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That walnut sized organ: the Prostate

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    #122
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Not to hijack but to contribute:)

    I have kidney cancer (getting it out soon) and it too is a silent cancer , Only an incidental ct scan for another issue showed it, no blood or urine test will show it I guess unless it bleeds which mine doesn’t.


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    #123
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    What age should you start having the finger up the bum check?



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    #124
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,468 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117750764#Comment_117750764

    About 50, according to my GP.



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    #125
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,032 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Not funny here, apparently.

    Post edited by Esel on

    Not your ornery onager



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    #126
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,841 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    ffs Esel. Its neither the time or place for that rubbish.



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    #127
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,032 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Twas but a joke, didn't know this was a zero-craic thread.

    Posted here instead for those interested.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057753179/the-try-harder-if-ye-want-to-keep-a-second-joke-thread-thread#latest

    Not your ornery onager



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    #128
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Star date 25th August 2021

    PSA Test done back in 28th July: still at 0.04, so that is flat since Nov last year.

    As these test are being done at a different lab, I will have another one done back in the Hermitage, which is where all the other test were done.

    Keep safe and well and keeping getting tested if you are of that age.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #129
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Star date 2nd Feb 2021

    image.png

    So up from 0.04 in 6 months

    As I said before they need to wait till it hits 1 before they can do a scan to see where is it.

    Option still there to get the 35 or so shots of the ray gun, guessing where it might, IIRC its the surgical bed, side effects listed not pretty, I know the %'s are low but double permanent incontinence not a great result to look forward to.

    Keep safe and well and keeping getting tested if you are of that age, now with no mask mandate, nothing like getting a DRE :)

    Post edited by Calahonda52 on

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #130
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    So just gone 6 years post surgery, rate of change is increasing so need to think about the radiotherapy.

    Keep getting that PSA test done!

    image.png


    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #131
    Heighway61
    Registered Users Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Heighway61


    All the best, Cal.



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    #132
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188730#Comment_119188730

    Thanks, some light reading on the math in the link below.

    Spent a few hours reading stuff about it.

    The issue is they don't know where it is as it won't show at 0.06 in a scan so they assume the surgical bed.

    0.2 seems like where they will start SRT...salvage radiotherapy.

    The side effects of the SRT are well known so it's a shot in the dark, with potential deterioration in QoL.. quality of life.

    The plus side is I don't have any plumbing problems post surgery, am in good nick otherwise and am <75

    The minus is that the cancer was aggressive and scored Gleeson 8 so.....

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935690/

    Copy into your www and delete the gaps, it would not let me post it in full

    Post edited by Wibbs on

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    #133
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Got my first finger up the bum during the week.

    it wasn’t the most comfortable experience,



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    #134
    roshje
    Registered Users Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭roshje


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119190011#Comment_119190011

    No pain no gain. Worth it for the trouble. Hopefully all was good



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    #135
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,468 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119190011#Comment_119190011

    Fascinating, but let’s keep on topic of prostate testing.



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    #136
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119190011#Comment_119190011

    It needs to be uncomfortable for the exercise to achieve its objectives, when I got mine done, he was able to feel the lump.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #137
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119190277#Comment_119190277

    Rectal examination is a key part of prostate screening



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    #138
    greenspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 10,273 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    had DRE done as part of physical , took about 2 secs, no big deal really...

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    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... "



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    #139
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,468 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119200606#Comment_119200606
    https://gfycat.com/grandperiodicbarb

    ^^^^^



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    #140
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    4 months after last test, now at 0.07, see context a few posts up

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #141
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/22/jacinda-arderns-arrogant-prick-comment-nets-more-than-100000-at-auction

    A little humour

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #142
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,841 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Or in its native Kiwi, 'errogint preck'



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    #143
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    sufferung with prostatitis and having a strange issue when I do a Poo some fluid seems to come from the prostate



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    #144
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    I've had the test, both physical and bloods done annually for many years now. I'm 67, thankfully no problems so far. The amount of discomfort with the DRE is minimal.

    Post edited by TheRiverman on


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    #145
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119190011#Comment_119190011
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119190011#Comment_119190011

    It's a very small discomfort when your Doctor tells you that your prostate feels normal.



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    #146
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Good stuff: the PSA tests are important as well as the DRE

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #147
    Phil.x
    Registered Users Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭Phil.x


    I got bloods done the other week for the first time ever, no reason other than turning 47.

    High cholesterol,

    High iron,

    High PSA,

    Examination next week,

    And a second blood test mid July.

    I've no symptoms or problems.

    I do weight training.

    But these result have shocked me, and have made me feel sick.



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    #148
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Phil, have been off this forum since March, just back today.

    How did it work out in the test?

    High PSA of itself is not the final answer, it can be high for other reasons

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #149
    Phil.x
    Registered Users Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭Phil.x


    Got the examination this morning and doc said its perfectly normal, so next blood test in 4 weeks, he told me no sexual activitie of any kind, cycling or exercise for the week before the test.

    I'm very happy that I went for it and it's done and my mine is now at rest.



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    #150
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120710992#Comment_120710992

    Good stuff.

    Was it the full rigorous DRE?

    Its a serious question as you need it done by someone who knows what they are about.

    These are new pre-test restrictions!

    At one point they did research on professional cyclists to see was there any correlation between saddle time and elevated PSA etc

    IIRC there were so much drugs in the system they couldn't tell what was causing what :)

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    #151
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,037 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    So no 'pedal and crank' and you can't go cycling either! 😜

    Life ain't always empty.



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