The Cryptkeeper
The Aussie Yid
Fallen at age 72. One of the greats. RIP.
Don Diaz
Zero tolerance of Numpty's
Founding Member
Yes great shame.prostate cancer. If you are of a certain age, get checked.
Dorset
The Voice Of Reason
Founding Member
Hmmm. It's not as clear cut as it seems. I did a thesis thingy on prostate cancer when I went back to skool in Ozzistralia to get some letters to whack onto my name back at the turn of the century. If you live to a ripe old age then it is almost 100% certain that you will have prostate cancer when you peg it, most blokes die with it not from it. It is a slow growing bastard that only affects the prostate gland in most chaps and more often that not does not cause any harm.
The problem with getting tested is that if they find the bastard then they are sort of duty bound to cut the fucker out. The side effects of surgery include a very high risk of importancy, so you will need to buy a nice new suit if you are going to be important, and urinary incontinence, along with all the usual surgical risks involved like infection and death.
The PSA test for PC is a bit pony really. About 20% of the tests show negative for blokes with PC and up to 75% of the positives are false! The digital rectal examination is no fun for you or the doctor.
Of course if you have symptoms like painful urination, blood in you pee, erectile disfunction, getting up 100 times a night to piss then you should talk to your doctor. The most likely reason for these problems is BPE( Benign prostate enlargement, your prostate gland has grown from a little walnut into a fucking huge football ),this is a normal thing for us geezers who are getting on a bit and unless the bugger is causing you massive agg it can be ignored - but if you go for a test and get a false positive or a positive for a cancer that might not be life threatening then they are going to advise you to go fo surgery. Then you have to make a decision.
How do you prevent prostate cancer and BPE. Wanking or the doing the deed with a lady (or whoever floats your boat). Ejaculating 21 times a month was shown to reduce the risk by 31% over blokes who only drained the vein 4 times a month. So you know have a valid medical reason to bash that bishop as often as you like. A low fat diet is good as cholesterol is linked to PC, so there is a reason to take those fucking statins that I have to take now! Being overweight increases your risk for all cancers by a huge factor, so get rid of that gut and do some exercise!
One last thing, if you can't piss at all, get stomach ache and you can see and feel your bladder growing - get yourself to a hospital pronto as you might have Acute Urinary Retention and that fucker is serious!
Don Diaz
Zero tolerance of Numpty's
Founding Member
Oh i don't know, she said she didn't mind, wasn't as painful as she thought it was going to be and I ticked one off my bucket list.
skiathospurs
Well-Known Member
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wow some artist that.