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Posted on 10/26/2025 9:06:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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It's the only way to be sure -- read the disclaimers in the small print, optional.
Tests! And of course, get insurance and government to pay for them. And pay, And pay/ And pay.
After this, and the other related article posted today, I am seething. 😡 I insist that this era in medicine will go down as the most barbaric in history.
Every year, in addition to the PSA test, I get the vinyl glove exam. Very unpleasant experience but gives additional assurance all is okay with the prostate.
My friend is 90 and he was just diagnosed with prostate cancer. The Dr. wanted to start treatment immediately. He laughed and politely declined.
The old “DIGITAL’ Exam...............
“For every 1,000 men screened, only 1 man may avoid death from prostate cancer, “
For every 10,000,000 screened, 10,000 lives are saved?
Sounds to me like you enjoy it
Is the finger supposed to go in and out several times like with my doctor?
I insist that this era in medicine will go down as the most barbaric in history.
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That comment is right on target and I’m always telling my family members that they need to do their own medical research in detail BEFORE visiting any family doctor for anything. There has been numerous postings here over the years about prostate health and PSA testing and several times I’ve posted reminders of what Dr. Thomas Stamey said.... for the record, the initial use of the PSA testing as a tool for determining prostate cancer is based on Dr. Stamey’s research but a number of years later and with the benefit of more research, he had a totally different opinion that was quite different than his original study conclusions.... https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2004/stanford-researcher-declares-psa-era-is-over-in-predicting-prostate-cancer-risk.html
Moon river.
you love it
A good analogy for this is auto accessories. They develop and market them and suddenly everyone needs the item. Of course it may end up killing you do to power, speed, loss of control.
Person psa experience: did blood test, doc said psa was elevated, could be a false reading, could mean I had sex the morning of the blood test(very likely).
Second blood test: all good, normal numbers.
The new doc explains prostate cancer this way, most men will die WITH prostate cancer, not from prostate cancer.
And your age correlates with the percentage of.
That was stated in this article: 40-49=-9 40% chance, etc.
I’ve been saying this for years.
I’m astonished that I’m reading it somewhere finally.
I would argue that the same applies to colonoscopy.
But the article ignores the basic personal responsibility of the patient to avoid ‘cartel medicine’ entirely. My father became suddenly became bedridden this past week - NOT due to injury, disease or procedure - and it is entirely the result of his own actions & inaction alike (though the cartel left a paper trail of enabling).
The ‘cartel’ is enriched...
If my GP had paid attention to my PSA tests in the past, and if I had known to pay attention to it, I would not now have Stage 4 Prostate cancer and be condemned to a miserable, painful death.
People who write articles like this do so to reduce healthcare costs, not help men.
And a biopsy, while humiliating is not that big of deal.
If you have a sudden rise in your PSA, get a biopsy. And get you PSA tested annually after age 50.
These authors are full of shit.
BFL
Of course, I’m unmarried and childless but, if anyone told me I had cancer, my reply is “Feed me the pain meds and let me go. My Lord Jesus is ready to receive me.”
The medical community has already bankrupted me and, at age 68, I’ve seen as much of the world as I need to. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not looking to kill myself. But there’s nothing wrong with just accepting the inevitable if Jesus is your Savior.
Women hate it when I talk this way.
Years ago, a physician (a generation older than me) I knew socially and whose hobby reading was on "longevity" told me an anecdote from his old anatomy professor. More or less, it reflects your comment of today. Post mortems in anatomy classes reveal everybody's got something more than they think on its way towards death. From young to old. We are "fearfully and wonderfully made," asserts Psalm 139. Rather well to remember such in the midst of media screaming headlines to raise the blood pressure. All best.
I do understand the perspective, but from the other side, it killed my brother-in-law at 68. It was awful.
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