terminal cancer. A biopsy will determine if there is any malignancy in the prostate. If a malignancy is found early on then there will be choices to make. There are various treatments such as radiation seed implants, cyber knife, proton therapy, radiation therapy, freezing the cancer or surgery to remove the prostate. However, if you wait and delay treatment then the cancer will eventually escape the prostate and end up in your bones and other parts of your body. Then, it is just a matter of time before you die.
An oncologist may do hormone injections and radiation to buy you some time. That’s what “managing” the cancer is, buying you a little time, very little time.
Again, pray for Joe
Biden. Also, men, get your PSA test every year. Even if you are over 75, insist on it. A dear friend of mine, died from prostate cancer at age 80. He was diagnosed at age 77. His doctor was passive and kept saying, “We’ll watch it.” They watched it for sure. They watched it kill my friend. If they had done PSA tests earlier, they could have caught it and treated the cancer.
If your doctor says, “We don’t do tests like that after 70 or 75, then find a different doctor. What’s the point of going to the doctor at age 70 or 80 if their attitude is “You’re too old to treat. We will just let you die.” Be proactive. Don’t settle for a doctor like the White House doctor who allowed the President to become terminal.
