[meteorite-list] OT - Waaaayyyyyy OT

[Gary K. Foote]

Sorry to go so off topic but if this post helps one 
person then I will happily endure the ire of my 
fellow listoids for years to come.

I have been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. 
It could have been detected as early as 2000 or so 
had I had a simple PSA test then [Blood test.  Costs 
about 15 or 20 dollars] and today I would not be 
approaching surgery and followup therapy for two 
years at the end of this month.

My very first PSA was 6 times the panic button 
number, so its been growing in there for some time 
and is quite aggressive.  Zero symptoms, so PSA is 
the best early detector.

I urge every man on this list who is over 40 to get 
a PSA test, if not for yourselves, then for your 
wives, sons, daughters, girlfriends, mothers, 
fathers, friends and anyone else you care about.  
They need you in their lives and early detection 
means 99% survivability.  Do it TODAY! NOT 
TOMORROW!!!

[getting off soapbox now]

Gary