Re: Enlarged Prostate - mens health issue.
Here's a head up for ya.
All this talking got me thinking. My regular doctor's appt was scheduled and I wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary. Granted, over the past several months I have been very tired, but there have been a lot of things going on in my life. Everything was good with the visit, blood pressure, heart, etc., As we were wrapping up I mentioned the tiredness and the "funk" I was feeling; I was just not myself lately. He said, let's do some blood work, and I would like for you to see a Urologist. Got the blood work back and it was within reason and indicated the PSA (prostate) was good. The Urologist wanted additional blood work and a physical prostate check-no flowers. Thankfully, the prostate was in good shape.
I went back to the Urologist today for blood work result thinking he could put me on something to perk me up. HAHA...that would have been nice. Apparently (although normal blood work says I am normal) there are a bunch of other things a Urologist looks at. Long story short, prostate is perfect, the pituitary is questionable item. All those blood levels were all out a whack so now I go see an Endocrinologist to have the pituitary checked.
So I guess the moral of the story is...get to your doctor regularly, get your check ups-prostate, colon, etc., and tell you doctor of even the slightest changes in mood, activity, sleep patterns, food, exercise, aches and pains. He/she is the professional and they can save your life.
One last thing...open you mouth and talk...nothing is embarrassing to a doctor except maybe stupidity.
