[cuban leaf]

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. I put my faith in the great healer and take very seriously the apostle Paul’s words, “for me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

The Lord will take me at a time of his choosing and I will call it gain.

So, either I get Prostate cancer and die, or I die of something else of the Lord’s choosing.

[mad_as_he$$]

A PSA test is $69 bucks at Quest.

https://questdirect.questdiagnostics.com/products/prostate-screening-psa

[Empire_of_Liberty]

I like your post - and your tagline.

[KierkegaardMAN]

Yeah, and the saying goes you’re walking to your car after testing negative at the cancer center and a garbage truck runs you over. God is in control. 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.
“There is nothing more profitable for the soul than to meditate on one’s own death.” The Imitation of Christ

[hanamizu]

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.

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I was enjoying good health and had no symptoms when a checkup my GP noted my PSA was high. Took another test a couple of weeks later ant it was even higher. Referred right away to a urologist who diagnosed a rather aggressive prostate cancer.

Get a PSA test. It might well save your life.

[gloryblaze]

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.

[ClearCase_guy]

A lot of people seem to want to try and live forever, and I don’t see the point.

If I break a leg, I’ll see a doctor.
If I have a bacterial infection, I’ll take an antibiotic.

I actually do get annual check-ups (more or less) but I do not put a lot of emphasis on medical care. I’m not anti-medicine, but it’s not my savior. As you say, the Lord will choose my time.

[Glad2bnuts]

Go to a doctor, have blood drawn and look for the markers of PC. It can’t cost more than 2
$300 to save your life. You also can get your primary to order testing.