You're 75. Do you want to know if you have cancer?
yes - 65.3% - 32 votes
no - 34.7% - 17 votes
i don't know - 0.0% - 0 votes
F8
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Posted 10/18/2013 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
simple question. no commentary needed.
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Steven D
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Posted 10/18/2013 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
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A Yooper
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Posted 10/18/2013 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
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davidg
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Posted 10/18/2013 9:21 PM (GMT 0)
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rob2
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Posted 10/18/2013 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
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Posted 10/18/2013 11:19 PM (GMT 0)
Yes
1snake
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Posted 10/19/2013 12:20 AM (GMT 0)
Wow! a no-brainer!
PhilC
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Posted 10/19/2013 4:41 AM (GMT 0)
Dreamerboy
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Posted 10/19/2013 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know if it is that simple of a question as "cancer" is a wide range of diseases and there is a wide variance in how receiving such news affects individuals. For example, knowing may they have a fairly benign cancer may seriously impact the enjoyment of the remaining years of life for certain individuals. However, I think I would generally want to know so that I could make any necessary lifestyle adjustments.
F8
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Posted 10/19/2013 4:08 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know if it is that simple of a question as "cancer" is a wide range of diseases and there is a wide variance in how receiving such news affects individuals.you can either answer or you can't. simple.
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JackH
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Posted 10/19/2013 4:28 PM (GMT 0)
Not so fast.
My answer is that it depends.
F8
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Posted 10/19/2013 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
Not so fast. My answer is that it depends.
I don't know. simple.
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Tom C.
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Posted 10/19/2013 5:21 PM (GMT 0)
Yes.
I think that knowing you have a potentially fatal disease that also has potentially crippling symptoms is beneficial to you and your family. Sticking your head in the sand usually results in getting bitten in your ---.
davidg
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Posted 10/19/2013 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
knowing is also something you need to know in order to pass the information down to your children and grand children since much of this is genetic.
Carlos
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Posted 10/19/2013 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
Yep! I am 77 and plan on getting tested until I turn 90.
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Kayak808
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Posted 10/19/2013 9:29 PM (GMT 0)
YES - I would want to know re PSA test. Then additional questions arise, with myriad answers.
It's like saying "do you want to know if you have a hip fracture"
- of course you do!
MikeM53
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Posted 10/19/2013 9:35 PM (GMT 0)
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Casper319
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Posted 10/19/2013 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
Its a wrap folks....YES 72%
Purgatory
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Posted 10/20/2013 6:30 AM (GMT 0)
Yes.
Regardless of whatever age I am at, I would always want to know my true medical condition and any ailments I have, so that I can have a full choice in if and how I want to be treated, or not treated.
I am not one that ever buries his head in the sand, I can take any reality as long as I know what it is and what I am dealing with.
David
Aimzee
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Posted 10/20/2013 12:20 PM (GMT 0)
Regardless the type of Cancer, both Ron and I want to know. Now, we are dealing with my brother's cancer (lymphomia Non-Hodgkin Cancer) and I have learned so much from this forum!
Dan P
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Posted 10/21/2013 1:32 PM (GMT 0)
Galileo
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Posted 10/21/2013 7:49 PM (GMT 0)
It definitely depends. Agree with Dreamerboy and JackH.
At 75 (hypothetical--I have a way to go) I have reached the actuarial age limit of the average American male. Chances are, I've got some heart problems, and I have an excellent chance of showing that I have Alzheimer's in the next several years. Maybe I've got a stroke lined up next spring.
It has to be a pretty threatening cancer for me to want to know about it.
I would bet that most men at 75 have multiple cancer starting to simmer. If they haven't had prostate cancer, there are probably a few cells getting going. Same with some other cancers. I personally wouldn't want to be bothered by all that knowledge at 75. Tell me about the cancer that's going to cause me misery before I kick the bucket. I want to know about that one. A generic cancer? Nah.
InTheShop
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Posted 10/21/2013 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
It's really a hypothetical question for me. Unlikely I'll make to 75.
Especially when my wife finds out I didn't take the trash out this morning like she asked - she's going to kill me before dinner...
Andrew
An38
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Posted 10/21/2013 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
Well yes, most cancers will shorten life expectancy even at 75. Actuarial tables do not mean "drop dead at 75". Some men live to 90 and with their health - this was the case for my uncle for example. If he got diagnosed at 75 with melanoma for example, untreated he would have died much younger and missed out on good years of his life.
F8
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Posted 10/21/2013 8:27 PM (GMT 0)
Well yes, most cancers will shorten life expectancy even at 75. Actuarial tables do not mean "drop dead at 75". Some men live to 90 and with their health - this was the case for my uncle for example.when I was a kid the average life expectancy for a man in the US was 63.5 years. so things change and like you point out statistics are deceiving.
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