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I heard this this morning on the radio (103.5 FM W-KTU) where Whoopie Goldberg (nee Cynthia Johnson) is now the morming DJ/ announcer. [Wake up with Whoopie! and Can't get enough Whoopie!]

Anyway back to the subject.... it is about men getting prostate exams and having their PSA levels checked. 1 in 6 (17% +/-) of men are prone to problems in that area.

Please please please if you are 40 y.o. or above, get your base-line PSA levels checked. If my father had his on file we would have known immediately if they got all the cancer out and if he will be OK. We are now just waiting to see if the cancer has gotten into the bones. Without the base-line "normal" levels on file we just dont know.

I implore you GO GET CHECKED. And no, sorry, the doctor will not take you to dinner and a movie first.

...and if it makes you feel any better (to save face) you CAN *OOH and *AH* as if it hurts (ducks and runs).

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate
 
prostate exam

I have one every year without fail (digital and PSA). I already have problems with enlarged prostate. Take Flomax once a day for that. Turning 50 in November will not take any chances no matter how degrading it is!
 
A friend of mine just advised he had a physical and bloodwork was fine, but the doc wants to see him to discuss his prostate. He's kind of concerned. Hope it's nothing serious because he's going to blame me for doing the damage!
 
My dad died at 64 due to prostate cancer. Someone once said that prostate cancer is slow growing. That was all he needed to hear, and a few years later he was dead. Don't make the same mistake.
Bobby in Boston
 
It truly is Bobby. My understanding is that normally cancer of the prostate does not do you in. It is when the cancer spreads to other areas, including the bones that problems arise.
 
Also...

The older you are the slower it grows and is less likely to be fatal! Being diagnosed at 40 with prostate cancer is much more serious thank being diagnosed at 70. My grandfather was diagnosed in his late 60's and was treated with radiation. He is still alive, and prostate cancer free, at 89!

All of us "kids" need to get checked!!!

Toggle, I hope your dad is doing well. I know how difficult the waiting game can be!!!!

Rich
 
Date a Career Man

My God, men!

Who wouldn't want a date with a Rear Admiral.

Its an easy test, non invasive and from one who knows, cheap.

I do not have prostate cancer, but the diagnostics, the first week of my diagnosis we over 40,000.

Time to spend your money wisely.

Kelly
 
oh yes the *poor* child is from (and I believe again living in Harlem USA~ Manhattan, NYC (An island, folks).

She REFUSES to do bridges and tunnels to get to the studios in nearby/neighboring NJ. So they have a remote studio for her.

Now let me tell you,if you live in NYC and /or Long Island and don't *do* bridges and tunnels you are pretty much sunk/ isolated.

So far she is a laugh-riot! LOVE her way to of thinking.
 
Non Invasive

It is no more invasive, than cleansing oneself. No pain, no medicine, no big deal. If it was a "big" deal, that is called invasive.
Kelly
 
Non invasive test

My prostate gland was tested with an ultrasound scan test, a non invasive method. Doctor assured me it is even more reliable than the old finger method. It just took a couple of minutes to complete.
 
Re: Prostate Cancer:

This cancer is the most insidious of all except colorectal. The main problem with Prostate cancer is that early detection is the best solution to the problem. What some don't know is that Prostate cancer once it starts it will spread to the spine and that my friends is the last place you want it as it is the hardest to get ride of. How I know this is my instructor for P.E. class at college his Father in law is dying of this desease. Please get yourself check out before it's to late. Thank you. Danf.
 
Whoopi was born Caryn Elaine Johnson, not Cynthia. :-)

My dad had the radiation pellet treatment for prostate cancer a few years ago.

I had a DRE once, as part of the first kidney stone situation at age 19. Thinking now in retrospect, seems odd that was done at that tender age. No such exams since. Soon to be age 44 so perhaps it's time. Should ask the doctor what she thinks. She wants me to pick up some hemoccult cards in light of dad's colon cancer situation, which I haven't yet done.
 
Speaking of tunnel phobia, Whoopie should never visit Boston. Our new lovely multi-billion dollar tunnel's concrete ceiling tiles gave way a few weeks ago and killed someone traveling to the airport. The Holland and Lincoln tunnels in NYC are old, but as far as I know nothing has ever collapsed inside them. Let's hear it for modern technology and political corruption!
Bobby in Boston
 
DADoES with your family history of Colon CA

Besides the hemoccult cards you should march right in for a colonoscopy if you haven't had one. Even if the hemmocult cards are negative. Please, Please do this. I am a GI nurse, I assist with colonoscopies every day. The test itself is not so bad, we give good drugs. The prep the day before is no fun, but not the end of the world either. Luckily we don't find cancer all that often, which is probably due to the increased awareness of screening colonoscopy. We do find plenty of colon polyps which are zapped on the spot before they have a chance to turn into anything more. Ok, done with my nurse speech now :o)
Virginia
 
Better listen up.........

Lost my Dad 2004, prostate with bone mets, then scans were positive on his adrenal glands. He suffered terribly with "tumor fever", often not remembering weeks at a time. My back was to the wall, poor guy didnt want the chemo, in the end we opted to continue the chemo, he had underwent radiation therapy when he was first diagnosed. The chemo was all that would touch his fevers.. at least i know in my heart he is not suffering anymore, but i sure miss him. alr2903
 
Well click my heals three times for I am one step ahead of WHOOOPIE!
Come here Toto let me give you a hug to let you know how much I love, me, myself and I!
Darling we can live a long time as long as we do what is recommended by learning from the doctors of what can be done before it is to late!
Now get on your paws and Run........! Run..........!
And tell every man do a PSA test when they reach the ripe ole age of 40..........
 
My doctor doesn't do the PSA test, he relies on digital and colonoscopy (which I've had).

My understanding is that the PSA test has so many false positives that it is of limited value. But, my information is old (about 10 to 20 years old).
 
Needless to say, Whoopi doesn't do airplanes either. I have heard that she likes Amtrak or she hires a limo to take her long distances.
She certainly is a funny one, I just love all of her movies.

I get a PSA every year along with the "digital". I tried the colonoscopy once and experienced a bad reaction during the procedure. The doctor refused any medications for it and told me to just "take it like a man". Once the procedure started, which was not comfortable at all, my Blood pressure started to increase dramatically. The further he went in, the higher the BP became. At the halfway point, my BP hit 220/120. So he dicontinued the test and told me to see my general practitioner for advice. About 1/2 after the test was done, by BP was back down to it's usual 120/70.
The GP told me to try it again and see what happens and if I'm lucky I won't stroke out.
 
Prostate cancer is insidious

I lost my dad to this evil disease 6 years ago and it was only detected quite by accident,and when it was,it was too late to stop it.
Dad had just retired from his working life,and was going to do the usual thing a lot of retirees do down here that is buy a campervan and go all around Australia with his wonderful lady friend.
He went to hid family doctor 2 weeks after retiring,in 1995, for a general checkup and the doctor noted that dad had not been checked for prostate cancer so the usual checks were done and it came back that he did indeed have the dreaded disease and it had already spread to his bones and was at the metastatic(I think the correct word is)and he may have 5-10 years left.
Well the advice was pretty spot on dad lasted just after 5 years battling it,and his last week or so was the most heartbreaking and scary thing I have ever endured and when he finally died I felt a strange sort of relief and sadness at the same time.
Sorry folks about the long post but sometimes it just helps putting how one feels in written words instead of just talking.
Steve.
 
OVER 40? GET TESTED!!

I couldn't agree more with the advice that everyone has posted. At age 40, I found myself having some intestinal discomfort. Talked to the doctor and it was agreed that since I had a history of cancer in my family, especially colorectal, that I would go for a colonoscopy. Glad I did. Three pre-cancerous polyps. This disease can be prevented.
The same with prostate cancer.

This past winter I was also experiencing some problems, blood in urine, burning sensation. Talked to my doctor. Had the PSA test. Luckily, it turned out to be a minor urinary tract infection. The PSA test whether digital or blood work is not bad. It certainly beats the alternative.

Since my experience with the polyps, I have been a huge advocate for the test. It saved my life. Yes, the prep beforehand is no picnic, but the test itself is over in a matter of minutes and really is not uncomfortable at all.

NOTE TO WHIRLCOOL: Find another doctor. Any doctor that would administer a colonscopy without drugs should be reported to the Board of Health!!

Guys, take my advice -- if you're over 40, then get tested. It could save your life!!!

Ron
 
Steve, I hope your dad is doing well. I wish him well. My dad had colon cancer in his 50's. He had a large section removed and was re-connected. He was able to lead a normal life. He did go for yearly or bi-yearly check ups. He was an auto mechanic, worked for General Motors and had a shop and repaired cars. After he retired he was under a car doing repairs and started coughing up blood. He was rushed to the hospital, and they found that he had a lesion on his left lung. We were never sure if it was from the colon cancer from years ago, or from smoking. (He was a heavy smoker for 55 years). To make matters even worse, the cancer spread to his brain. However, the cancer in the brain was operable. He did have his left lung removed, and in a couple of months he was to have the surgery on his brain, but never made it. He developed a blood clot on his right lung (pulmonary embolism). This is what killed him. He had his lung removed in December 1992. My dad was a big guy just like me, just a little taller. He was much stronger from all of the hard work being a mechanic. It was so sad to see him when he came to our
house on Christmas day, gasping his breath just climbing the five steps into the living room. (He only had one lung at this time). Everything started to go bad in January 1993. To make a long story short, he was in the hospital when Matthew, my son was christened. When I visited him the next day, he told me he was going to die. He told me to be a good dad and told me to take good care of my family. He passed on two days after Matthew's christening. That was a week in my life that I will never forget.

I know this thread is about prostate cancer, however IT IS VERY IMPORTANT for men to get their prostate checked and also have a COLONOSCOPY.

WELL....Sorry for rambling on so much.

Ray
 
Testing for cancer

My Father in law was diagnosed with advanced stage 4A pancreatic cancer just before fathers day. He had been having stomach pains for about a year and would not go to the doctors. When he did per the docs "ah it's just stress/nervous stomach". May'2006 he started having severe stomach pains. CT scan revealed an large orange size tumor on the pancreas with mets on his stomach. If he had pushed the doctors for more tests in the beginning they could have found it sooner. Instead at 67 he has been given pretty much 4 months to live. The docs contribute it to his 3 to 4 pack a day of smoking for about 40 years.

Bottom line when in doubt PUSH YOUR DOCTORS FOR TEST even when they don't think you need them.
 
non-invasive Prostate exam

How do I find a doctor that can do that? I'm 35 and I guess I should get on this bandwagon early in life before something decides to happen. But I'm not too thrilled about having some guy shove a finger up my ass (no comments from the peanut gallery). Besides I'll probably be terrified (as I am of doctors/hospitals/dentists) so he'd have a hard time doing the test. Looks like that ultrasound thingy sounds alot better.
 
Tunnels

I heard about one of the Boston tunnels closing. That's sad but I remember going through them last year and thinking "How cool is that! One tunnel right after another". I loved tunnels and old bridges.
 

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