We got up this morning and left the house in the snowstorm at 8:30 for a 10:00 appointment with Dr. Urban. It is usually a 40 minute drive (or less), but this morning it took us an hour and 15 minutes to get there. (By the way, Whitley County and Columbia City do a much better job of plowing than Allen County and Fort Wayne...just sayin')
As soon as we got out of the car, we heard a loud beeping coming from everywhere in the parking garage. As we approached the door to enter the building, people started coming out. One woman, who obviously works there, said "We have to stay out here. That is the fire alarm"
So we got back in the car a hoped the building would not burn down. It didn't. We went in within 10 minutes and since the weather is so bad and some people couldn't make it for their appointments, we went right back to see the doctor.
And the results of the PSA blood test...which everyone has been waiting to hear...the PSA is undetectable. (That is the perfect result in case you are wondering)
So this will be my last post for a while. He does not have to go back until September which is when I will post again. He will have another PSA test before that appointment and hopefully it will still be undetectable. The PSA is the indicator now to show that he is cancer free.
Thanks again to everyone for all your support and prayers through the last couple of months.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Waiting...waiting...waiting
As many of you saw, Geoff went to Terre Haute over the weekend for the girls basketball state finals. He said that went well, but he was pretty tired at the end of the day.
He is also pretty much back to work. He goes in every day and stays until he gets tired. Yesterday he was there until about 1:30 and is up and around now (6:57am) and getting ready to go in. Things are getting back to normal.
And now the waiting...yesterday he went in for his post-op PSA blood test. (He says it is the best blood test he has had because he didn't even feel it! Good job Mrs. Perez) Tomorrow is the BIG day...he has an appointment with Dr. Urban at 10am. He will find out if the PSA number has fallen. It doesn't matter if it is zero yet (but that would be nice) as long as there is a downward trend.
I will post the results of the visit tomorrow.
He is also pretty much back to work. He goes in every day and stays until he gets tired. Yesterday he was there until about 1:30 and is up and around now (6:57am) and getting ready to go in. Things are getting back to normal.
And now the waiting...yesterday he went in for his post-op PSA blood test. (He says it is the best blood test he has had because he didn't even feel it! Good job Mrs. Perez) Tomorrow is the BIG day...he has an appointment with Dr. Urban at 10am. He will find out if the PSA number has fallen. It doesn't matter if it is zero yet (but that would be nice) as long as there is a downward trend.
I will post the results of the visit tomorrow.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Getting Up and Around
This has been a pretty good week. Geoff has gotten a lot of work done at home so he has been keeping busy. He has also stepped up his activity a little. He is up walking around the house for 10-15 minutes every hour.
Wednesday, Jennifer (CCHS principal) and Lyle (CCHS assistant principal) came over for lunch and had a little meeting about boys sectional and some other important topics. I think he was glad to see someone besides me for a little while.
He accomplished his goal of going to the last home boys basketball game on Friday night. I came home and picked him up to get him there in time for the varsity game. We lost:-( Thanks to Lyle for making sure he had a soft chair to sit in for the game. Thanks also to all those who came over to visit at the game. And to the cheer block for recognizing his presence at the game.
Today, we spent about two hours walking around the Home and Garden Show at the Coliseum...then he came home and took a nap. And he RARELY takes a nap. He says to his good buddy Tony (who loves to take naps) that maybe it is a practice he should take up.
The plan right now is to go to work on Monday for a couple of hours. If that goes well, he will gradually increase his hours till he is back full time.
Wednesday, Jennifer (CCHS principal) and Lyle (CCHS assistant principal) came over for lunch and had a little meeting about boys sectional and some other important topics. I think he was glad to see someone besides me for a little while.
He accomplished his goal of going to the last home boys basketball game on Friday night. I came home and picked him up to get him there in time for the varsity game. We lost:-( Thanks to Lyle for making sure he had a soft chair to sit in for the game. Thanks also to all those who came over to visit at the game. And to the cheer block for recognizing his presence at the game.
Today, we spent about two hours walking around the Home and Garden Show at the Coliseum...then he came home and took a nap. And he RARELY takes a nap. He says to his good buddy Tony (who loves to take naps) that maybe it is a practice he should take up.
The plan right now is to go to work on Monday for a couple of hours. If that goes well, he will gradually increase his hours till he is back full time.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Quiet Week
This week has been a quiet week. Geoff was feeling pretty good Tuesday and walked quite a bit around the house (inside of course). Perhaps he overdid just a little because Wednesday was not a very good day. So he rested all day Wednesday.
The only venture outside this week was to his primary care physician to follow up on the blood clot and the xarelto. He is to continue the xarelto until this prescription runs out, taking two a day. When this prescription is done, he will take it for three more months but only once a day. He was also tested for anemia. The doctor will call him if he is anemic and let him know what to do.
His favorite thins is that he is to continue wearing the compression hose until he goes back to his PCP in mid-March. And his very favorite thing about the compression hose is that I washed them for him yesterday with a bunch of kitchen towels. I washed them all on the "sanitize" cycle. As some of you may know, my kitchen is red and I have some new dish drying mats that are also red and have never been washed...until yesterday...with the white compression hose. You can guess the rest. But he is a good sport about it...after all "only real men can wear pink"
The goal for this week...go to the varsity game on Friday night and continue as possible with paperwork, scheduling and upcoming sectional arrangements for transportation, etc.
The only venture outside this week was to his primary care physician to follow up on the blood clot and the xarelto. He is to continue the xarelto until this prescription runs out, taking two a day. When this prescription is done, he will take it for three more months but only once a day. He was also tested for anemia. The doctor will call him if he is anemic and let him know what to do.
His favorite thins is that he is to continue wearing the compression hose until he goes back to his PCP in mid-March. And his very favorite thing about the compression hose is that I washed them for him yesterday with a bunch of kitchen towels. I washed them all on the "sanitize" cycle. As some of you may know, my kitchen is red and I have some new dish drying mats that are also red and have never been washed...until yesterday...with the white compression hose. You can guess the rest. But he is a good sport about it...after all "only real men can wear pink"
The goal for this week...go to the varsity game on Friday night and continue as possible with paperwork, scheduling and upcoming sectional arrangements for transportation, etc.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Progress
This was a pretty good weekend. On Friday, our friends Deb and Tony, drove us to our girls basketball sectional game at Bellmont against Mississinewa. This was Geoff's first venture out of the house except for his doctor appointment last week. He made it through the whole game but was not very comfortable. So he decided one game for the weekend was enough. (We are not counting this as going back to work...just an outing:-)
He feeling pretty good, but is anxious for things to get back to normal.
Thanks to all for all the cards, phone calls, food, snacks, thoughts and prayers. Thanks to all Geoff's "crew" for keeping things going at games while he is not able to be there. And thanks to the other administrators and others at the high school for taking over wherever they can.
He feeling pretty good, but is anxious for things to get back to normal.
Thanks to all for all the cards, phone calls, food, snacks, thoughts and prayers. Thanks to all Geoff's "crew" for keeping things going at games while he is not able to be there. And thanks to the other administrators and others at the high school for taking over wherever they can.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
First Post-op Visit
Today was the first post-op visit with Dr. Urban. The news was all good so far. He is now free from his "little buddy" (the catheter) and he is extremely happy about that!
The pathology report was good...actually better than expected. The Gleason scores turned out to be lower than originally thought but treatment was still necessary even at the lower scores. They dropped him from a stage 3 to a stage 2 so that was also better than expected. Dr. Urban said the disease was significant and was glad he went ahead with the surgery.
No further treatment is necessary at this time. The first true test will come mid-March when he has his first post-op PSA. The goal is to have a VERY LOW score, even zero. He will find that score out at his next appointment March 19.
I was thinking of having a pool...who can guess the first day he will be back at work, not counting ball games?
The pathology report was good...actually better than expected. The Gleason scores turned out to be lower than originally thought but treatment was still necessary even at the lower scores. They dropped him from a stage 3 to a stage 2 so that was also better than expected. Dr. Urban said the disease was significant and was glad he went ahead with the surgery.
No further treatment is necessary at this time. The first true test will come mid-March when he has his first post-op PSA. The goal is to have a VERY LOW score, even zero. He will find that score out at his next appointment March 19.
I was thinking of having a pool...who can guess the first day he will be back at work, not counting ball games?
Monday, February 10, 2014
Home Again
INR report today 4.0...so guess who came home today! I went to the hospital and picked him up to bring him home about 10:00am. He was very happy to be home. He is no worse for the wear...seems to still be doing well but has a little backache from the bedrest (not being able to move around)
The doctor decided to prescribe Xarelto instead of Coumadin for a blood thinner. With Xarelto, there will be no blood tests. He will be on the blood thinner probably 3-6 months.
We go back to the surgeon this Wednesday for diagnostic testing and the pathology report.
Geoff thanks everyone who has sent cards, flowers, food, treats, books, magazines, crosswords, well wishes and prayers.
The doctor decided to prescribe Xarelto instead of Coumadin for a blood thinner. With Xarelto, there will be no blood tests. He will be on the blood thinner probably 3-6 months.
We go back to the surgeon this Wednesday for diagnostic testing and the pathology report.
Geoff thanks everyone who has sent cards, flowers, food, treats, books, magazines, crosswords, well wishes and prayers.
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