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The decision I have to make is tearing me up

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@jeffmarc Great comments here Jeff . Im sure he appreciates it so much . One question, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer when I was 57, I am now 62. I think you know my story having the operation then 22 sessions of radiation. My GP was talking to me the other day and said that in my condition I would last more than 18 years. I don't know where he got that from. I asked him what about my condition? He then went on to say that I was 3+4 and a very mild case of persistent dormant cells in the pelvic region with PSA at 0.060 roughly. He went on to say it just goes sideways so therefore, I suspect you will live 18 years or more. It kind of shocked me. Any sort of talk about mortality. When we started talking, he said with the advent of newer technology, you may live far beyond 20 or 25 years. Of course, I thanked him for his opinion. As you mentioned once, prostate cancer is more or less of a chronic illness rather than an emergency and most situations. If you get it early and or cognizant of the new therapies, I have seen some articles that say people can live 30 years or more with it. I think the fact that most people get prostate cancer in between 50 years old and 65 is a limiting factor as well. Although, more and more new diagnosis are happening in the 40s. I hear about new people at the Aquatic Centre all the time and some of them are very young. Anyway, thanks for your comments and your continued support. James

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Your doctor was definitely giving you some good information.

If you could last five years, they will come out with some new drugs that will help people that have Castrate resistant prostate cancer continue to keep their PSA down even after the current drugs fail. In 10 years they might have a cure, Just reading today about reversing colon cancer by turning the cells back from cancerous to normal. They think it will work with other cancers.

When I attended the mutation patients online meeting a few weeks ago, one of the doctors from UCSF who has BRCA2 told me that I’m not gonna die from prostate cancer. After all these years and my being on a multitude of drugs, She was convinced that new discoveries were going to change things. Definitely a positive point of view.

So let’s just wait for it, Some new discoveries are coming.