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I have wondered if I should report it to the Physicians and Surgeons. One of the problems is that when we finally got in to see the oncologist, we had had a blood test about 3 weeks before and the PSA was rising quite quickly. So, I found out where there was a private company doing PSMA's We paid for his PSMA and got the results that same day. I saw that it has metastisised and I took the information to the urologist's office the next morning. Also, I took it to the Cancer Centre and they forwarded it to the oncologist we were supposed to see. Then, they were prepared to give him a hormone shot on the same day of the appointment. I am pretty certain that if we hadn't gotten the PSMA, there would have been the scheduled appointment with the oncologist and then we would have had to wait for the hormone therapy to start. Canadian Medicare. I feel we don't need to be in this situation. I am angry, frustrated and very, very sad.

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In the US we always hear of the long wait times for certain treatments in Canada - especially ‘elective’ ones. Perhaps your urologist’s characterization of ‘catching it early’ put your husband months behind in the queue, not giving proper emphasis to his condition.
Other Canadian forum members have had better experiences than yours, but their cancers were more advanced on discovery. Something tells me that either your urologist completely missed the target on biopsy or the pathologist who read the slides was negligent.
Completely understand your anger and frustration…
Phil