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What was weird about my case an insurance actuary discovered my prostate cancer from behind the desk, miles away. I was in the middle of a real estate transaction, and my bank wanted me to get more life insurance. After applying the insurance, the company said we will issue the policy once you have a benign prostate exam. I said I don't have prostate problems. My PSA was 2.9 at the time. The urologist told me to come back in 6 months because 4 is normal. I went back in 8 months, and I was then 6.8 or something close to that. The insurance company didn't like I went from .9 to 1.9 to 2.9 in an 18 month span. I did get a second 2.9 reading before the urologist said come back in 6 months. Neither one of us was guessing prostate cancer, but the insurance company knew.
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Not to be flip, but I actually employed an actuary to set up my business Pension Plan. He was an odd duck to be sure and had the sensitivity of a lump of coal.
After retiring at age 67, he called me to say that by his calculations I had enough $$ to live comfortably into my late 80’s and he had no doubt that I would do so.
“Really?” I asked with a smile in my voice….”Even having had prostate and bladder cancer?”
The phone was silent for about 15 seconds snd then he said flatly, “Oh, OK….then let’s say 75”…..
I tell you, the guy’s a numbers zombie and has not a jot of empathy, humor or compassion in his entire body….
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Yes, we don't all start with an MRI to the prostate. Sometimes it's just a backache, loss of balance, or curious insurance actuary. 🙂
I never had an MRI of my prostate. Instead. they did the MRI on my thoracic spine, where the metastasis was. Then they did a biopsy to see what kind of cancer it was. The day after the biopsy I lost use of my legs, and was rushed into emergency surgery. A couple of days later the biopsy results for the spinal lesion came in saying cancer of prostatic origin, which my surgeon had already guessed. By then, there was no point doing a second biopsy on the prostate itself, because we already knew what it was (and that it had metastasised).