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My maternal grandfather had prostate cancer when he died. But he died of other causes in his mid 80's.
My father has prostate cancer and is getting some low level treatment. However, he is 82 years old and so aggressive treatment is not necessary.
What really sucks is that my brother, who is 50 years old, had surgery today to remove or treat his prostate cancer. I don't know how serious it is... and I am no expert on any cancers, let alone prostate cancer. But having cancer surgery at age 50 really sucks.
I am a few years younger than my brother. I hope the prostate cancer demons avoid me and my son. {at least my daughter will be spared prostate cancer!!!}
p.s. I had surgery today on my shoulder. Arthroscopic surgery to repair and reduce the bursa. The bursa is some fluid filled pillow in your shoulder. Bursitis is when the bursa is swollen and inflamed. It is a pretty simple surgery and the recovery time is short. I am filled with some good pain meds right now. If you ever have trouble elevating your arm above your shoulder and the pain keeps you awake at night and/or lasts a long time, then I would suggest going to your doctor for treatment. This is my second time I have had this surgery... the first time was on the other shoulder about 5 years ago.
I have had pain in my dominant shoulder (I am right handed) for about a year. Over the winter I assumed that the pain would go away because I stopped most physical activities like swinging a hammer and moving lumber around. But as the weather improved I started to work on my folding/server room and I found that I was in constant pain. Swinging a hammer overhead was really painful! I would feel pain for days and days later. It was especially painful trying to sleep at night.
Rather than slow my project, I decided to go ahead with the surgery so that I can finish my folding/server room sometime this calendar year so that I can get my folding room up and running.
I need to update my folding/server room thread with some new pictures. My project is coming along well. Depending on my recovery time I may be able to finish it this year. I have the money... I just need the time and the ability to work in the garage on my folding room.
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My father has prostate cancer and is getting some low level treatment. However, he is 82 years old and so aggressive treatment is not necessary.
What really sucks is that my brother, who is 50 years old, had surgery today to remove or treat his prostate cancer. I don't know how serious it is... and I am no expert on any cancers, let alone prostate cancer. But having cancer surgery at age 50 really sucks.
I am a few years younger than my brother. I hope the prostate cancer demons avoid me and my son. {at least my daughter will be spared prostate cancer!!!}
p.s. I had surgery today on my shoulder. Arthroscopic surgery to repair and reduce the bursa. The bursa is some fluid filled pillow in your shoulder. Bursitis is when the bursa is swollen and inflamed. It is a pretty simple surgery and the recovery time is short. I am filled with some good pain meds right now. If you ever have trouble elevating your arm above your shoulder and the pain keeps you awake at night and/or lasts a long time, then I would suggest going to your doctor for treatment. This is my second time I have had this surgery... the first time was on the other shoulder about 5 years ago.
I have had pain in my dominant shoulder (I am right handed) for about a year. Over the winter I assumed that the pain would go away because I stopped most physical activities like swinging a hammer and moving lumber around. But as the weather improved I started to work on my folding/server room and I found that I was in constant pain. Swinging a hammer overhead was really painful! I would feel pain for days and days later. It was especially painful trying to sleep at night.
Rather than slow my project, I decided to go ahead with the surgery so that I can finish my folding/server room sometime this calendar year so that I can get my folding room up and running.
I need to update my folding/server room thread with some new pictures. My project is coming along well. Depending on my recovery time I may be able to finish it this year. I have the money... I just need the time and the ability to work in the garage on my folding room.
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