think that’s great even though it’s a worry.

    stay with the group … It’s a wonderful support and insightful read. Good luck and keep us posted.

    sending big hugs,

    Louli xx