Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Healthcare update

I've been reading about everyone and their healthcare issues. I hear you. Between getting things done, and managing our health, things sure can get busy. 

Dog tick or moose/winter tick

May 6th we had captured a tick on my arm with a piece of tape.  Sending off the photo to eTick, they told me it was either a Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick), or Dermacentor albipictus (winter or moose tick). Neither transmit Lyme Disease. Interesting stuff.




I decided to look at Joe Brian's appointments. He has had ~124 appointments since 2013:

PART CXXIVBone Mineral Density test #9, Mar. 19. Maybe in prep for going off Lupron injections in summer. This includes quarterly PSA and Lupron injections. The PSA tests have gone down to once every 6 months.  

The Lupron keeps the metastasized cancer cells from growing. 

Prostate cancer tests

Bone Mineral Density Scan #9 March, 2026

CAT scan #8, 2021

Ultrasound #4, 2018

Biopsy #2, 2015

Colonoscopy 2015



3 comments:

MARY G said...

Yes, indeed. We do a lot of trekking in to medical stuff. Add teeth and it is even worse. JG has consistently had low scores on the cancer, though. Ten years, almost. And no problem.

Anvilcloud said...

I guess I do alright with medical issues all in all. Still, they are a pain — literally.

Far Side of Fifty said...

I shudder to think how many appointments my husband had had since 2013...Cancer gives you 20 plus appts every month:(