>>>>Here's a blog from a guy that has a 10 yo son, so he's not too old. When would have been a good time for him to have been screened, in order to prevent the Advanced PC that's killing him? (Notice his low PSA reading....Doctors say 0 to 4.0 is good???) At diagnosis, mine was 20.4.
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>>>Hard to say.... but a good thing that they do screen if over a 4.0 PSA.... they just found mine 2 weeks ago at 5.1 and my biopsy is positive... Gleason of 5 at this time... going in Monday to see what to do about it.
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>>Good luck, Tommy.
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>Possibly going to lean toward the Radiation Seeds.... we will see after talking with the Doctors....
What I remember from when my father in law had it was that it is generally treated successfully if caught early enough and that there are several treatment alternatives. Listen to the docs with an open mind.
Something like this really makes political differences fly out the window.