Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 8, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> so incredibly frequent, and usually incredibly benign, but not always..... >> >> Steve > > > > So, my father had it, and was treated with radioactive seed implants. > Dad died of other things at a ripe enough age, but too soon. > > As I had family history, I got an annual PSA, and it was always > normal; that is until a couple years ago, when a result came back that > made my doc seek a retest. > > Second try was still alarming, so I went to a major Urology clinic in > Shreveport. Same result there, so they did a biopsy. They found a > high count of cancer cells in most parts of my prostate gland. > > I know that if you live long enough, you are likely to get prostate > cancer, and I know that most men with it die of other causes. > > My doctor explained that these were not just traces, but quite a lot > of cancer there, plenty enough to warrant action. > > About the same time Dennis Hopper's story came out. > > Now, I haven't had the kind of life Hopper had, but I had to pay > attention to my prospects. > > After much discussion, we decided that the prospect for a "normal" > life were best, in my case at sixty-five, to opt for radiation > treatment, along with chemo/hormonal treatment. > > I had the treatment. > > My life is now getting back to normal, though in some ways it never > will be again. > > Cancer is no fun, and the treatment is less. > > I met people at the radiation therapy waiting room, who had a lot > worse situation than I did. > > I don't know if aggressive treatment was absolutely right, how can I know? > > Now the side effects are going away, my PSA is low, my hormones are > climbing back into the normal range, and I feel better, it seems > almost every day. > > This weekend we visited our Son and Daughter-in-law. Savanna is > going to have a little boy in April, and I know I'll get to spoil him. > > So, I guess what I'm saying is that like cameras, one size of cancer > detection doesn't fit all. well put Sonny and so true.... especially where the disease is found in 40% of men, but kills maybe 1 %. and This is precisely the dilemma, Steve > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information