A man describes his anxiety after a urologist discovered a growing red patch on his prostate, leading to a scheduled biopsy. He reflects on the uncertainty of the situation and the potential for both benign and serious diagnoses.
However, I had a cystoscopy in December and the urologist said there was a small red patch on the median lobe of the prostate.
At a second check on January 23, she said it had got bigger and booked me for a biopsy which is in about five weeks.A red patch indicates likely inflammation, of which there are several potential causes. I would say it’s likely that the biopsy is to both find out the cause and rule out It’s worrying when the medical team is unable to tell you what they are looking for or how serious the potential diagnosis could be.But would that have helped you? It still would have given you no indication as to how worried you should be.I thought I was just tired after an emotional break-up - it was actually cancer
And, although easier said than done, there is no point worrying about something like this because it won’t change the outcome. If the diagnosis is what you fear, you will inevitably worry at that time, so save yourself the stress now.The possibility remains that your symptoms are unrelated to the red patch, which would mean that it is an incidental finding, which was found by chance.
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