I rechecked my PSA and found that it had risen to 47! For it to go from 19 to 47 in a short time suggests an aggressive type of cancer, but I was still having prostatitis symptoms, so this clouded the PSA results. I prayed on the way to the urologist’s office as Mike, my husband, drove me to get my prostate biopsy. The nurse gave me 5mg of Valium to take by mouth and brought me into the procedure room. It took a while for us to get set up and the Valium kicked in so I didn’t mind baring my rear end to the four people in the room. But the Valium’s effect didn’t help alleviate the discomfort of having a probe stuck up my rectum in preparation for the biopsy.
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Hang in there, buddy. I’m thinking of you often. Thanks for sharing your story. 😘