Prostate Pandemonium

Hillbilly sage

[The_Media_never_lie]

You are top tier writing talent. I was just making a tasteless bottom tier joke regarding your “moon shot”.

Hope you get a good report/ well soon.

[Intolerant in NJ]

...due to a highly elevated PSA, an appointment had been scheduled for me to have a prostate biopsy...had a like problem years back - instead of biopsy, doc prescribed a course of antibiotics hypothesizing elevation might be because of an infection - repeated PSA in ten days, found it back in normal range - problem solved.....

[Hillbilly sage]

Thanks for your second reply, there was nothing wrong with the pun in the first. I just had a temporary flat-line in my EEG. Butt I’m glad we got to the bottom of it.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Interesting thread, this. I had my first colonoscopy this very morning, at age 61. Eleven polyps, and I have to go back to get one removed that the doctor couldn’t or wouldn’t get during the procedure. No word yet on malignancy.

Didn’t much care for the prep, but it was no worse than a few occasions during the couple of years I worked in Mexico, and didn’t involve stomach pains or vomiting (or Mexican bathrooms).

[AU72]

I had a colonoscopy 2 years ago after the first 5 years before. Clipped 27 polyps. None malignant. My last one found 2 small ones. Said to come back in 5 now.

[Sir_Ed]

Hi, Yaelle,

I’m replying to this thread late, I know...but in regards to your statement about not needing a colonoscopy if you eat right, you’re mistaken. I’ll tell you why.

My mom was a vegetarian her entire life. She ate nothing but organic grains and legumes, eating recipes from Adele Davis, Dr. Pottenger and Diet For A Small Planet.

Nevertheless, she got colon cancer, which metastized into liver cancer and she died nine months after her diagnosis.

Her doctor told her that if she had had a colonoscopy the cancer would have been caught in time...she would still be alive if she had done that one simple step.

Every time I see someone praising all the health food and supplements lifestyle I always tell them about my mom. It may have some benefit, but it ain’t magic, and it certainly isn’t foolproof.

See ya’,

Ed

[AppyPappy]

My PSA was so low, it came addressed “Dear Mrs AppyPappy”

[Yaelle]

You have a huge point. There will always be outliers and exceptions. I am
So
Sorry about your mom.

Some Vegans though miss the boat by eating a ton
Of
Pufas and rancid seed
Oils (all
Seed oils
Are
Rancid pretty much). Canola
Alone can be a killer. How
Clean your fats are makes a big difference too.

Still not
Going to
Get
One. But what a heartbreak. I’m
Sorry.