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Old 02-11-2008, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by mollyL View Post
My father has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is 84 years old in otherwise good health. I think that it must have been caught in the early stages as my parents are very careful with their health and have frequent checkups. I haven't heard what their plan of action will be. As I said, he is in otherwise good health, but he has been failing a bit, losing strength, etc.
It's nice to just say it without having to mince words or put a "good face" on it. Thanks.
I'm sorry to hear of this, mollyL. I happen to know that there are some new and exciting treatments and your dad will be offered options that were not heard of just a decade ago. Then according to his PSA numbers and Gleason score, sometimes they choose to just "watch" certain cases of prostate cancer. Keep us posted on how he's doing!
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