Wow! Thanks for checking in, Colleen! Work and travel have been crazy lately, but Friday was the last of a very hectic 3-4 weeks, and I am back to a normal routine, overall. (Thanks to everyone else who replied, too!)

I have the biopsy this Wednesday, March 5. I am still very nervous about it, mainly from hating the "invasive" part of it all. I feel pretty confident going in, with the MRI showing "highly unlikely" earlier. The doctor wants to be 100% sure, and I get that. I am more nervous about what plans he has to reduce the size of this enormous prostate.

I have lost a good amount of weight with a product called Zepbound, and am looking much more fit. The company I work for informed us a few weeks ago that they are not covering it through BCBS anymore. I'm OK with that, I suppose. After about 20-days of being off it it I discovered that the irritability, depression and extremely low libido that I had while taking it those 4+ months has essentially vanished. I am no longer irritable, I have been laughing a ton and feel mentally great, and I am back to my normal sex drive, which was very active with my wife prior to Zepbound. So I'm not sure if this whole prostate thing has me feeling more anxious on top of that epiphany or not, as my wife and I are closing in on the anniversary of 30 amazing years together, and, at 54-years old, I'm not really wanting to give up on that part of things. (I'm one of those "this is how we connect emotionally" kind of guys, I suppose.)

So, once we get the results of the biopsy, and, what I assume to be a plan for this huge prostate rather than cancer treatment (fingers crossed), maybe I'll have some comfort. I'll' be sure to check back in once I know more!

Thanks, again, everyone!