4 Years On since Surgery

Well its 4 years now since my surgery and time for my PSA test. Its going to have to be delayed until November as I have to have surgery.

Those problems I had with my neck and nerves following the Prostatectomy have come back. A new MRI was done and electrical tests. The MRI has shown I have problems from C3 to C7 , also I have problems in both arms and hands but my left arm is the worst. Before they can look at doing anything with the neck and C Spine I have to have Ulna Nerve Decompression of the left arm and Carpal Tunnel of the left hand. This is taking place this week.

So PSA will have to wait a few weeks.

This has also got me thinking and doing a lot of reading. I still have the paralysed left diaphragm and no one has explained what has caused this. All they have said is its not Lung cancer. However I am now reading that Phrenic Nerve damage can cause this - that's in the neck. Also compressed nerves caused by secondary cancers can cause this. The MRI didn't show cancers but I will mention all this to my specialist when I see him next month - it did make me think about the Perineural Invasion of the Prostate that was on my biopsy, but this would be hugely rare at 4 years post surgery.  Also going to have a word with GP about this - I sense a visit to a respiratory consultant. Am concerned that the degeneration of the spine has got worse in 4 years. If this is the phrenic nerve and then the other right nerve gets impacted then I will be in a medical emergency scenario breathing wise. Not too good. Need to get to the bottom of it all.

Life goes on.