Posted on 01/08/2018 5:43:57 PM PST by usafa92
My insurance company is Medicare. I get a blood panel and checkup every six months. So far, so good.
I hope that Mitt gets well and has a great retirement that should begin immediately.
” If you have a 25% increase in your PSA, get a biopsy no matter what your insurance company or doctor says.”
Very true, but you should also understand that the 4.0 PSA number isn’t really a good measure. Someone who has a 2.0 PSA at 40 should have a biopsy, but someone at 75 can reasonably expect a 5.0 PSA to be normal. What doctors really watch is the rate of change of PSA over a short period of time. Also, always have the DRE after the blood draw. A DRE irritates the prostate and with that irritation, your PSA can go up. Same deal with sex, don’t have it the night before you get the blood test.
A 70 year old freshman Senator does not make practical sense, unless there is not someone younger that would make a decent candidate in the whole state of Utah and he is needed as a temporary placeholder or something.
He also represents a bad stereotype and is yesterday’s news. That doesn’t brighten the party’s image as a fresh face on the political stage. And would he actually be a shoo-in? The former governor of Massachusetts running to be a US Senator for Utah?
Well, I wouldn’t mind if he ran for his local city council...
Good observations. Rate of increase is a very important indicator.
I detest Willard & Mc Judas but would wish the big C on no one.
Agreed, completely.
And, the absolute best of med care for him (not that Romney-care stuff) eh?
I detest Willard & Mc Judas but would wish the big C on no one.
I would not have a biopsy of that area of the body for ten million dollars or if my life depended on it.
My “junk” is totally dead!
Im sorry, you made me laugh so hard I choked!
so I paid my dues.
My state,,,,OK was going to nominate him...
But I coudn't do it.........
What does that mean?? It makes no sense.
It’s not a TOOMAH... it’s his head.
At his age, which is a bit less than mine, treatment of newly-emerging prostate problems isn’t a pressing thing, as the course of the disease is so slow, you’re likely to croak before it kills you, anyway”.
A Prostate cancer myth. Prostate cancer can be a nothing or a very aggressive type. They judge prostate cancer by the severity of cancer and how many lobes of the prostate it fills. I had a 9 on a scale of 10, and it was in 11 out of 12 lobes. A very dangerous situation.
The minor prostate case would be a 3 severity in 2 lobes. Big Difference.
I dont like Mitt for rying to aid and abet a Trump defeat last November, but I hope this was an early catch and he is fully recovered. I wouldnt wish cancer on anybody.
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