whew! prostate is gone...

[Marvel]

It's all ok, Terry. When I was much, much younger, I always thought it was weird when sitting in a restaurant and 'old' folks would sit there and talk about their surgeries and diseases. Now I find myself doing the same thing. 🤔

 

Eh, I know in whose care I rest and taken care of.

 

Nice to hear from you! Take care of yourself, you are one of the good guys, too!

 

Bruce

[Islander]

jwc is the expert here.  I wouldn't argue with anything he says on this topic, or any related topic.

 

One thing that's useful to know is that the younger you are when you're diagnosed with  prostate cancer, the more dangerous it is, because it's faster-acting/growing.  One famous case of a person diagnosed in their fifties who died within a few years was Frank Zappa, while people who are diagnosed in their seventies or eighties  are less at risk, because their cancers tend to grow more slowly.  Of course, that's a generalization.  Every person, and every cancer, is different.  The main thing is to take it seriously, but don't give up at the sound of "the Big C", as it used to be called back in the Fifties and early Sixties.  Nowadays, there are people walking around who've had cancer more than once, and often more than one type, but are still alive and well.

 

Today, the important thing to know and understand is that cancer is no longer an automatic death sentence.  Many types of cancer (there are around 250 types) can be treated successfully and even cured.  Never give up.