Cancer?? What Freakin' Cancer??!
Happy New Years! Have some Lil Smokies!! My Doc said my cancer tumor was the same size as a Lil Smokey. Consuming Lil Smokeys, a standing Stewart-Longhurst New Year's tradition, will now never be the same. Monday I had another post-procedure meeting with my Doctor (really a Urologist/Oncologist), which included blood tests. Before I give you all the results, let's review PSA numbers. The prostate naturally produces PSA (which is some sort of antigen). Normally, the PSA found in a guy's blood will be 4.0 or less. If it goes above 4.0, then that is a warning sign that something may be wrong. Tests should begin. It could be an infection, easily curable. Or many times it is cancer, not so easily curable, but certainly curable if caught early enough. My General Practitioner first became seriously concerned in October of 2017 when my PSA read 5.47. It was 7.0 in December of 2018 and peaked at 8.0 last March. Thanks to drinki...