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Can't bring my baby home
Minutes before surgery, I was asked if I wanted my prostate back.
Apparently that's a thing.
It was such a bizarre question, I said yes. I even had to sign a form for it.
Now they've reneged on the deal.
Boooooo. I was gonna hang it outside my office, to scare people away.
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After a prostatectomy, they have to do a complete analysis of the tissue to figure out what really the Gleason score is and if you have any other issues that weren’t mentioned at first. A Biopsy doesn’t really get all of the tissue. It’s just a selected portion. They probably slice it up into thin salami slices in order to analyze it.
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1 ReactionYou could ask for the wax blocks. They would make very unique holiday gifts for your friends and family. 😃
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1 ReactionWhat an odd souvenir to get from such a traumatic experience.
The surgery wasn't traumatic - the recovery certainly is.
It was just such a strange offer, it appealed to my sense of humour.
But apparently it's a cultural thing. Some cultures have to be buried with all their bits.
Probably looks like am old bit of steak, anyway.
People can do some amazing things. I've been more than amused that funeral homes offer various memory items including a necklace that you can place the ashes of a loved one in. I would prefer to keep thier memory in my heart rather than around my neck, but of course thats just me. I hadn't considered hanging a slice of my cancerous prostate around my neck, but I guess I'll have to ponder that idea?