Posted on 04/07/2024 11:43:00 AM PDT by george76
“My doctor has never ordered a PSA test nor has he ever stuck his finger up my bum to see if my prostate is enlarged.”
I would find another doctor.
PSA is just an initial warning, a call to follow up with biopsy, MRI, and any other method of actually detecting cancer.
This sounds a little like misinformation by just saying that a PSA screening is the only way. The wise consumer works with a good urologist.
I get a DRE every year from a rather hot PA-c!š
Also, here from 2014
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/when-is-it-time-to-stop-being-checked-for-prostate-cancer
anecdotally, I have a friend that was concerned about his rate of growth of PSA results even though the test was well within āacceptableā limits. Turns out he had prostate cancer and caught it in time. That was about 20 years ago.
I'm guessing most men, if they live long enough, will have some sort of prostate trouble.
“Itās almost as if all the money going to other stuff.”
Yeah, foreign countries, green garbage, illegals, consultants, beltway bandits, welfare, subsidies to big filthy city budgets, and every other boondoggle corrupt politicians can dream up.
My prostate cancer was found too late.
The premise and the article are BS put forth by insurance companies and government looking to cut costs.
Last fall at my annual physical, my doctor noticed that my PSA was around 6.3. He sent me to a urologist, who did an MRI and then a biopsy. Sure enough, the biopsy showed that I do have prostate cancer. If I were not for the PSA task, it is not likely that the diagnosis couldāve been made. They may not be perfect, but in the absence of anything else, they appear to be useful
I am currently in the process of figuring out which type of treatment to get. I am leaning toward a photon therapy offered by Fred Hutchinson in Seattle. I know two people who have been treated successfully with that therapy. The good thing about it is that the protons used to attack the tumor stop at the tumor and do not exit the other side. Therefore, the healthy cells are not affected.
Prayer would be appreciated!
Pretty much my story also. I will probably opt for proton therapy.
Glad to hear you are now cancer free for a good period of time!
I think they are trying to assert there are people who do not actually have cancer of any significant level who end up with injury or disfunction from the invasive Twelve punch needle biopsy. Iāve had it done twice ā not fun.
When I had to make that decision several years back this book was informative: Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer.
Also the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute had some helpful information and I decided to get a second opinion from them before deciding my treatment. Proton therapy was not available when I was diagnosed.
Having been there I will be praying for you.
Thanks for the valuable information...and your prayers, especially.
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