Posted on 10/24/2021 9:17:29 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
That would be a psa test for prostate cancer, I usually get it done with the rest of my blood work
What amazes me most about the COVID hype is that it demonstrates on a worldwide scale the utter terror people have of death. It’s not death we should fear but an unholy death.
But Christ offers a better way.
Later.
It’s confusing. When someone says metastatic cancer of any kind, you need to establish if the sort of cancer they’re speaking of is a primary cancer that has spread and therefore become metastatic or if the metastatic cancer is itself the metastatic cancer originating from another (primary) source. People use the term metastatic loosely.
Possibly. A strong and healthy immune system is capable of killing cancer cells and/or keep the cancer from becoming metastatic. Chemo and radiation both damage the immune system.
I’m 68 and have no health insurance (Only medicade A, which I have for free whether I want it or not). I’ve not had a checkup in 20 years.
Get a PSA test. It might well save your life.
The standard blood test for prostate cancer
https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/psa-fact-sheet
I had it with my latest checkup’s blood work.
I do the same. I've also been taking Saw Palmetto for years. My PSA is normal every yearly blood panel. I'm 71.
Unfortunately, men don’t typically know when it’s not metastatic. You can have an enlarged prostate or higher PSA levels and it just seems you have only an enlarged prostate, so diving in deeper doesn’t occur.
This is a warning to doctors and patients.
Yup. Am a stage 1 pc survivor. 6 years ago.
PSA check up once a year if 55ish or over. I get mine every 6 months because of my history.
I respect your choice, but consider that you fall or suffer a situation where you are not conscious, and someone else summons an ambulance and you are whooshed off to a hospital. In no time at all, your medical bills can eat your life savings and more. Medical Docs may be sweet and kind and caring, but Medical Debt Collection Departments are not.
I'm 78 and get a PSA test every 6 months.
“Guys, please get at least semi-regular check ups to nip this in the bud early. Symptoms do not generally show up until it’s too late.”
Well said. I keep track of my PSA and other measurements to see how they change over time or not.
I had it and the PSA test diagnosed it before any symptoms were present. Some don’t get the test because there are false positives. The biopsy is not pleasant but it will confirm a positive test. It’s not as unpleasant as dying from the disease.
Finding it before it’s metastatic is difficult. It often appears as just a benign prostate enlargement.
Having worked as a medical provider - including some time as a urology specialist - I agree with this study. Most diagnoses of suspected prostate cancer result in specialized MRI’s and frequently a biopsy to characterize the cancer and see if it has metastasized. When that happens it gets ugly real fast. I recall one patent who went to the ER because he had pain in his forehead - not really a headache. His PSA was extremely high and further investigation revealed that his forehead pain was from bony metastases of a prostate tumor and he had other skeletal lesions as well. He died 3 weeks later. OTOH, most positive diagnoses result in years of monitoring and sometimes hormonal treatments. I am a firm believer in early detection and treatment if applicable. Some of the PC patients I have conferred with have tried fully natural treatment with mixed success (which is about the best you can expect with medical treatment). I read a study years ago where diagnostic autopsies were performed on men who had died in their 90’s of “natural causes”. None of them had been diagnosed with PC but they ALL had it. Its tough to be a man...
> I didn’t want to go when they were doing the old fashioned glove and finger exam.
Be suspicious if he has one hand on each of your shoulders. /jk
I'd like to know the ages of these men....
I know Prostate cancer can hit youngish men....my brown was in his early 50's....but I think the average age is much higher..
Huh? I have spent $0 on prostitues, but spend thousands upon thousands on taxes. Your statement makes no sense and is what is wrong with America.
Problem is that test only measures inflammation, not cancer. The developer of the test said several years ago it was not a valid test for detecting cancer.
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