A great doctor story that only you guys will appreciate.

[luv2lift!]

The best doctors are the one's that can think on their feet. The one's that go by what the book says are the one's that don't know what the fuck their doing. When they never thought of prescribing an anti-e, it was because they were never told too.

The doctors that take the best care of you are the one's that actually you can talk to and that are open minded. It is not always the one who graduated in the top of their class that is the best doctor.

As a Chiropractic student I have found that some of the best Chiropractors were average students, but are able to think through situations and solve problems on their own. They don't have to go to a book are regurgitate what the book says.

just my $.02

L2L

 

[pencil thin]

-if you actually read the current thoughts on prostate and hormone regulators, you realize three things:
1) testosterone is not bad
2) dht is the bastard making life go down the toilet
3) estrogen, in addition to pissing you off, helps flush

why?
A) the prostate is highly sensitive to dht, you need a good inhibitor of testosterone degradation (finasteride/ proscar) -since the half-life of that crap (dht) lasts a good amount of weeks ->meaning: removing dht levels faster is a GOOD thing; in terms of cancer, weeks matter
B) the prostate has dht-receptor that are UP-REGULATED by estrogen. this is obvious in terms of aging men, as the axis of test/estrogen shifts toward less test YET somehow still protatic hypertrophy occurs. SO, by adding estrogen and leaving dht unchecked for some amount of time -you're f*cking the patient over. NO to mention, screwing over their love-lives (no pun intended) and growing boobs
C) my thoughts on the matter; if you have a good health play USE ALL DRUGS POSSIBLE
1) proscar and arimidex -> leave test alone if you want to enjoy your remaining life
OR
2) proscar, arimidex, and luprolide -> live as long as possible; knowing your terminal BUT want every second no matter the sides of low FSH+LH (aka no test) -hot flashes, no sex-drive

thats my opinion, later

 

[StoneColdGold]

good summary of the situation, pencil. and its amazing how many guys have had run-ins with doctors like this.

here's another thing that i'm sure will not surprise any of you:
the doctor actually admitted to my friend that there is NO evidence suggesting Lupron does ANYTHING beneficial in the long term. And yet, somehow, it has become the ubiquitous answer to prostate trouble. Between guys like this and othopedics who will cut you open in the blink of an eye to "solve" a problem that will only come right back, I am becoming less and less a fan of conventional medice.

like 40butpumpin said... I'll see you when I've been stabbed or shot. Otherwise, stay the fuck away.