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Confusing Messaging about Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 3 8:02pm | Replies (76)
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I like the gallows humor of your doctor! Still, the final outcome is the same, isn’t it? What makes dying of PC more frightening than dying of a heart attack? For me, it is holding onto the perception of control until I realize I really don’t have any. Perhaps that is the real lesson here. Still, everyone is in a different space/time and I respect that.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Oct 28 4:37pm

I think the point is that you live long enough to die of something else.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | Oct 29 7:43am

The difference is dying probably quickly and painlessly as opposed to a very slow agonizing death.
Not only do I personally know men who’ve died of this disease but two of my Drs have said to me “…you DON’T want to die from prostate cancer…”
I don’t think it was a scare tactic; we’ve all experienced side effects from treatment and some of them are not pleasant. I never want to experience the side effects of the disease itself - terrible bone pain, spinal deterioration from metastasis, liver impairment causing just about every metabolic problem you can imagine.
I know we always talk about quality of life as it pertains to ending treatment for a more comfortable passage to the inevitable. But I’m not so sure with this one. JMHO

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