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In reply to the discussion: Death by Prostate Cancer. [View all]

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,064 posts)
6. I'm glad your prostate cancer was found in time!
Sun May 12, 2024, 02:30 AM
May 2024

Sorry you had to go through the difficult treatment, but happy it worked.

Thanks for your kind words. 💜

My husband's prostate cancer should have been found well before it was, but our PCP at the time wasn't the greatest and was too distracted by the conversion of his practice to a "concierge" one.

Thank goodness though, because we refused to pay a couple thousand each just for the privelege of seeing him and so had to find a new PCP. Upon seeing my husband's elevated PSA, he immediately "strongly suggested" he see a urologist. That led to the biopsy & diagnosis.

The cancer had already had time to wreak havoc. A year or so earlier and the surgery could easily have been a cure.

Very sad news though about the excellent "new" PCP. I think He has become ill himself. We received a letter from him last week in which he apologized for the fact that he is just too tired to continue treating patients. He's only about 50. We suspect some sort of cancer, but he didn't say.

I broke down & cried. By the letter itself you could tell what a fantastic person he is. Meanwhile, some very awful people are not ill. Sometimes this world makes very little sense.

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Death by Prostate Cancer. [View all] Dark n Stormy Knight May 2024 OP
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Thank you! Dark n Stormy Knight May 2024 #4
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I know what you mean. For a decade or so, the Dark n Stormy Knight May 2024 #5
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I hear you. Elessar Zappa Aug 2024 #11
My deepest sympathies... GiqueCee May 2024 #3
I'm glad your prostate cancer was found in time! Dark n Stormy Knight May 2024 #6
Any time you need to vent... GiqueCee May 2024 #7
Thanks very much. I just saw this. Dark n Stormy Knight May 2024 #8
Sympathies and support to you!!! Sparkly Jul 2024 #10
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