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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Thank's to everyone for your thoughts and prayers !
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Prayers sent.
Dad was diagnosed with an aggressive type of prostate cancer at age 50.
It was really bad and he had to go through a lot to get in into remission the first time.
Second time around it nearly killed him and he had to go through several surgeries to be cancer-free again.
He is now 70 and has been in remission for 12 or 13 years now.
After watching him go through what he has been through I gladly get checked out every year!
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Prayers sent. Dr. Walsh isn't retired, I saw him in June!
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prayers said for your brother, and yes, we sure need to check ourselves on this issue.
Sam......
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Prayers here fellas. I pray someday the Lord will bless us with a cure for this nasty disease.
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Mojo sent to your brother. I'm about 10 yrs out and all is well. I had the robot surgery. It wasn't too bad missed12 days work in all. A friend asked me if there was a lot of pain . I told him not so much pain but sore I said remember the first day of football practice when they made you do about 100 sit-ups and how sore you were the next day. That's how it was lasts 2-3 days.
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Prayers from here.
I've been looking at rising PSA over the last few years and a couple of biopsies myself so I'm familiar with the anxiety that goes along with diagnosis of PCa.
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The last thing I would do is let them remove my prostate, there are worst things than dying. Care to explain the thought process? Some people would prefer death to loosing their sex life.
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Get rite, a buddy got it and he's ...good ...it runs thru your money and time , and ya end up older.... Smarter to ...lol
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Ignoring/refusing the screenings is more than stupid. Cancer is a beast, it takes our loved-ones too early. If not for you, think about the people that love you, are they worth the screenings and surgery if necessary?
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The last thing I would do is let them remove my prostate, there are worst things than dying. Care to explain the thought process? Some people would prefer death to loosing their sex life. If I had to choose between living or getting a hard on I will choose life. I get checked every 6 months and had two biopsy because of high PSA numbers. So far no signs of cancer, just an enlarged prostate.
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My Doc says the bad news is if you are male and you live long enough, you'll probably get prostate cancer. The good news is that for most of us it's slow growing enough that we'll die of something else.
My Doctor told me the same thing. I'll be 72 later this month, and he says that my next PSA and finger check will be my last. Find another doctor. My doctor told me the same thng last year and also said that Medicare doesn't cover annual PSA tests anymore for men 70 or older. He said Medicare believes that after age 70 (I just turned 73) you'll will die of something else before you die from prostate cancer. I told him that my Grandfather died at age 89 of prostate cancer and was in perfect health other than the prostate cancer that had spread. He said that prostate cancer normally grows very slowly so I shouldn't be concerned about it. When I told him about a friend that had a very low PSA reading at age 65 and an exremely high reading the next year. My friend had prostate cancer bad enough that they removed his entire prostate with radiation. My doctor just said that was very unusual. When I got home I called Medicare and they told that they still pay for an annual PSA test after age 50 and that my doctor must have some kind of liberal agenda. I went back and got a PSA test done.
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Just a little update, My brother had his surgery last Tuesday and is doing fine the robotic surgery went very smooth and quick the Dr expects a complete and quick healing process...the pathology results look good and they don't anticipate Radiation treatments....Thank You all again for your Prayers !
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Good news! You probably already know but having a first degree relative puts you at much higher risk too.
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Yes, Good news. Speedy healing to your brother.
Paul
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Good news! You probably already know but having a first degree relative puts you at much higher risk too. Yes I am aware of this...I have had DRE's done since I was 40 and a PSA done just a few weeks ago all have been normal so far !
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I've gone thru it.. had it out ( reluctantly) but didn't want to screw around with it as I know what it will do to a man, having worked with patients in a hospital, both in the service and out...
also had to follow up 4 years later with low dose radiation...
it is not a fun ride... but being dead at a young age sorta sucks also...
anyone whose also had to deal with it, is a brother in my book...
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My Doc says the bad news is if you are male and you live long enough, you'll probably get prostate cancer. The good news is that for most of us it's slow growing enough that we'll die of something else.
My Doctor told me the same thing. I'll be 72 later this month, and he says that my next PSA and finger check will be my last. Find another doctor. My doctor told me the same thng last year and also said that Medicare doesn't cover annual PSA tests anymore for men 70 or older. He said Medicare believes that after age 70 (I just turned 73) you'll will die of something else before you die from prostate cancer. I told him that my Grandfather died at age 89 of prostate cancer and was in perfect health other than the prostate cancer that had spread. He said that prostate cancer normally grows very slowly so I shouldn't be concerned about it. When I told him about a friend that had a very low PSA reading at age 65 and an exremely high reading the next year. My friend had prostate cancer bad enough that they removed his entire prostate with radiation. My doctor just said that was very unusual. When I got home I called Medicare and they told that they still pay for an annual PSA test after age 50 and that my doctor must have some kind of liberal agenda. I went back and got a PSA test done. Medicare believes... Wow... Now, who do you think "Medicare" actually is..?? Current thinking, as we become part of the "collective", no longer individuals who can make their own decisions, the govt. will decide who lives or dies. Remember "Death Panels"? Not a good sign. BTW, Dr. Walsh and Johns Hopkins is considered the best in the nation for GU/Prostate issues. I have two friends, one a vascular surgeon, went there from Louisiana for prostate CA surgery by Dr. Walsh. DF
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