Quote Originally Posted by Wayne View Post
The comment about “something else will kill you,” is irresponsible. When I was going through my prostate cancer doctors told me repeatedly that the disease is often masked by other conditions. Some bloke might keel over with a heart attack and it’s recorded as death by coronary disease, when further investigation shows he had prostate cancer for years. The prostates of all men enlarge as we age. Doesn’t necessarily lead to cancer, but it can. More men die every year from prostate cancer than women die of breast cancer. And this doesn’t include the stats for masked disease. Best just get yourself checked regularly and talk to different doctors to get differing opinions.
The reference Bravo is stating is that many will die with prostate cancer, not from prostate cancer. And this is quite true, though there are many things to consider. Age and degree of cancer foremost but also other health issues which you alluded too. There is an old thread about prostate cancer. I have had it. I decided to have it removed and 3 years down the road I am still cancer free. My sex life has obviously changed. I can still have sex if I desire but with the assistance of a penile ejection. This gives a very effective result but I find that the desire is less frequent now due to the need to be organised, rather than spontaneous. For many out there. Prostate cancer is no longer and old man's disease. Blame Covid, blame the world we live in but anyone over the age of 40 should get an annual PSA test. In my case I had no symptoms. My PSA rose from 5.6 to 7.2 in two years. Within 6 months it had gone to only 7.6 but after a prostate MRI showed a mass, biopsy indicated a Gleeson score of 7, I decided to have it removed. For the 2 weeks prior to surgery I made the rounds of all my regulars for one last rodeo. So I was quite normal, yet I had cancer. Hope this helps 😎