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Hey.......it''s 5 and I''ll be heading to the gym soon.............I''m not having a great day though..........
For a long time, I''ve had chronic prostate problems and this morning, I had my 6 month check up at the urologist and he informed me it''s time to have my prostate biopsied. Agghhhhhhh......I''ve had what''s called BHP, which is enlargement of the prostate but the medicine I take for it keeps it in check. But my PSA is steadily going up and he feels it''s time to see if there''s anything cancerous in there. I''m like speechless as he''s telling me about this. I''m only 52 and in very good health (at least I hope I am). And to complicate matters, my new insurance, which is actually my old insurance may deny the biopsy because they are likely to consider this a pre-existing condition. They knew I had prostate issues because they were my insurance before being laid off and now that I''ve been rehired, they can actually consider this a pre-existing condition. I think insurance in America is a rip-off supreme. Of course, I''ve been researching this on the Internet (note to self, researching things like this on the net can scare the crap out of oneself). Supposedly the biopsy is an outpatient surgery like having a colonoscopy. They go in and take 12 little slivers and send them to the pathologist and then you wait. Plus, for a week afterwards, I won''t be allowed to work out, which will really increase my stress level.
Anyway, now I have to wait until sometime this week to see if the insurance company will cover this. If they won''t my doctor says it can wait until next May, when the pre-existing condition issue would be removed, but do I want to wait that long?
Anyway, I really really really really really need to hit the gym and abuse some equipment.
I hope you''ve had a better day than I have...........
For a long time, I''ve had chronic prostate problems and this morning, I had my 6 month check up at the urologist and he informed me it''s time to have my prostate biopsied. Agghhhhhhh......I''ve had what''s called BHP, which is enlargement of the prostate but the medicine I take for it keeps it in check. But my PSA is steadily going up and he feels it''s time to see if there''s anything cancerous in there. I''m like speechless as he''s telling me about this. I''m only 52 and in very good health (at least I hope I am). And to complicate matters, my new insurance, which is actually my old insurance may deny the biopsy because they are likely to consider this a pre-existing condition. They knew I had prostate issues because they were my insurance before being laid off and now that I''ve been rehired, they can actually consider this a pre-existing condition. I think insurance in America is a rip-off supreme. Of course, I''ve been researching this on the Internet (note to self, researching things like this on the net can scare the crap out of oneself). Supposedly the biopsy is an outpatient surgery like having a colonoscopy. They go in and take 12 little slivers and send them to the pathologist and then you wait. Plus, for a week afterwards, I won''t be allowed to work out, which will really increase my stress level.
Anyway, now I have to wait until sometime this week to see if the insurance company will cover this. If they won''t my doctor says it can wait until next May, when the pre-existing condition issue would be removed, but do I want to wait that long?
Anyway, I really really really really really need to hit the gym and abuse some equipment.
I hope you''ve had a better day than I have...........