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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Morris County, NJ
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I just had my PSA and it was .04 as well. Not too shabby.
However, My 78 yo dad has prostate cancer....actually for a few years now.
He's been tracked for quite some time because his PSA was, get this, in the mid FORTIES. Biopsy after biopsy came back negative until one year they detected it in it's very early stages. He then went onto a hormone that supposedly slowed the disease down. BTW, it was manufactured by one German pharma and very expensive....thanks Canada!
He's off that medication now and in some type of experimental program. I was hoping he'd take a different route but he's a big boy and doing very well.
He's reluctant to have his prostate removed as a few of his buds are incontinent and have suffered the sexual side effects. The younger you are the more likely to recover 100% from removal. Provided you have a good surgeon and it's not too far advanced.
BTW, from what I understand most men die with prostate cancer, not from it. That said a larger percentage of men have this than women have breast cancer.
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Warren & Ron, may you rest in Peace.
Last edited by RickM; 06-09-2005 at 07:05 AM..
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