RIP Vince Flynn

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Fantastic author, dead at 47 due to prostate cancer.

Cancer ****ing sucks. :nonod:

Please, please, please, boys, get your PSA tested annually. It's just a blood test.

Flynn found it when he had pain. By then it's probably too late.
 
Whoa - that stinks....
I've read a couple of his books. Very enjoyable.
Have they made any Mitch Rapp movies?
 
Wow ! That's a shame, RIP Mr. Flynn. A somber reminder to all of us to go to the trouble of getting "Roto-Rootered" just in case.
 
I was deeply saddened to read this news earlier today. He is my current favorite author and I've devoured all of his books after finally picking one up about 4 years ago. I just turned 40 and haven't fretted about mortality yet in my life, but reading of his plight and early passing sure opens my eyes!
 
Vince Flynn was a victim of the medical establishment pretending that every 47 year old man is the same . . . same illnesses at the same time, same hardware, same same same - really, how many docs read beyond Male, 47, or 57 and decide immediately what to look for. . .

Docs will disagree but perhaps I have interacted with some bad ones - my uncle was 60, went to the doc - had problems peeing - doc said its just BPH. No sensible cancer in the prostate, nothing major, don't worry. dead 5 years later from massive metastatic prostate cancer . . . he 'wasn't the right age' and did not present with the 'right' symptoms, except for the whole having trouble urinating part, and the doc did not sense a enlarged prostate. . . . so whats causing it then? No one asked until one day he could not pee at all - a quick cath, and a scan and voila - death sentence. One story of many involving docs not seeing the trees because this part of the forest never has trees. . .
 
I lost my father when he was just 41 years young, from colon cancer. I am now 41 and get checked every 5 years. The prep su*ks but it beats the alternative. Cancer does not discriminate. Gender, race, creed, or color.. It will attack and kill you if ignored.
 
comanchepilot said:
Vince Flynn was a victim of the medical establishment pretending that every 47 year old man is the same . . . same illnesses at the same time, same hardware, same same same - really, how many docs read beyond Male, 47, or 57 and decide immediately what to look for. . .

Docs will disagree but perhaps I have interacted with some bad ones - my uncle was 60, went to the doc - had problems peeing - doc said its just BPH. No sensible cancer in the prostate, nothing major, don't worry. dead 5 years later from massive metastatic prostate cancer . . . he 'wasn't the right age' and did not present with the 'right' symptoms, except for the whole having trouble urinating part, and the doc did not sense a enlarged prostate. . . . so whats causing it then? No one asked until one day he could not pee at all - a quick cath, and a scan and voila - death sentence. One story of many involving docs not seeing the trees because this part of the forest never has trees. . .
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Yet a quasi-government panel recommended last year, I think, NOT having routine PSA tests, because if they identify prostate cancer, sometimes the side-effects of treatment or surgery are ... unpleasant. BUT AT LEAST YOU MIGHT NOT BE DEAD!

Don't get me started. We ain't seen nothin yet. :mad3:

A routine PSA and a very thoughtful primary care doc (a female, by the way) saved my life. Same with several people on this board, and the red board.
 
Sandman said:
I lost my father when he was just 41 years young, from colon cancer. I am now 41 and get checked every 5 years. The prep su*ks but it beats the alternative. Cancer does not discriminate. Gender, race, creed, or color.. It will attack and kill you if ignored.
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My dad died of colon cancer at 73, so I started with those at age 40. Had my most recent one last week. The prep blows, but it's good to get it done.
 
nddons said:
Yet a quasi-government panel recommended last year, I think, NOT having routine PSA tests, because if they identify prostate cancer, sometimes the side-effects of treatment or surgery are ... unpleasant. BUT AT LEAST YOU MIGHT NOT BE DEAD!

Don't get me started. We ain't seen nothin yet. :mad3:

A routine PSA and a very thoughtful primary care doc (a female, by the way) saved my life. Same with several people on this board, and the red board.
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Preach.

Choir.

If they don't screen you, it costs less money to send you to hospice instead of treatment . . . keep that in mind folks.
 
PSA of 4.0. Up .75 over the previous year. Age 55. My doc said it was my choice to see the urologist or not. I saw the urologist. DRE showed nothing, but the biopsy said, "You have cancer." 5 years ago this coming July 11 I had surgery. I've been cancer free ever since.

That panel is entitled to their opinion, but I'm still flying 5 years later because of that blood test. Yes, there are false positives, but I haven't heard of a single compliant of a false negative. Yes, there are possible side effects to the surgery, but they're better than being on the wrong side of the grass too early.

Get your PSA checked annually. And if the doctor recommends the next step, don't fool around. As Yoda would have put it, "Save your life, it can."
 
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 50 with an elevated PSA and a biopsy. The question is how aggressive should the treatment be. The federal recommendations about not testing are a balance between dollars expended on testing vs lives saved. When I received the diagnosis, there was really no way to tell how aggressive the cancer would be in the future.

Therefore, facing a potentially life threatening disease, just watching and waiting did not seem like a good answer. I choose having proton radiation therapy. It gave me the best chance at cure with the fewest side effects.

Four years later and all is well. I for one am glad for testing and treatment.

Duane
 
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