Happy Fathers Day - Give a gift of life

[2Gunns]

June 17th is Father's Day and Dad's will be receiving lots of traditional gifts they've received before. This year, give the Dad in your life a free coal mine canary.

In years past, coal miners took canaries with them into the coal shafts as early warning devices for carbon monoxide gas. This year you can give him a free prosta...See More
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[IGETAROUND]

Would certainly hope that whoever you health care provider is that they would be looking at not just the number generated by the lab but the rate of change.

[2Gunns]

Would certainly hope that whoever you health care provider is that they would be looking at not just the number generated by the lab but the rate of change.

very good point, I know my numbers never got above the normal warning level (4.0) but it was the rapid rise that alerted my doctor. Visit to a urologist and biopsy resulted positive for prostate cancer. I'M now 4 weeks recovering from surgery and glad to say it was 100% contained to the gland. Early detection saves lives.... Get tested.

[FrankPa]

I'm a firm believer in both the PSA test and the DRE. However, I've been hearing that the PSA is falling out of favor because of the number of false positives it generates, leading to unnecessary biopsie, treatment, etc.

I think I'll stay with both, just for safety's sake. They say, any man who reaches age 80 has at least a slow growing Prostate Cancer (the rationale being at age 80, who cares about a '20 year' cancer).

At any rate, I'm still looking for an attractive 20 year old blond nurse to administer my DRE,
or at least my own doctor to take me out to lunch afterward...