My Dad has Prostate Cancer

yep, found out yesterday. It was 95% going to be and it is sure better to know that to imagine the worst. We still don't know heaps as the Urologist is not back now until Jan 12 so he has an appt then and then a CT scan to see if it has spread. That will determine treatment options. Best outcome is contained and surgical removal. At least contained is the best option.

Dad is OK, he told me on the phone and i was surprised how good he was. So I guess cause of that I feel OK too. Mum I'm not so sure about. My/our biggest concern is Dad's mental health.

TTFN

Dead Wilma and Hip-pups

Yes I know that its an unfortunate title considering my last post, but I just had to record this...

Bethany often uses my old Discman CD player, with one particular CD in it. There is a song that B sings like this

"the gates of hell will not prevail Dead Wilma prevail" (correct words the gates of hell will not prevail, will not prevail)

LOL LOL LOL funny girl. So now both of them have been prancing around singing Dead Wilma!

And the hip-pups - Mia had them last night - hiccups lol.

Did 7 hours today, was booked for 4! The best bit was though that i was doing anaesthetics, its much more interesting! Better conversations if the moods are good and they were today although we had all had it! 19 patients and 23 procedures I think we did. 10 hours. I left at 6 and there was probably a good 2 hours left, but I wasn't staying. Learnt some stuff too which was cool!

TTFN

So much death...

yeah great topic! But there is atm. Day carer's MIL last week, Mum's friends DH last Friday, family friends Mum on Sunday and yesterday we found out that one of my Dad's best mates sons hung himself on Sunday night :( He was a year older than me, we used to hang around together when we were younger when our Dad's did stuff, we've been camping with them etc. Haven't seen him for a long time. He has a little boy. So so sad, and the worst thing is they don't know why he did it. He had not been diagnosed with any illness, there were no signs of any issues, his parents had seen him that day and he appeared to be fine. Looks like there was some critical incident between a few hours and that was it. The police are looking in to it and gee i hope they find at least part of a reason or someone who can shed some light on it for his poor family. My Dad was really cut up about it, he was one of the first people the family called. So so sad, has really shaken me up.
And then, Dad has his biopsies next week. We MAY find out results before Christmas but if not it will be after Jan 13. That seems like ages when we have already waited 2months for all these appointments. I would prefer to wait until after Christmas just so we can get that all done. But every day means if it is cancer then the chance of spread increases. Worries me how he will cope if it is cancer. Please Lord, if it is let it not have spread and it can be surgically removed and that is it. Sounds so simple!
So a lot going on here, along with the usual stuff and Christmas, I am so tired, my brain wants to shut down. But i better get moving and bottle some ginger beer!

TTFN