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How Long Since Your Diagnosis?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 30, 2025 | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
My hub was diagnosed January 2008 at 54 yrs old after biopsy - Urologist left a message on our answering machine on a Friday @ 5 pm then was not available for the weekend - we left him and his white coat in the dust. RARP on St Patrick’s Day 2008 and nothing but checkin PSA for 17 yrs. When it started a rise we requested imaging before radiating the prostate bed, which was offered right off the bat. And glad we did because the only Mets found was in his lungs. Lymph nodes and bones clear via PSMA PET. Details are in the profile if you want specifics or maybe you are looking at longevity. I would say 17 yrs was a good run and we are hopeful about treatment now, too.
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I still cant imagine the Dr Giving you cancer news at 5pm on a Friday via voice mail . Lordy, is the Dr sick ? Some Dr's I just shake my head as... I cannot imagine having that poor human skills and communication skills . And whats with the white coat ? Never understood that . Seems more social stratigraphy than anything else . Drs use to have the MOST education in town ( any town ...) Now they are average at best . They struggle with this difference too . I have a couple Dr's who are friends , struggle with their patient interaction of times. One of my friends says she has to delay some appointments with some of this more difficult patients so he can get mentally prepared for this. It's interesting to see it on the other side of the coin. Do you think Doctors would have terrific interpersonal skills, but I can assure you, they are just as mixed up as the rest of us. HA!! 🙂