Decion made

This past Wednesday Bet and I made the trip down 401 for a 10:10 appointment with Dr. Chin, my surgeon of choice. As with my first appointment with him he was running approximately 2 hours late. Amazingly no one in the waiting room seemed particularly agitated as they read, paced or chatted with the individual seated across from them. Snippets of conversation could be heard: 'I'd wait all day for my appointment, he's the best' and 'Did you see how small his hands are, that's why he's so good'. For the most part I would say it was a slightly older demographic than me, which I would have expected. Even though this is my second go round I'm still on the young side for prostate cancer in general.

We finally were called into an examination room and waited another 20 minutes or so before he came in to see us. We once again reviewed my stats, asked a few more questions, received the answers and confirmed our decision to have surgery. Hormone treatment, while still an option, will be put on hold and only used after surgery if tests show that cancer cells have escaped the prostate and are somewhere in my system. He explained the procedure for a radical retropubic prostatectomy, answered more questions and then said he'd have his staff set me up for the first available time slot. Once again, I left the appointment feeling that I was in capable hands, I really liked this man and the time he took to explain and answer our questions. No wonder he was running behind schedule.

Down the hall to see Carol, fill in a questionnaire and get booked for December7th at 2:00 pm. Slotted into the OR for 4 hours, spend 2 or 3 nights and then head home. Sounds good.

As I type this I am 9 weeks away that date. Can't say that I am looking forward to it but ..... Not much to do between now and then but wait. Will keep all posted as the time draws near.