| By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, May 18, 2025 - 11:49 pm: Edit |
It was probably not a mistake. Most doctors don't bother testing for prostate cancer on men over 80 because the false positive rate for men over 80 is astronomical. This is common medical practice. I should note that I had very high PSA numbers causing my doctor to assume I was stage 4 and I consented to a biopsy which was, frankly, the most painful thing I have ever endured in my entire life. The biopsy showed zero cancer, this also means that PSA tests no longer work on me (I am 73) as they will all show me "terminally ill" when I am not. My doctor is resorting to other means of testing for prostate cancer. I had a non-blood uncle die of it but no blood relatives have had it and I have no other risk indicators.
| By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Monday, May 19, 2025 - 08:41 am: Edit |
DELETED AS I WARNED
| By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Monday, May 19, 2025 - 11:28 am: Edit |
Bombing reported in Palm Springs CA.
Police have released information to the effect that the twenty five year old attacker, died in the explosion, which has been declared, a terrorist attack.
What makes this different, in my opinion, was the motive for the attack.
Apparently, the attack was motivated to bomb the Fertility clinic for “Anti Natal” purposes.
In other words, the attacker believed that people should not have children, ever.
| By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Monday, May 19, 2025 - 12:40 pm: Edit |
My apologies, Steve; I'd missed the "no more on this topic" note, and thought to provide some historical context.
| By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, May 19, 2025 - 05:02 pm: Edit |
You see why the subject is too hot to handle. We could be seeing pointless Congressional inquiries and useless court indictments, totally bogus charges on other politicians, and a whole lot of thunder and lighting for nothing. Better to let it go somewhere else for discussion.
Sadly, this isn't going to go away, but I am still not going to allow it here. I encourage everyone to do some reading about this. Charges are flying fast and sloppy, with some claiming that the cancer diagnosis was released to distract from the mental competence issues, others pointing to another cover up (honestly, cannot the man have some privacy on life-threatening conditions?), and more ridiculous things.
| By Paul Howard (Raven) on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 02:39 am: Edit |
SVC - Was it announced more for the Positive effect it will have on Men seeking testing and moving it on to someone else, Sir Chris Hoy (one of the famous cyclists) went Public with his Terminal Cancer.
SVC: Probably not. Many think it was timed to distract from the released special prosecutor tapes.
In the UK - I am ashamed to say 'Men of a certain age' in the UK, still try to show the image 'tough men don't cry/seek medical help' etc - and the Government/Medical Services have an uphill challenge in getting people to actually go for testing.
My father (fingers crossed) will come out of hospital today after nearly 4 weeks in 2 different hospitals - and one thing they found was an Enlarged Prostate (and had various Prostate Cancer treatment 10 years go).... and being 82, we are unsure whther it will be put on the list of 'it will cause more damage to do anything about it, rather than leaving it alone' and so we will ignore it.
"Everyone should get tested"
| By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 09:52 am: Edit |
Not a full-on disaster, per se, but the storms that went through Missouri last night shoved a "widowmaker" branch right down through the metal awning over my back door. That's a problem I really didn't need today.
| By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 11:58 am: Edit |
Paul, no problem, it’s the cognitive problem we cannot discuss.
| By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 07:33 pm: Edit |
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