What's your "sell by" age?

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

A friend of mine's husband is having his prostrate removed today because it is cancerous.
He is in good health and is 60 years old without any symptoms. What I find strange is he had a blood test for his heavy equipment license and it showed up on the results.
They can detect cancer from a blood test?

They checked his PSA as part of the blood work. It was probably off the charts, and they told him run, don't walk to your doctor.

[Rapewta]

My 96 yr old Pop's caregiver was always scolding him for eating stuff she thought wasn't
all that healthy. Drove him and me nuts. I asked his primary to give us a phone appointment and the Doctor did.
While the caregiver was listening to the phone con, the Doctor told my Dad he can eat anything he wants. The caregiver is no longer employed by us.
My Father has no diseases that his eating would effect so at his age he eats glazed donuts and has an occasional beer. Why not?

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

It's not just at 80 but dependent on the situation. My father had colon cancer that spread to his liver and brain at 72. The clinic he went to in Santa Barbara (where he had a section of his colon removed prior) told him & my mother he could live six more months if they operated on the brain cancer. If they didnt' operate, it would be about six weeks. Of course my parents said, "Opoerate!." After his operation, he was mostly a vegetable and died a week later. The operation cost around $250K in 1992, which would be around $520K now. They made a tidy sum and cleared the bed for another patient.

That is sad. A friend works at a hospital and she said the management refers to the colonoscopy as the moneyscope.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

A friend of mine's husband is having his prostrate removed today because it is cancerous.
He is in good health and is 60 years old without any symptoms. What I find strange is he had a blood test for his heavy equipment license and it showed up on the results.
They can detect cancer from a blood test?

Yes, it's the PSA count. If over 3 they start watching. Over 6 and they want a biopsy which in older men will usually produce some positive results. You go from there.

No need for removal anymore. In a few years that will be Neanderthal.