23d • Prostate Basics
I did not recognize the signs, few men do to start with
Wanted to share something with the community before it goes anywhere else.
A doctor in Virginia pointed out this month that men are 25 to 30 percent less likely than women to go for a check-up. We put it off. We live about five years less for it.
Most of you know my view by now. The thing that keeps men away from a prostate check is usually a picture in their head of an exam they do not want. And the first step is not that. It is a blood test - the PSA - and a conversation about whether screening is right for you.
I did not know any of this back when I started. It took a friend pointing it out to me, and then once I started researching I realized I had symptoms for a while and just thought I was getting old....the most common answer men give.
So I will ask the room: when you finally went and got checked, what was it that made you go? Was it a person, a scare, a number? I think your answers might help the men reading this who have not been yet.
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I did not recognize the signs, few men do to start with
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