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Not Good News after prostate biospy when MRI didn't look too bad
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Thanks I appreciate all the information. I know a lot of my problem, and I been told this many times, is that I over analyze everything. But there is good reason for that over analyzing, I spent over 40 years as a computer system software technician for the state of Kansas working on large mainframe systems. In that line of work, there is no gray area, there is right or wrong- fix it now. Couldn't say I think this or that, or we will wait and see etc. I would get called in in middle of night and weekends to go in fix issues- they couldn't wait. And that was a 35 mile drive one way. I couldn't say, well I think this is what is wrong, lets wait and see.
I know medical field is not that way, but hard for me to change my thinking. I sure this is a dumb question, but not sure what XP means, in the computer world it was a release of Windows that means eXperience. I have seen XP in several post.
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So sorry for using "kid's" texting "lingo", I never grew up, I guess, and I text a lot with friends - "XP" stands for a "smiley face" that has a tongue out.
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I spent 50 years in Computers. The first 25 I worked on IBM main frames. I was an operating system programmer and spent many years writing assembler language doing updates to new versions of the IBM OS. I even hired IBM SE’s to work for me. In 1983 my company installed a 4800 baud modem in my house Along with a 32 line 3270 terminal. I was able to test operating system changes on the spare $6 million manframe they had, from home. I was able to reboot partitions using VMware. Over those years I had to write code in probably 15 different languages. I also designed networking solutions on Vax VMS, Tandem Tal, IBM mainframes and PC’s, some in their assembler languages,,allowing them to move data back-and-forth between them.
The last 25 years I ran a consulting business. Had almost 100 companies I did all of their support for. Of course this was with Microsoft servers and PCs, Though I did do a some Mac work as well. Learned how to do it all on the fly. Things are so similar.
Getting things exactly right is critical With Computers.
Getting it right with prostate cancer is important too, but there are so many choices. There is no one right answer. You may not find out for years if what you picked is the correct solution. People in this forum can find out a lot of Solutions and take their pick of the one they want to use.
Don’t get too far in the weeds here. At some point, you have to make a choice. One guy I know has been to at least six different doctors to get a second opinions. He is an engineer and has an engineering mindset, and can’t let go and make a decision. He’s got large cribriform And still won’t make a decision on how to be treated. Something like that can be a deadly decision, not to decide.