while stopping at the doctor's office on some business, i picked up one
of those informative booklets that they have in the waiting room.  this
one was on enlarged prostates.

two facts i wish to share with the group so they can be better informed.

fact one......  if a man has a psa over 1.5, he has a greater chance of
developing prostate problems, such as BPH, prostatitis and other
prostate complications

fact two..... if a man is taking medicines for his BPH condition, the
medicine can low the psa reading by as much of 50%.

that sounds like it might be a problem if the man was developing pca and
the psa marker could have elevated, but was suppressed due to the
medicine.

i found these facts worth passing on.

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional    
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
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