Never try to check your own prostate.
Posted on 10/04/2004 12:25:05 AM PDT by Jenya
Good. God Bless him.
Since when did we use the word "Cured" with "Cancer" EVER. Isn't that medically unethical? Outside the norms of practice? Is this unique to this form? It's been only TWO YEARS?
EXACTLY what I was wondering.
Well, being a man you gotta feel some sympathy for anyone who has surgery down there. It can't be a fun experience. In spite of this I won't be changing my vote, however. Go GW! ;-)
It'd suck to have a dead president on our hands, better vote for Bush. But in all seriousness, lets hope the cancer doesn't return, it would really slow him down in his next job, auto parts retailer.
I thought cancer was not considered cured until 5 years after the original occurance. At least that is what they told my mother with her melanoma and other people we know. Maybe prostate cancer is different?
I guess this is why you see Kerry with his tie loosened. At first I thought it was just to appear more like a 'regular guy', but the tie must've been part of his therapy. Now that he's cured, he can let the tie go loose and he doesn't have to worry about his foreskin drooping and smothering the POS.
Can he and Teresa have a normal love life again? They weren't particularly loverly the last couple of months.
Kerry's doctor will now try to find a way to remove his head from his ass. Probability of success is about 1%.
The standard for a cancer "cure" is five years of being cancer free. This is BS and is no substitute for a release of his medical records.
Agreed. I know of no reputable physician who uses the word "cure" before 5 years have passed.
These seems rather presumptive and politically motivated. I know 2 years after each of my parents fought cancer, they were still regularly checking up to make sure it did not come back. It has been over 10 years for both, but I remember well that they were extremely vigilant for far more than 2 years and were still considered very much 'at risk' I indeed hope Senator Kerry is and stays healthy...but I think this is being far to dismissive of real risks.
The other question is whether Kerry's Vietnam STD is cured or is it something permanent? RELEASE THE RECORDS! Tax, Military, Medical etc. etc. etc. etc. &c.
Although the projected odds of Kerry's prostate cancer recurring may only be 5% or less in the next 5-10 years, it is still a possibility. As for the 5 year benchmark, most cancers will recur within 5 years, if they are going to do so. Breast cancer and prostate cancer are two noteable exceptions. It is not unusual at all to see a breast cancer recur after 10 years of dormancy. Likewise, I have successfully treated many men with prostate cancer, whose cancer was "early" at the time of radical prostatectomy, only to see the PSA start creeping upward after 2-3 years. Most of the time when this happens, it indicates residual cancer cells in the operative site, where the prostate was removed, have regrown and are multiplying. Fortunately, if inititiated early enough, radiation can salvage about 80+ % of these recurrences.
Never try to check your own prostate.
Usually when the Dems say something, the opposite is true.
Now he still has his pain in the A$$ which is his wife.
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