You can never be over tested. A good diagnostician is your best friend be it a cold or cancer.. communication is key..
If I can't figure out what is broke or bleeding, I'll just make right with Jesus, and go from there.
I lived through one bad time... never, ever again. I was "THIS" close. And now, eventually, I gotta do it all over again.
/johnny
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Some commonly held beliefs about Prostate Cancers (PC):
Most PC are slow growing, one of the slowest growing of all cancers.
Your chances of having a PC already are aprox (age-20)%
So if you are 60, there is a 40% chance of a PC already in you. Small tumors are difficult to find with DRE. PSA is a better tool.
For men over 60, with PC, you will most likely die from something other than your PC.
As I said these are only beliefs. Your urologist is best qualified to make diagnosis.
“The truth is, the fastest way to get heart disease, autism, glaucoma, diabetes, vascular problems, osteoporosis or cancer ... is to be screened for it.”
I have said this for years.
That and the lowering and lowering of levels of what “is sick” will put you in the sick category faster than you can turn your head.
My SIL’s both went to doctors regularly, they had all the regular tests and both of them ended up with stage 4 cancers, one melanoma and the other advanced breast cancer, both have survived but it was touch and go. So, to me, anecdotally, the tests don’t seem to help because neither were diagnosed until they started having disturbing symptoms.
Genes...it’s all in the genes.
Look at your family history, and adjust accordingly.
One of my grandmothers had colon cancer, so I am screened for that.
The other grandmother had a heart attack at 72, but lived to be 91. She spent 12 days in a nursing home.
Those are the two problems with my genetic history.
If there is a history of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, whatever...be aware, and take care of yourself.
Ahhhh, now it makes sense. It’s the EVIL health care industry.
Or maybe it’s the LAWYERS who sued anybody and everybody to bully doctors into OVER TESTING and now they are recommending UNDER testing.
“How did we get here? Or perhaps, more to the point: Who is to blame? One answer is the health care industry: By turning people into patients, screening makes a lot of money for pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and doctors. The chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society once pointed out that his hospital could make around $5,000 from each free prostate cancer screening, thanks to the ensuing biopsies, treatments and follow-up care. “
Its as simple as this:
When private insurance paid the bills, testing was inadequate and never enough.
When the government picks up the tab, they aren’t really necessary.
At least the NYT tells us what the government thinks.