Re: OT: Prostate Cancer Was: Panel grounding

["Robert L Bass" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"tourman" wrote:
>
> G wrote:
>> mleuck doesn't think we should be
> talking about this

Ignore him.

> One of the things I learned about this
> disease over the years in running in
> the Ride for Dad national prostate
> cancer motorcycle run, is that ignorance
> is the biggest killer of all...

Exactly.  That is true of virtually every type of cancer,
really.

> If all men got checked out once a
> year, thousands and thousands of
> deaths could be prevented. But
> men for some reason, just don't
> run off to the doctor on a whim.

It's likely mostly embarrassment combined with ignorance.
No one likes the exam but it can save your life.

> So they don't catch it until it spreads
> to other organs where it can't as
> easily be treated. Left too long, it can
> enter the lymphatic system and be
> pumped all over the body.....
>
> At that point, you can bend over and
> kiss your ass goodbye...

Which is a whole lot worse than a finger.  :^)

All the best,
Robert