Such good advice, you must be an advocate your your personal health and understand the numbers. Before retiring from the corporate world, I was working/traveling constantly. I went to my PCP annually to get my full physical. Each year she said everything looks great, you are good to go. I simply trusted and believed what she was saying, not even looking at the actual data. After retiring, I started to look into my health and decided I wanted to improve my diet and get off the statin that I was on. I went to a cardiovascular management team and met with a family friend. She reviewed my complete file and at the end of the appointment, asked me if I was addressing my prostate problem. I asked, what prostate problem? From there, I immediately did research and got an appointment at Mayo-Rochester. In the end, Gleason Score 7 (4/3), chose Radical prostatectomy, all clear 1 year later.

The lesson to be learned from my experience, you cannot just rely on your doctor to manage your healthcare. There is a lot of incompetence, lack of caring, and human error in the medical field. As Kujhawk1978 said, its your health and you must manage it with at least 51% of control.

Also, I would recommend not taking the risk of treating prostate cancer at a local hospital. You should definitely go to a center of excellence such as Mayo-Rochester.

Have a great day,

Jim