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No. Prostate Cancer is not the “good one”
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The saddest reply to the question? 'Have you had your PSA checked? " When telling someone about your "good cancer" RP, HT. RT on and on. 'PSA test? What's that? STILL!! The publics' awareness of PC is still in the dark ages. Treatment? You WILL leak and "sporting wood" is all over. All your "junk" will shrink to a very small button mushroom and a pair of raisins. So many younger men are very often dumped because they can no longer perform... Sad,yes but that is the grim reality. The good cancer HA!!
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The noble PSA test — that quaint little bloodwork most men don’t get unless the stars align, the moon is in retrograde, and their doctor is feeling unusually proactive between golf games.
At first, you're told PSA testing isn’t “standard protocol,” because, you know, men’s health must always remain a delightful game of Russian roulette. “It’s not reliable,” they say. “It causes unnecessary worry.” Translation: “We’d rather not know, and neither should you.”
Then — surprise! — your PSA shows up looking like a bar chart from a horror movie. But suddenly now it matters. Now it's gospel. Now you’re having your PSA read to you like it's your credit score before a mortgage application. Weekly. Monthly. Quarterly. Is it trending? Is it stable? Is it climbing? Is it… you?
Before diagnosis: “PSA is unreliable.”
After diagnosis: “Your entire existence will now be judged by these unreliable numbers.”
It’s a bit like being told your brakes don’t matter until you’ve driven off a cliff.
WTF indeed.