My Dad has recently had his prostate removed, it was very enlarged (had to wait 2 years for treatment due to long waiting list and then Covid and a variety of other reasons). He lives a long way away and I haven’t been able to visit due to Covid :(
He says that the prostate was not cancerous. However, today he has said that he’s been asked to go for an MRI scan - I asked him why? And he said he didn’t know, but it couldn’t be anything good that they were looking for.
Does this sound like a normal follow up check? Or do you think he knows something (such as cancer) that he’s not telling me??
It’s been so hard being away from my parents this year, and I’m afraid that he hadn’t told me the extent of illness in case of worrying me.
I did offer to visit last week (before the latest Boris announcement), but he said no he’s simply not well enough. To me that means not able to get out of bed etc. Yet from what I see on video calls he’s dressed, able to go for short walks etc. It doesn’t fit??
Has anyone been in this scenario before and can offer any suggestions please? I’m at a loss being 300 miles from home, and there’s no family nearby to ask. It’s difficult to get my Mum on her own to ask her anything as due to Covid they are always both at home. I think she would just tell me what my Dad has told her to say anyway.
I’m really concerned and confused