PSA Tests

[Keystone19]

Mrs O/R insisted that I go for a check. While waiting at the quacks an older guy came in. Started chatting and he said he had had a "Prostrate operation" so I asked him what the test was. He explained. I said fuck that and went home. Mrs O/R is still vexed but at least I don't walk funny. It's just not seemly surely they could train lady doctors for that job. I'd probably go every week then. John.

Harden up.

If women have to go through cervical smears every three years (sometimes more frequently) you fellas can cope with someone sticking their finger up your rear end.

[ManDownUnder]

Ooh, that sounds friendly...

LOL doesn't it though?

For a change - I'm happy to keep this one on topic... dammit...

[kerryg]

What I heard is that many men have got a prostate problem if they live a long life. Do a post-mortem on an 80 year old who died of a stroke and there's a good chance he's got prostate cancer. If screening picks up a prostate problem in a 40 or 50 year old, chances are he would have died of something else anyway by the time it became a problem. Early diagnosis leading to early treatment of prostate cancer brings a high risk of impotence and/or incontinence, raised levels of anxiety and loss of quality of life in exchange for a small statistical possibility of a greater length of life. If you've got symptoms (difficult to pee, peeing often etc) go get it checked but if you don't have symptoms leave it alone. That's the logic. It isn't without a downside of course, but that's pretty much true of everything.

[SPman]

I had a false positive, beginning of this year as well!
I'm with Lou on this one.

[Lou Girardin]

Current advocates for PSA screening suggest all men over the age of 40 should have a PSA screening test. However, the other school of thought suggests that the PSA screening test as Lou rightly points out, has a high false positive rate therefore it does not reach the specificity required to warrant a population screening programme.

However, any good general practitioner or nurse practitioner should be undertaking screening of all men over 40 by asking questions around potential risk for prostate cancer. If any risk is identified then the person should have a PSA test. Questions should include difficulty urinating, family history, sexual dysfunction etc.

You're right and wrong. Initial prostate problems can be asymptomatic. Which is why we need a yearly screening program.

And yes, it's is humiliating getting the finger as it were, but being a cancer riddled shell waiting to die is worse.
Get that test done John, at least get the PSA test.

[mstriumph]

.................Plus we're all bastards who all rape women, oppress them, beat them, abuse them, exploit them, and leer at them. So we deserve it for that and all the past sins of our ancestral brethren.

Or so I've been told on this very site.

c/mon mate - not by me, and not by most of the bikers-of-female-persuasion on kb surely????

life is too short to get offended by an insignificant and unrepresentative minority, surely?

[thehollowmen]

I don't fancy the idea of anyone fingering my rectum!

PSA (prostate specific antigen) is a blood test, performed on serum (so a yellow top or red top tube)
performed in biochemistry department on an automated machine.

nothing to do with your rectum unless you're an druggie and that's where your only veins are.

[crashe]

For goodness sake you men are right wimps.....

Harden up and have the test done. It will save your life.

Women not only have smear tests done every 2 to 3 years... depending on what is found. Some have it done yearly.
But they also have to have their breasts squashed real hard when they get a mammogram done.

You lads don't know what pain is.

Would you rather die, cos you didnt want someone to check you out cos you were having trouble piddling etc. Plus a finger up your butt is a hell of a lot smaller in circumfrance (sp) that what you shit out.

If you don't want a male doctor touching you then get the nurse to do it...

Don't you want to see your children grow up and also see your grandchildren grow up...? So have the test done and stop being a flaming wimp.

But get over yourselves.... no wonder why women are the stronger sex.... and men are the weaker sex... You aint got the balls to make sure that you life longer.

[ManDownUnder]

But get over yourselves.... no wonder why women are the stronger sex.... and men are weak...

uh huh...

today's not "make a friend day" is it?

[Lou Girardin]

PSA (prostate specific antigen) is a blood test, performed on serum (so a yellow top or red top tube)
performed in biochemistry department on an automated machine.

nothing to do with your rectum unless you're an druggie and that's where your only veins are.

The DRE is done in response to a abnormal PSA test. Although some doctors seem only too eager to do it first.

[Lou Girardin]

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Harden up and have the test done. It will save your life.

r.

Hardening up is probably why they're scared of the test.

[oldrider]

As a result of an "incident" back in the early sixties I ended up as a guest of the Panamanian Government and was sent to an American army base hospital.

The doctor gave me a complete check up including the finger inspection for which I was highly indignant but too late with my protestations, it was done! Surprise!! Oouch!! (Women have got it so easy.)

Why was I so indignant? I had a broken jaw for god's sake! Figure that one out.
After I complained he did blood test pricks on "all" my fingers and they were as sore as hell for days. Nasty bastard.

Cheers John.

[scumdog]

John, just get it done, I'd hate to miss the chance to catch up with you at the next rally (need SOMEBODY older than I there!!).

[Swoop]

Get one done for free...

Next time you come back into the country and the customs orrificer says "anything to declare?" simply reply "yes - fuck you're ugly"!

Slight cringe at the sound of rubber glove being snapped

[Lou Girardin]

Get one done for free...

Next time you come back into the country and the customs orrificer says "anything to declare?" simply reply "yes - fuck you're ugly"!

Slight cringe at the sound of rubber glove being snapped

Yeah, but he might use more than one finger.