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To: Hubert Few who wrote (15039)	1/7/1998 9:58:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Hubert, you are scaring me and making me feel really sad. Your words, as always, are stunning, and I love just having them here so I can read them several times, but the message they bring is despairing. So stay and talk some more, and keep coming back, please, and rest assured at least that in my family I just schedule my husband's yearly physical, so that he goes pretty automatically. What is happening to you shouldn't happen to anyone. Can I ask if there is some hope, any good news in your stew? Gracie

To: Hubert Few who wrote (15039)	1/7/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Carol	Respond to of 108807

Hi Hubert: I hope you don't mind my posting to you, but I wanted to say I think you are very brave. I hope that the men reading your post will take heed and go for checkups, tests, etc. I believe there is a blood test for prostate cancer now, so the "finger test' doesn't have to be feared anymore. Anyway, it can't be much worse than a mammogram. It's no fun having a body part flattened by an hydraulic jack to about 1 inch thick, especially when its natural condition is round and full. 0;-) Anyway, they are both humiliating and degrading, but thankfully only lasts for a little while and then can be forgotten till the next time. I have a friend who told me after the doctor did the finger thing on him, he looked at her and said, " Does this mean we're going steady". She found that quite funny, so thank goodness, she had a sense of humour. Del, go for a check up! Nice to meet you, Hubie, I enjoyed reading your post, not about your pain, but your style of writing.. Regards Carol