Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm glad I'm on the list with you guys a decade or two older than me (I'm 61). My Dad died early he was 52, in 1979 so I need role models. That's what Dad's are for giving you and idea of how you're going to get older. His dad lived to be 90 though. So I'll take after him. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:36:54 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does Screening > Save > Lives?: Scientific American > > Ken, > > I appreciate the view of your family practice doc. I watched my late > father-in-law go through radiology treatments in a brand new facility while > in his 80s, and then suffer side effects for the remainder of his days. I > can't help but feel that the urologist was just trying to boost the patient > count at the new facility. > > I will soon be 82, and ceased to be tested several years ago. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does Screening > Save Lives?: Scientific American > > >> On 2/8/2012 10:24 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>> keeping this important debate alive... >>> >>> >>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-great-prostate-debate >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> My urologist has had me do eight PSA tests in the past two years, all of >> which hover around the same score save for one outlier. We have now gone >> to six months. He is cautious about avoiding a biopsy, because of >> possible complications and prefers just to "watch and wait". Our family >> practice doc says he usually doesn't recommend the test for males 70 and >> older (me), since "treatment will just screw up whatever time you have >> left" (maybe not the best bedside manner but I appreciate an honest >> opinion). Anyway, postings about this and other health issues are >> appreciated, so long as it doesn't involve red wine suddenly not being >> good for you. >> >> Ken >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information