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Up until 3 years ago i was lucky and had my health like most blokes i thought ill health happened to other people when i got aphone call from my brother who told me he had been diognosed with PROSTATE CANCER i was of course devastated he eventually went into adenbrookes and had it removed by robotic surgery in the mean time i had minor back problems and had lost alot of weight which i put downto working full time and running my own shop iwent to the doctors and happened to mention my brother he advised that i have a psa bllood test anyway to cut along story short i had prostate cancer which resulted in me going into nottm city hospital to have it removed me and my brothers this far touch wood have been all clear.GET CHECKED. NOW IT SEEMSPROSTATE PROBLEMS AFFECT A VERY HIGH PROPORTION OF MEN NOT JUST CANCER BUT IN OTHER WAYS ALSO BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A GREAT PROBLEM GETTING MEN TO GO AND GET CHECKED SO I URGE EACH ONE OF YOU MY FRIENDS TO GET CHECKED IT MOSTLT AFFECTS OLDER MEN BUT YOUNGER MEN CAN SUFFER THE SAME THE INITIAL TESTS ARE PAINLESS I ALSO RECEIVED SCANS TO CHECK THE REST OF MY BODY LIKE MOST THINGS THESE DAYS YOU CAN BE HELPED AND POSSIBLY CURED IF TREATED PLEASE DONT IGNORE THIS. I am sorry to be mor bid but have fought with my consience to approach the subject if this has been approached before then i appoligise PLEASE MY FRIENDS GET CHECKED AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO GET CHECKED I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR I DONT MIND YOU HAVING A GO AT ME FOR BEING AN ALARMIST I DO HOPE THAT I AM NOT OFFENDING ANYONE WITH THIS PLEA .Iwill of course help anyone if i can just like you have helped me and each other my .everything applies to womenand breast cancer but you have more sense generally so get your men and sons checked thank you..

[catfan 14,793]

Good advice.

[Bilboro-lad 294]

PSA tests are not reliable. Too many false positives which is why they aren't done as a matter of course.

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i know bilboro lad but its a starting point to get people checked my first one rose slightly i reacted to second which was a larger rise diog nosis goes on other things regular checks are recomended even if first is all clear

[Bilboro-lad 294]

If screening was advantageous, then like breast and cervical screening, it would be done. Apparently that isn't the case with prostate cancer. Most of us die with and not of it.

[Limey 242]

Although what Bilbro-Lad is saying is mostly true - the PSA tests "can" be misleading, they can also be very useful in diagnosing prostate cancer at an early stage. I agree, that if you are "of an age", then it probably will not make much difference, but if you are in your 40's or 50's, it can become the cause of your demise - and it is NOT pleasant!

As such, the PSA tests should not be used as a "stand-alone" indicator or diagnostic, just another tool in the physicians bag.

I have narrowly dodged the cancer bullet once - colon cancer 11 years ago resulted in the loss of 8" of my large intestine. I do not intend going through that kind of surgery again, so I will accept the PSA testing. However, that does bring up another subject - Colonoscopies: Get one when you turn 50, or earlier if you have family history of colon cancer.

[Bilbraborn 1,594]

The attitude of my doctor over everything is leave it a couple of weeks and it will go away.

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That depends on where it is located and how severe the cancer is if it is contained within the prostate and is a mild cancer thatmay be left because you would dye of old age before the cancer killed you but has in my brothers case his was very aggressive and on the verge of breaking out of the prostrate and had he not had a psa he would not have survived mine was more aggressive than first thought to not get checked is not a good idea you only get one chance in life there will be all sorts of tests before adiognosis is made you are given the resullts and the options appropriate to your diognosis it will be your choice ultimately but you are always better off checked it helps with finding other problems like if it has escaped out of the prostate please not mess about get tested.

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TO LEAVE THINGS IS NEVER THE ANSWER I REPEAT A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF MEN HAVE SOMEKIND OF PROSTATE PROBLEMS MAKE YOUR DECISIONSWHEN YOU GET RESULTS DO NOT MAKE THEM DECISIONS BEFOREGETTING TESTED AND IT IS NOT TRUE THAT IT IS NOT NECCASRY IF YOU ARE 60 OR OVER LIFE IS PRECIOS AND NO DOCTOR /SURGEON WILL OPERATE IF NOT NEEDED.

[fch782c 144]

I had been suffering with cirrhosis for two years along with severe headaches. In February this year I suffered an Epileptic fit at home and had a stroke in the ambulance on the way to hospital followed by a second stroke in intensive care. At this point I think they started to take me serious regarding the headaches as it turns out when they gave me an MRI Scan they discovered I had a tumor called a Glyoma / Astrocytoma

My point is that as A Charlesworth says no matter how small or insignificant you may consider your symptoms are, be they lumps, skin lesions or pains in isolated areas for goodness sake get them looked at

Sorry to go on but its something you have to consider

[mudgie49 401]

One way to check your prostrate, is a physical examination, no pain, just a little bit of discomfort,for a couple of minutes.

I was diagnosed with renal cancer in 2004, 4 weeks later I had my left kidney removed, it was enveloped by a large tumor,the cancer went into remission.In 2009 5 small nodules were discovered, 2 on the bottom right lung and 3 on the right of my diaphragm, I was closely monitored for six months,one of the nodules grew large enough to do a biopsy,it turned out positive as renal cancer.

Then came two bouts of chemotherapy, and radiation treatment, and finally, surgery to remove the nodules, it was successful, no cancer.

Halfway through my treatment, my Urologist discovered I had a double hernia, that is going to be fixed next Thursday.

The reason I wrote this post is,I never knew anything was wrong with me, there was no pain or any sign that I had a huge tumor growing around my left kidney,I was doing all the normal every day things.So my humble advice to the male members who are getting to be old farts, get yersen checked out,I thought I was a healthy young man of 55.

[LizzieM 9,524]

Hey you men, get yourself checked out!

Some if you may cynical about the PSA blood test but for my husband it has been a lifesaver. He'd had a PSA about 4 years ago and the reading was OK. Then about 18 months ago our GP offered him another one and the reading had gone up quite dramatically. He was sent off to see a consultant and then have a biopsy. We'd rather not think about that though because he was the one in a hundred who ended up with septicaemia from the procedure!! There were 3 days that he can't remember at all following that episode.

Then followed 7.5 weeks of radiotherapy, every day, and 18 months of hormone therapy. All seems to be OK now and today he celebrated his 70th birthday!!

I must tell you that when he was first diagnosed last year he rang his brother in Canada to tell him. He had also had a PSA a few years ago which had been OK but he thought it best to get checked out again. The outcome was that he has also undergone radiotherapy this year. So that's two brothers who have never had any toilet problems, you know what I mean ....... needing a wee a few times in the night........, being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, thanks to the NHS blood test.

I'm now worried about my 2 sons who are in their 30's but the specialists say that at their age they are OK but when they get to their 50's they should get checked.

[Bilboro-lad 294]

Why don't they simply combine it with other tests that you might have like cholesterol?

You can't get a GP appointment as it is, without everyone panicking about prostate cancer.

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First of all when i first posted this i could not find an appropriate page maybe a health issues page is needed if there is one allready i appoligise can just say that all our friends out there with health issues i hope you allget positivly sorted .I dont know what anyone else thinks but sometimes talking to your friends helps so dont be affraid TALK. GOOD HEALTH TO YOU ALL ANDY.

[OLDACE 196]

I'd been having minor problems with my bladder for years, the problems came on slowly and didn't cause much trouble. Early 2011 I watched a documentary by Bob Monkhouse regarding his terminal prostate cancer, as a result of this I went to the doctors. On hearing my symptoms he took blood for the PSA test and gave me a rectal examination. He gave me a strong hint that I had a tumour, and booked me a biopsy.

The biopsy was positive, and after an MRI scan I went to Aberdeen for a radical prostatectomy. The op took 5 1/2 hours because the tumour was on the verge of breaking out of the prostate capsule.

The point is, that if I had delayed a few weeks more, I would have had advanced prostate cancer with all the problems that entails. As it is I have to have PSA tests every 3 months and 6 monthly trips to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

On my trips to Aberdeen I always meet men who did not get tested in time, and think that there but for that Bob Monkhouse documentary go I.

Although the PSA test is not always reliable, it is still a good idea to have one every year, there is nothing to lose, and everything to gain. So come on guys get tested

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exactly oldace .everyman get tested.

[piggy and babs 544]

hear hear old ace as you and some of the otheres on the fourum know piggy was diognosed just owver 6 years ago with prostrate cancer after first having the psa test then the finger test he was sent to city hostpital to see mr cole the specialist who gave him a byopsy the same day 3 weeks later we were back to get the diognosis it was positiveand an agressive form of cancer but fortunately for us it was caught early and dave had 8 weeks of radiography along with hormone treatment.when we went for daves daily treatments ther were 7 other men who all had it to we know that 2 off them did not survive after the end of there treatment but perhaps it gave them a little longer with there families dave was lucky he is noe nearly 6 years since the end of his treatment and is doing realy well know has to have a yearly psa four a further 4 years but whats a little blood test once a year compeared with serious surgery or not surviving because its too lateto get treatment because you kept putting of going to your drs for a little blood test. go on gentlemen go and have a test even if its to put your own mind and your families minds at rest GO AND GET IT DONE

[piggy and babs 544]

AND THAT GOSE FOR ALL YOU LADIES TOO DONT FORGET TO GO FOR YOUR REGULAT SMEAR TESTS MANOGRAMS EXCETRA IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. JUST THIS TUESDAY WERE WERE AT A FUNERAL OF A FRIEND OF OURS WHO DIED AGE 65 AFTER FIGHTING BREAST CANCER 3 TIMES SO REMEMBER TO DO TOUR CHECKS ON YOUR OWN BREASTS TOO.

[mudgie49 401]

Most men that have an ache or a pain,usually just ignore the pain and hope it will go away.It seems that most of the male members are in their mid 60's.That is a critical age for things to happen..

If you have an ache or pain that is prolonged,or keeps returning, I implore you to go get it checked out, if not for yourself, then do it for your family.

We have spent years taking care of growing families, now it's time to take care of our selves.I wish you all the best of health.

[Trevor S 2,003]

...and if that means having half a mile of television cable stuck up your clacker....so be it.

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Get checked

[Bilboro-lad 294]

It's smoking, drinking and being fat that is the killer. Sort those out before you do anything else.

[FLY2 10,109]

Bulwell should be desolate soon then!!!!!!!

[fch782c 144]

Thanks basfordred we like you too lol

[colly0410 1,183]

I went for the so called health MOT, gave a blood & stool sample, all OK except cholesterol a bit high, thought I'd be put on statins or something, but no. She said "as you've never smoked, got a physical job so exercise regularly, BMI normal, not heavy drinker, blood pressure OK, all you need to do is cut back on saturated fat." I asked about PSA test but she said "you don't need one."