Hugging a Doctor

Yesterday I went to see my family doctor, Dr. G. It was time to get my staples removed, all 14 of them. When I look at my scar it certainly looks like I have had a major surgery. Still I am grateful and I told Dr. G. this, yesterday AM. I was looking at my report from the urologist (Dr. B.) which recorded the "monster" as being in Stage 2Ta. This means that the monster was occupying 50% or less of one prostate lobe. While this is good, the issue still facing me is the Gleason Score. My score was 9 (out of 10). For once I wish I would have failed! This score means the monster was aggressive and was likely to spread more quickly than a monster with a low Gleason Score. I will have to wait until my June 11 appointment with my Urologist, Dr. B. to find out more on the condition of the removed prostate.

I will also have to another blood test two weeks before the June 11 meeting. If all is well, the PSA level will be zero. A zero PSA level will mean no stray prostate monster cells moved out of the prostate.

So were am I going with this? I am grateful for the care I have received so far. While I was in the hospital, I thanked my Urologist, Dr. B. for all the care he had provided. When I thought about it, he was more intimate with me than any other person I have ever known! I wanted to give him something more.

And as fate would have it, I had an opportunity that presented itself in a flash while I was in the hospital. On one of his visits he dropped by to see "A"and I to see how I was doing. With him, was his 4 year old son ... a mirror image of Dr.B; just much, much younger. Dr. B told us that his son wanted to meet one of his patients and Dr. B. decided my room would do. As with most 4 year old, he was quiet and clung to his dad, my Urologist. "A" and I chatted a bit and then I asked the 4 year old to do me a favor. "Could you please give your Dad a hug from me. He is the best doctor ever". And the little boy transferred a hug from me to the good Doctor; everyone smiled, especially Dad. It was a magic moment.