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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 2 8:02pm | Replies (37)
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Oh man, tell me about it! I actually skipped a yearly PSA test - even after having green light laser for BPH - because of his “lament” of how his test was never intended to be used as this mass screening tool.
Seriously gave me pause to even continue testing, but a friend had just been diagnosed with PCa based on this “flawed” test so I went ahead, had the test, the biopsy…..and here I am today; might NOT be here were it not for this flawed test!
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A few days ago, I got a private message from someone not in this forum, thanking me for likely saving his life by nagging people to get PSA screening (his doctor hadn't been doing it; an elevated PSA result led to the discovery of aggressive PCa that doesn't seem to have spread beyond the prostate yet, and is likely still curable).
I don't really deserve any credit, but I was still tearing up when I read that.
Get loud about this, guys: saving even one person from dealing with advanced PCa — even if, as I hope, it's sometimes more surviveable now — is worth making ourselves annoying (no one hated Bob Barker for reminding people to spay or neuter their pets at the end of every Price is Right episode). Both of my brothers are getting regular screening now, and I hope lots of others are hearing the message as well.