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Originally Posted by DaveinMaryland  You are the poster person for AS.
I was not a candidate for active surveillance. Even if I was, I'm not sure I would have opted for it. I don't think I have the personality to accept living with a disease that can be removed.
It takes a certain personality to be able to accept living with cancer in your body. It also takes an understanding that active surveillance is ACTIVE. Regular PSA checks (no big deal) and annual or every other year biopsies (bit of a deal - it is an invasive procedure). It is not a forget about it and ignore it treatment with zero after affects.
I've seen you warn guys that active surveillance is ACTIVE.
Keep up the good work in informing folks about it and exactly what it involves. |
Thanks, Dave,
I have been with groups of long time AS men in various Zoom sessions. When some of them say that they haven’t seen a doctor in years, have Gleason 7, and rely on diet and supplements to protect them, I have to take a deep breath and shake my head.
They boast that they are on AS, but not to my thinking 🤔
The living with cancer part is not hard for me, but I realize that some just can’t be at peace, or sleep at night, thinking about it. I have actually told a few like that to request surgery, if that is what will calm them. No sense living in a mental Hell.
