Medical researchers in the UK think they have come up with a device that might possibly do away with the jelly finger.
They think they can “smell” the cancer in your urine.
Called the Odorreader, it looks for “volatile compounds” that signal cancer is present.
They can’t get this device on the market fast enough as far as I’m concerned.
If your like past 60 do you really want to know? Not me. Screw it.
Same here. I would never do chemo. And I’ll never let anybody put their finger in my butt. I think that’s what causes the cancer in the first place.
Yea I’d rather wake up dead. My MD is Freaken going ballistic over a physical. And he’s a she. I told her only if you get naked too. She actually told me “well if that’s what it takes”. What ever I’ve seen my share of womanly body parts. Leave me alone.
Unruly, one of my favorite bumper stickers “Laboratory Rats Cause Cancer”
I inadvertantly found that I had prostate cancer, and it was the aggressive type, and if I had not known this, six months later it might have been too late. I wouldn’t be harassing you blogos. I got lucky. Yet I still had residual PSA level that accelerated. Soooooo,,, I got to go through a serious two month radiation treatment process. Holy freakin crap. 4300 miles later, the treatment seems to have worked. I was lucky to have insurance. The surgery cost 30K and the radiation cost 55K
Just sayin’
Sarthurk
Oh and by the way, the finger up the ass test didn’t detect shit! Wait,,, never mind.
Seriously though, there were no symptoms typical or otherwise, cept for the PSA test through the roof.
The doctor, after doing the finger test, said it even seemed small. I was offended!
OK, enough of that shit.
Sarthunk
We all were lucky.
Glad you are doing well, stay healthy
Just had radical prostectomy surgery on December 22. I’m 52 year old, male, no history of cancer in my family. The 11.5 PSA put my doctor on alert, he sent me to the urologist, he did the finger test and said prostate is enlarged but not by much. He did the biopsy, definitely it wasn’t fun but wasn’t as bad as people claim it is either. Two cores out of 14 came positive, I was diagnosed with stage 2 in August.
I had to wait for them to program me for surgery until December 22nd. A week after surgery the pathology report came, I had stage 3, not 2. The cancer was more aggressive than my urologist thought it was. He said I made the right decision when I opted for surgery, not radiation.
Yesterday I just got the first post-op PSA test result which came 0.1 / undetectable. So far so good, it means that for now the surgeon didn’t missed anything. I still need to repeat the PSA test evert 3 months for the rest of my life.
My advice for all you you guys over 40: do your PSA test every year. If it is over 3 – 3.5 ask for a biopsy. It will save your life and it isn’t as bad as you may have heard, these days it is done with a local anesthesia. Do it because it will save your life.
75% of doctors surveyed said they would refuse chemotherapy for themselves or members of their own family. They cite the low success rates and high toxicity levels as reasons to avoid it.
Still, they prescribe it for 75% of their cancer patients. Go figure.
Must be some kind of big pharma loyalty oath or something?
I watched my dad go through it. That’s when I made up my mind.
One thing that most doctors will not tell you is that the average 80-year-old person has fought off cancer about eight times NATURALLY. I imaging any one of those eight instances would be reason enough for a doctor to try to reap the big pharma kickback.
@Sarthunk, I am glad that it worked for you. I know a few others who had success with chemo, though I lost a friend last year who was doing the treatments. I have plenty of reasons to hate doctors, and there are a few that I can thank for saving my life too. Very few that I trust, though.
If you’re a male over 40 and don’t know your PSA you’re a fucking idiot. PERIOD.
I have my blood tested 3-4 times a year. Costs me a couple hundred to stay on top of it.
Unruly,
Like most things in life, one size does not fit all. Each case is different, and what works for one person, be it chemo, radiation, or praying to the deity of your choice (not recommended for best results, BTW) does not work for another. As far as chemo goes, don’t buy into the Hollywood-style Breaking Bad image, either. I went through it last year, and while I wouldn’t call it a walk in the park, I never even threw up once. It was more like an inconvenience for one day every three weeks, and so far it seems to have saved my life. Knock on wood.
Bottom line: If it offers you at least a reasonable chance to survive, or even just to have more time with your loved ones, take it. What do you have to lose if you’re going to die without treatment otherwise?
My opinion, FWIW.
NOTE TO Dr TAR
Don’t forget to use that photo on any April 15th thread!
Warning: Don’t trust any doctor that can do this test with both hands on yer shoulders!
Odorreader – do I have to piss in my shoes first?
My doctor told me there’s a new high tech digital method
https://youtu.be/-jnS56DPfnw
I think it’s called getting a ‘finger wave’.
I don’t even have a primary care doctor. Fired mine about 14 years ago. I wouldn’t know what my PSA was if it stuck its finger up my ass and sent me a bill.
And I don’t know what “the Hollywood-style Breaking Bad image” is. Hollywood can go to hell along with the doctors who killed three of my family members.
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@Bad_Brad and others here who won’t get tested…
Please do. My husband was diagnosed with agressive Stage 4 prostate cancer. He has undergone radiation and 2 different drugs that have kept it in check. He has not had to do chemo yet but if that time comes, he will do it. None of these treatments has been debilitating to him, although he has experienced some fatigue and lack of energy. His urologist told us that there are a number of treatments and if one stops working then they go on to the next. In the meantime, I still have my husband with me and he is not disabled.
Prostate cancer is treatable, and in some cases curable. Please think of your families and loved ones who would like to have to around for a long time. Get tested. Please.
Amen, Callie. Well spoken.
Guys, like she said: if you won’t do it for yourself, do it for the people who care about you. The ones who’ll be left behind when you’re gone.
“Come to think of it, he had BOTH hands on my back!”
I would never try to steer anybody away from good medical services. And I will always share with friends information that I find in my everlasting search for truth. People generally have enough sense to make their own decisions. Or they are democrats.
One word of advice though, if you ever get sick in Arkansas, do your best to drive to another state to get treatment. And I’m dead serious about that.
🙂
@Andy
You’re one lucky fella to have a PSA that high at that age, and yet have no positive surgical margin. If you had no margin, you shouldn’t ever be troubled with PSA readings. Looks like all your cancer got tossed out with the prostate. And if you keep blowing a 0.1, you wont need to take the PSA every three months for the rest of your life. They’ll extend the interval to four six months and then a year.
I had mine extracted after blowing a 4.7 at age 50, and I had a positive margin. And yet I’ve never gone beyond 0.3. And, hey, you are correct about the biopsy. The wand up my ass triggered fond memories of my days as an enlisted at Ft Bragg. And then when they pumped that analgesic into the rectum — Oy!! And of course, the after-effect of the biopsy on your male fluids is a once in a lifetime sight — well worth the cost of the biopsy, even if it isn’t covered by insurance. Amiright, fellas
So for all you guys who haven’t been tested. Whaddya waiting for? Come get in on all the fun!!