Just a word here to maybe nudge some people off center about getting medical checkups.
A little rundown of my health history.
Never smoked, drank some beer (not for 20 years now) and eat whatever I want, nutritious or otherwise.
Had Non-Hodgkins lymphoma about 7 years ago, discovered relatively early and defeated with Chemo.
During a checkup examination a few years later, blood sample indicated rise in PSA levels, digital exam found nothing, but a needle exam found cancer cells... had that removed to prevent metastasizing. No problems since then with PSA.
Have had 2 (maybe 3, can't remember) colonoscopies. Was on 5 year spacing since mother died of colon cancer.
First time- 2 benign polyps removed. Latest one- 5 polyps removed, Doctor says "you need to come in every three years, now.
Well, yesterday he calls.... "well, cancer (Adenocarcinoma)cells in one of them, and just to be safe, gonna send you to big city hospital for a closer examination to be sure we got all of the polyp tissue.
So, there's that.
Get off your ass and make an appointment. Cancer is a silent killer.
I don't know of any of my nearly same age friends who have has prostate exams or colonoscopies... You can lead a horse to water, but....
P.S.~ during the Lymphona battle, they did a few P.E.T. scans on me. I said "this is a wonderful idea, why don't they do these routinely to scan bodies for cancer.
Answer: $$$ to the 10th power.
A little rundown of my health history.
Never smoked, drank some beer (not for 20 years now) and eat whatever I want, nutritious or otherwise.
Had Non-Hodgkins lymphoma about 7 years ago, discovered relatively early and defeated with Chemo.
During a checkup examination a few years later, blood sample indicated rise in PSA levels, digital exam found nothing, but a needle exam found cancer cells... had that removed to prevent metastasizing. No problems since then with PSA.
Have had 2 (maybe 3, can't remember) colonoscopies. Was on 5 year spacing since mother died of colon cancer.
First time- 2 benign polyps removed. Latest one- 5 polyps removed, Doctor says "you need to come in every three years, now.
Well, yesterday he calls.... "well, cancer (Adenocarcinoma)cells in one of them, and just to be safe, gonna send you to big city hospital for a closer examination to be sure we got all of the polyp tissue.
So, there's that.
Get off your ass and make an appointment. Cancer is a silent killer.
I don't know of any of my nearly same age friends who have has prostate exams or colonoscopies... You can lead a horse to water, but....
P.S.~ during the Lymphona battle, they did a few P.E.T. scans on me. I said "this is a wonderful idea, why don't they do these routinely to scan bodies for cancer.
Answer: $$$ to the 10th power.