The radiation and the meds sent him down hill. Up until that time he was getting around just fine....no pain...no disability.
Supposedly, and I not a medical person, as you get older, cancers DO grow much more slowly. OLDER is the operative word and also it depends on the kind of cancer.
Breast cancer will kill at any age. Apparently prostate cancer is not as serious (so I hear) in the elderly.
However if it was my husband, I would certainly want to know if he had it, even if he was 90. We both come from very long-lived ancestors who generally remain healthy into their 90s or higher, and then drop dead.
I guess a government-issued pain pill will take care of everything.
Would soilant green be considered an Obama green initiative?
Same thing just happened to a family member. He was very healthy, 71, diagnosed with the psa screen as grade I prostate cancer.
Had the radiation, and 6 months later developed lymphoma (likely secondary to immune suppression from the radiation).
16 months after the diagnosis, chemotherapy, and he is dead
Probably would have lived a lot longer if he hadn’t undergone any treatment.