CT scan reveals spots on the iliac bone

  I just had my CT scan this morning.  I received a call this afternoon from my family Dr saying that there were some spots of bone density concern on my iliac bone in my pelvic area.  The nurse said that it was not too abnormal but based on my history, now prostate cancer,  they have scheduled me for a bone scan on Monday.  Based on the previous info I had(gleason, # of biopsies with cancer and the percents) I felt pretty good that the cancer was confined to the prostate.  I also felt it was detected early.  Now I am not too confident this is the case.  Has anyone else had similar circumstances?  I am to meet with a urology cancer guy tomorrow to go over the prognosis and what the next steps are to take.

Same here joliver. It was our bone scan that actually showed 2 hot spots. One we recognized (bone spurs in the neck area), but the one on the ribs freaked us out. Turned out to be nothing and after some furious research, we also found, (as with sterd) that lower scores (the Gleason 6) typically mean those areas will turn out to be nothing.

Waiting and worrying is tough, but it's a sure bet from us it'll be all clean.

Ditto on the good luck.

   Good luck Joliver.....you'll do fine. I'm just down the road from you around the Marion area. I'm five days out now and doing pretty well.  You'll be up walking before you know it! See you on the other side brother...

    Denny 

Great news about the bone scan! Best wishes for tomorrow! Cheers to a cancer free tomorrow and a speedy recovery!

Here's to a great outcome and a speedy recovery! BTW, I had my surgery at Parkeview in Fort Wayne....didn't have Davinci --- we probably go to the same urology group --- the doc who does Davinci at Parkeview was not in the practice when I did mine. Great facility --- wish you well!

Good to see you post-surgery - sounds like all will be well. In a few days, you'll be feeling pretty good. Time for a reminder to take it easy on the lifting.

It's good to see ya on the other side.  Like you were told, plenty of walking and lots of water will help your recovery tremendously..

Here's a link to what I consider the best post-surgery suggestions, tips, hints, and things to make it go right.

http://www.malecare.com/prostate_cancer_surgery_patient_hints.htm

Hope there's some good ideas there.  Regarding the catheter and the penis, use Neosporin or similar around the tube to keep it lubed and fight germs.  You will find that you can pull the penis back down the hose somewhat, then put the antibiotic salve on the tube.  When the penis is back in position, the inside is also lubed, giving much more comfort.  Anothr idea is to really tape or affix the tube to the shaved thigh, maybe in a loop, to keep the tugs and pulls of normal movement from irritating it.

Another tip for catheter care --- If you can get your hands on a walker, its a great thing to hang a catheter bag on for around the house and in bed -- a lot easier than hooking it to the bed or a chair. Glad to hear your doing well. Just curious -- who was your surgeon?