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Ignoring Prostate Cancer Entirely
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 20 8:02pm | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
It’s really tough to live with cancer - and the impending doom that it’s going to come back. To have more than one type is truly overwhelming.
But I really have a problem with those who have none of it and boast “They’ll NEVER do that to me!” Or “I’ll just die before I get THAT poison shot into me!” How little they know…
They assume they’re untouchable, but as Mike Tyson said, “Everyone has a game plan - until they get punched in the face.”
Keep on surviving, Bro….cause once we stop trying we’re toast. Best,
Phil
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Yeah. I haven't seen the worst that cancer can do (by a long shot), but 3 1/2 months on my back in a hospital bed, unable even to use the toilet or even wipe myself for most of that time, and being transferred from bed to stretcher like a sack of potatoes, gave me a small taste of what life's *actually* like if you let cancer progress.
Fortunately for me, thanks to a very skilled surgical team and world-class oncologists here in Ontario, I'm getting a second chance to walk, garden, bicycle, play classical guitar, go on trips, and generally live my life. I didn't know I had cancer until I could barely walk; anyone who thinks they'll just wait and let it happen is either expecting to die soon (e.g. elderly or serious co-morbidities) and ready to end their life in hospice — which is an entirely-reasonable choice in that situation — or really doesn't understand what "it" is.
(Note again that I'm not talking about Active Surveillance, which *is* a very common early cancer treatment; I'm talking about just closing your eyes and pretending it will go away.)
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I've seen it represented various ways, the attached chart is probably as good a representation as another...Lifespan versus Healthspan.
No one wants to be "average" on this chart. Even if one finds themselves having to take potentially quality of life reduction medical treatments, due to incurable prostate cancer, the implementation of "massive action", regarding exercise (and to a lesser extent diet) lifestyle changes, will push out one's "Healthspan".
I've heard it said that exercise is better than any drug ever administered, when it comes to addressing the negative effects of chronic disease. Since we all must die of something, the most effective thing we have some control over, regarding our health during the last decade of our life, is how much we exercise.
Obviously one could be hit by a bus tomorrow morning, but making regular, vigorous exercise a routine part of our lives...for as long as we our physically able...is the best way to ensure a long "Healthspan".