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Gleason 7 (4+3) radiation, but ADT also? Over treatment?
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It really is 15 years not 17. I never had metastasis in the first eight years, So I don’t think chemo would’ve been in the picture even if they knew I had BRCA2. Only one Metastasis on the spine (L4) so far. Waiting for the pin to drop!!!
People are SO different in how their bodies react to PC. I don’t know if it helps but mentally I have not really been concerned about my PC getting worse. I don’t really think about it, Even when waiting for the results of my monthly PSA tests. Does mental attitude make a difference??? Nahhhhh!!
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Well, if it’s ONLY 15 years then it’s really nothing special…😂….haha!
Your attitude has a lot to do with how you come to grips with any illness in my opinion; but even
more, the actual ‘way’ your mind works can’t be underestimated.
I think you mentioned in one post that you did work with computers - and probably software and programming and troubleshooting? Well it takes a very analytical mindset to do that and even though all of us have this quality to some extent, computer people have that Yes/No ‘flow chart’ mentality that they taught us in Computers 101 in high school: If not A, then B….and if B, then C or D….
I think this logical next step reasoning is very important and it frees you from becoming so emotionally worked up that panic, helplessness snd despair soon take over and you start to drown.
Having prostate cancer can be a real rollercoaster both physically and emotionally so it always helps to have someone with a cool head help you get through it.
Phil