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To: Ilaine who wrote (79288)9/9/2011 6:03:18 AM
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The saying is you are more likely to die with prostate cancer than from prostate cancer even after the Dx.Almost all 80 year old men have prostate cancer.I have seen many mens whose minds and bodies were destroyed after Dx and treatment.There was enough info out there for me to make the decision 20 years ago long before I needed screening to never get screening.Only in the last year or so did the large well done study come out showing only a 1% survival for aggressive Rx.For all those out there reading this do not let my opinion be the end all on the subject.Just one more piece in your decision
One more fact that we should know to help with life decisions.In US if you are a healthy 85 year old with no medical problems you will within 2 years have a 50% chance of a medical problem that will leave you no longer independent in some area of functioning and risk goes up over 50% each 2 years there after.Dont put off life.I also use the above fact to help families make placement decisions for their elderlyTheir are a lot of facts in medicine that can help people with life decisions but most dont seem to reach the public
Last thing,my opinion is less than 10% of MDs are really good.That means they not only have the sum total knowledge of all the medicine needed in their feild ,but they have a mind that uses what is available and knowledge of the human body to look into the future and gear treament in the appropriate direction (ie:not use a medicine that is FDA approved as thei knowledge of physiology makes them worry that down the road a certain side effect may appear)Pick high IQ MDs then pay attention to how they think.Ask them to think aloud.Always get any major surgery at a large uraban teaching hospital
Oops,one more thing.Medicine knows little Ex:We are all told depression is a chemical imbalance.Yes,in 10% it is a chemical (or more likely structural cured by chemicals) imbalance.In most cases depression is just an overload of emotional pain.God gave us depresion just like he gave us pain.Both are needed for life.If we had no pain we would die of injuries.If no depression we would never get off the couch.Pain says something wrong with my body.Depression says something wrong with my situation.Both are needed for life until they are no longer useful(we know why we have pain or we know why we are depressed but the situation is not under our control)Then you take pain meds or antidepresants
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