I have just had the all clear today from my specialist who operated on my prostate 5 years ago,I guess I am one of the lucky one,s,there is a lot that don't make it, Gents keep up the blood tests ,you never know ,it is a silent killer. (I may of put this post in the wrong place if I have I am sorry,just so pleased with the resault.
Good news Lance. I just had a PSA Blood test, result .94, last year 1.7. Had a CT scan a few days ago, neck to pelvis so Prostate included. Get the result on Sept. 18. Saves me having the finger !!! Last year the Prostate was slightly enlarged in the CT Scan, but my Doctor explained the Prostate does increase in size as we get older. Good advice to, for others, get an annual check.
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Had mine out over 5 years ago and all is well. The best part now is I can empty my bladder in milli-seconds although it took a lot of pelvic floor exercises to stop it flowing uncontrollably - same exercise as a mum after giving birth. The down side is for my son. As I got mine removed in my mid-50s, he has to start getting checked in his early-40s.
-- Edited by Spydermann on Monday 14th of September 2015 07:08:45 PM
My GP tends to be a bit more empirical and It casts a cautionary note over certain lifestyle choices. At least I dont get kept waiting for the prognosis.. Guys - we all gotta keep an eye on our health. We are so fortunate that medical science today gets us living longer more productive and happier lives. Can you imagine what it must have been like when the average life expectancy was in the two to three decades. You would have contracted the affliction that was going to do you in in your teens and staving off the inevitable.
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-- Edited by Muzzlehatch on Monday 14th of September 2015 09:11:33 PM
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Yes I have the blood test every year or there about just had a full suit of blood tests done , psa ,sugar blood clots ( have had two clots ) cholesterol and only the doc knows what else and everything was golden which is great considering I eat what ever I like but I drink lots of water some times mixed with hops and malt barley lol rarely drink soft drinks and never touch coke n by the way diet coke is worse than normal coke Any way yes guys look after yourself and have these checks done it's not hard it's not rocket science and doesn't really take long
oh and congrats Oiley46 great news and I don't care when it's posted good news like this anywhere is the right place
-- Edited by Woody n Sue on Monday 14th of September 2015 09:58:59 PM
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Agree with you Paul on the diet coke bit. The risk from excesses of coke and any other soft drink is sugar causing diabetes. Risks of diet stuff appear minimal. If it wasn't I'd be 6ft under by now. When my dad switched from sugar in his umpteen cups of tea and coffee each day to artificial sweetners, his health improved dramatically and he lived another 20 years (60-80). It was the removal of excess sugar in his diet that was the good bit.
Agree with you Paul on the diet coke bit. The risk from excesses of coke and any other soft drink is sugar causing diabetes. Risks of diet stuff appear minimal. If it wasn't I'd be 6ft under by now. When my dad switched from sugar in his umpteen cups of tea and coffee each day to artificial sweetners, his health improved dramatically and he lived another 20 years (60-80). It was the removal of excess sugar in his diet that was the good bit.
I have been a type 1 insulin dependant Diabetic since 1970, so am quite informed re diet drinks. My addicted drink of choice these days is Pepsi Max.
Pepsi Max is my choice as it,s only one of two diet drinks that doesn,t leave an aftertaste. Still have not decyphered the aditives on a variety of cans that I can isolate the bitter chemical. One can of Pepsi Max with 3 shots of spirits and a few bits of ice in a 500ml glass makes avery nice drink.
Pepsi Max is my choice as it,s only one of two diet drinks that doesn,t leave an aftertaste. Still have not decyphered the aditives on a variety of cans that I can isolate the bitter chemical. One can of Pepsi Max with 3 shots of spirits and a few bits of ice in a 500ml glass makes avery nice drink.
In diet coke i speek of the other crap in there not the sugar look up the numbers and see what they are linked to
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yeah = not sure where diet coke features in this......
Ive been having annual checkups with my GP for 13 years since I turned 50. There is great controversy over PSA blood test for prostate cancer. Many GPs and specialists do not support them and those that do will admit they are very unreliable. Unfortunately its the only simple test at the moment. Each time I have my annual test my result bounce all over the place from under normal to over normal and I end up taking 6-8 tests (which now costs you about $80 after the 1st annual test - more men die of prostate cancer than women die of breast cancer).
About two years ago I went to a urologist and about $1000 later (that was out of pocket expenses after private medical insurance) I was told I was ok. But the way the specialists do the biopsy, you stand an increased risk of getting prostate cancer - the power pole sized sampler inserted into you takes about 20 small samples of the prostate
The good news for younger guys is within 3-5 years there will be a new blood test that is accurate (and from an Australian Uni) to about 98% unlike the current PSA test
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yeah = not sure where diet coke features in this......
Ive been having annual checkups with my GP for 13 years since I turned 50. There is great controversy over PSA blood test for prostate cancer. Many GPs and specialists do not support them and those that do will admit they are very unreliable. Unfortunately its the only simple test at the moment. Each time I have my annual test my result bounce all over the place from under normal to over normal and I end up taking 6-8 tests (which now costs you about $80 after the 1st annual test - more men die of prostate cancer than women die of breast cancer).
About two years ago I went to a urologist and about $1000 later (that was out of pocket expenses after private medical insurance) I was told I was ok. But the way the specialists do the biopsy, you stand an increased risk of getting prostate cancer - the power pole sized sampler inserted into you takes about 20 small samples of the prostate
The good news for younger guys is within 3-5 years there will be a new blood test that is accurate (and from an Australian Uni) to about 98% unlike the current PSA test
If I had not taken any notice of my blood tests I wouldn't be writing this now ,I had a biopsy and the result was 7 out of the 12 samples were positive for aggressive cancer, so as far as blood tests go I would say they are that close to being spot on in my book.
