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Fifteen Years of PCa Treatment Progress - and the next 15 Years

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 21 8:55pm | Replies (25)
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😳 Still in your 40s, you deliberately waited for your cancer to become eventually metastatic to enjoy a higher quality of life until then? I think I have never heard that….

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proftom2 | @proftom2 | Apr 21 10:12am

Topf. In my 40s there was no "Deliberately Waiting," on my part. My treatment plan was "Watchful-Waiting" conducted by my primary care doctor and a cancer clinic. PSA, PET-scans, were not invented yet. Also, prostate cancer was considered a "Pre-Existing Condition" by my healthcare insurance. Back then prostate cancer was considered an old-guy cancer, guys in their 40s and 50s were aged-out, because they/me was not considered old. The affordable care put an end to "Pre-Existing Condition" denials.
"Never heard of "Quality of Life?" It's a standard of care scale for advanced cancer "Quality of Life" discussions used during advanced prostate cancer discussions during oncologist office visits.
Hope this helps. Best of luck in your prostate cancer journey.

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