STILL WAITING

[Willie51]

No real news yet. That’s my biggest concern so far (pretty sure more to come) . As I’ve said before, I first became aware of a problem in an annual physical in mid-November. Now 3 months later and I’m STILL waiting for a biopsy on March 5th! I live in a big city (San Diego) with great medical facilities. So my only news is a potential symptom that comes and goes (some “burning” between anus and penis when I need to pee, not burning while peeing, good flow and emptying). My question is it typical to have a 3.5 month wait to get to a biopsy (maybe even 4 mos to the biopsy results….much more to treatment ) ???? I’ve been told it grows slowly in all forms, but this seems negligent to me. ???

[Tall_Allen]

Is this at UCSD?

[Willie51 in reply to Tall_Allen]

The biopsy scheduled in March is per my original urologist at a company called Genesis and I decided to move on as soon as I saw where this was headed. But I kept the earliest biopsy date they could give me while I wait for an appt with a Dr. Konijeti (highly recommended) at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla (scheduled for this Thursday). I will see how soon they can do biopsy then do whatever comes first. Seems like a long damn time since November. Fortunately my PSA seems to have stabilized at 6.8.

[Tall_Allen in reply to Willie51]

Transperineal, if you can get it.

[Willie51 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks

[EdinBmore]

It's not bad enough that the fear/anxiety of PCa is taking its toll. Now you have to wait for a biopsy?? For whatever it's worth, mine - at Hopkins - were scheduled and performed within two wks. And, yes, agree with TA re transperineal.

Good luck to you,

EdinBaltimore

[Willie51 in reply to EdinBmore]

Thank you