Prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prognosis and prostate cancer treatment options are, for the first time cancer patient, all rolled into one mass of confusing, confronting and seemingly conflicting, medical techno speak, foreign sounding words and phrases, all tied in with hearing the dreaded word ‘cancer’ time and time again and the feeling of gloom and doom that the word will often induce.

Small wonder then that so many men, unprepared and completely dumbfounded by the devastating news, have a tendency to threw their hands up in total surrender and take whatever advice his doctor deems to give him.

But such is not always the case. Some men prefer to step back from the precipice in order to properly assess their position, do some research, review their options, discuss issues and attitudes with family members and then, and only then, make a decision as to a particular course of action.

I well remember my own case back in 2000, when my doctor misdiagnosed newly discovered nodules on my lung and liver, interpreting them as being metastases resulting from kidney cancer in 1995. He quietly told me to get my affairs in order as I had no more than twelve months to live.

I declined treatment of any sort, preferring the watchful waiting approach. My own gut feeling was that my doctor, as well meaning as he was, was quite wrong. An oncologist later agreed with me and now, some nine years later, my lungs and liver are kicking along nicely. However, at one point I did see a thoracic surgeon for a second opinion on my lungs and he, concurring with the doctor’s diagnosis, was quite happy to put me in for surgery within days. Oh, yes, and he chose to ignore that it would still have left me with supposed cancer in my liver!!

What would have happened had I agreed to surgery, I wonder? Just another mistaken diagnosis – but minus half my lung probably. I’m so pleased that I made my own decisions on this.

The story in the article below is one such case. This gent did it his way. He listened to his doctor, carefully studied his options and then made his own decision. An interesting story indeed.

The article called “His Doctor’s Dilemma” is written by mohd salman and published in http://prostate-cancer-today.blogspot.com/

Incidentally gents, this post brings to mind that it has been some time since I last wrote an update on my own treatment regimen, diet and over-all wellness scenario so I will write something up over the coming days. Please stay tuned.

Today’s quote:

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer

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