RE: Re: up-date---I am happy

[Guest guest]

Cory,

Which bus are you waiting for? <grin>

The point is that the chance of dying from

prostate cancer for someone like you is still very much lower than other

illnesses and accidents. The median age for death from prostate cancer in the

US is still around 82/83 years of age – so half the men who die of

the disease are over this age - and the majority of deaths occur in men older

than 75, so I’d guess you have a while to wait for that bus to arrive.

As a wise old urologist said many years ago:

“ Growing old is invariably

fatal while prostate cancer is only sometimes so.”

In the US, there is about ten times the

chance of dying from a heart failure than from prostate cancer – and about

the same chance as dying from an automobile accident. Maybe you think of the

possibility of that when you start your car, but most people don’t –

they get on with their lives – and I think that is very important for all

of us PCa people. We have been given our earning that life is finite – and

so we should ensure that we enjoy what we have left.

Of course many men do die under the age of

75 and I don’t mean to make light of that fact, but those men are likely

to be the unfortunate ones with an aggressive form of the disease –

and it seems you don’t fall into this category. As I said in my original

post, vigilance is still required for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and

this continues for many years in most cases – the race we run is a

marathon, not a sprint.

All the best

Terry Herbert

I have no medical

qualifications but I was diagnosed in ‘96: and have learned a bit since

then.

My sites are at www.yananow.net and www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za

Dr

“Snuffy” Myers : " As a physician, I am painfully aware that most of

the decisions we make with regard to prostate cancer are made with inadequate

data "

From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Milwaukee Cork

Sent: Monday, 7 January 2008 4:02

AM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

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Re: up-date---I am happy

Reply to group and to Terry Herbert----Thank you very

much for reading me and for you comment with thought---how long should I wait

for the bus to hit me?

Cory

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[Guest guest]

Terry, I realize you were writing this post to someone else however it is very applicable and timely to everyone within the group. This could not of come at a better time for me to read. Please keep up the encouraging words with your insight and experience.

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