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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 5 4:54pm | Replies (31)
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I cant imagine stage 4, its absolutely horrifying. I don't have the level of pain tolerance to survive without going the palliative route. Amazing how many stage 4 survivors and fighters there are. How do you do it? I only hope they find out what I have before its too late. If its in the prostate I can treat it, once it gets out all bets are off.
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Please don’t sit there and worry that someone else has your fate in his hands…YOU have it!!
As @clandyboye1 said : Get another Urologist. There are plenty who are pro-active and will understand your sense of urgency. Not saying you need immediate treatment, but perhaps further testing (PSE) to narrow down your condition.
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I hope you never experience stage 4, but you'd be surprised at how manageable it is with the latest prostate-cancer treatments.
Aside from the normal ADT side-effects (which have gotten easier over time for me), quaterly blood tests, more-frequent medical check-ups, and swallowing fistsful of pills every day, many people with stage-4 PCa live basically-normal lives.
My case was unusual because the metastasised tumour compressed my spine and left me paralysed from the ribs down for a while, but even then, I have recovered maybe 75% of my mobility and sensation after a few years, and I wake up most mornings happy, energetic, and ready to engage with the world.
It's not fun having advanced cancer, but it's not the steteotyped object of pity and despair they depict in TV and film, either. It's just something we live with.