Cystoscopy

My yearly revelationary probe

So, a lot of old guys like me have prostate cancer
Of course, not so many have stage four
But that’s what I had 
When they opened up that door
How many can say they have bladder cancer as well?
Have had it for just as long
Lucky for me it has been treatable 
Removed growths in the past when they found something wrong 
So yesterday was my annual appointment
To visit my doc at Austin Urology
Took a dive down into my inner depths
Watched it all on a screen for that Cystoscopy
A procedure I won’t describe here in detail
You know where to go if you want to know
But suffice it to say it’s an uncomfortable sensation
But always do my best and just go with the flow
The bottom line is he found no sign of cancer
Everything looked normal he said
Every year when you go in for this ordeal
You never know if he’ll find something we dread
No operation this time
To remove and biopsy a growth
Cleared for another year
Before I go back under that scope . . .

Donald Trump’s advice almost convinced me to forego this year’s test to see whether or not my bladder cancer has returned. I mean, really, if they just never tested for stuff like cancer, just think how many fewer cases we would have. As much as I dislike the procedure, I went ahead anyway since I already had the appointment. Of course he was talking about Covid. Makes total sense in either case, right?