Well, he had his appointment this morning at 8:15. The good news, the radiologist says his has a unremarkable brain meaning everything is clear. NO pituitary tumor, no brain surgery.
The bad news.
The only way to fix this is to put Rich on hormone therapy(steroids) to bring his testosterone levels back up. Which, will effectively kill his fertility over the next several years. Dr. Parman told Rich he can stop taking it and the affects will reverse but that's to be seen. Rich is going to be put on a LOW dose so that may make a difference.
We had to make a decision.
I guess I'd rather have the promise of a healthy husband and marriage than the long shot of Rich saying 'yes' to kiddo #3. We had a discussion a while back and decided to table talk of another kiddo until Trent is 21mths old or so. Did this when considering #2 as well.
According to all the research I've done. we are also playing Russian roulette with early prostate cancer by letting Rich's levels stay low. Once again, healthy husband or jeopardize health for sake of more children?
We are both relieved, want to cry, and want to laugh all at the same time today. It's an odd combination of emotions due to all the stress.
The bad news.
The only way to fix this is to put Rich on hormone therapy(steroids) to bring his testosterone levels back up. Which, will effectively kill his fertility over the next several years. Dr. Parman told Rich he can stop taking it and the affects will reverse but that's to be seen. Rich is going to be put on a LOW dose so that may make a difference.
We had to make a decision.
I guess I'd rather have the promise of a healthy husband and marriage than the long shot of Rich saying 'yes' to kiddo #3. We had a discussion a while back and decided to table talk of another kiddo until Trent is 21mths old or so. Did this when considering #2 as well.
According to all the research I've done. we are also playing Russian roulette with early prostate cancer by letting Rich's levels stay low. Once again, healthy husband or jeopardize health for sake of more children?
We are both relieved, want to cry, and want to laugh all at the same time today. It's an odd combination of emotions due to all the stress.
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