News/Numbers #2
I nearly batted a thousand, but no.
The numbers: 13 out of 14 samples were not cancer. 1 was.
The number on the cancer are 7 on the Gleason Scale off a 4+3 which means it needs to be addressed but is, in the opinion of the three doctors I've heard from so far is "very treatable".
I am told I can shop around for treatment. "Definitely not an emergency" they say. "Treating because of your age, you're relatively young". It's good that people are now finally adding the "relatively". I've been ready for the "what's going to kill you first ?" calculations for a while too.
It's also nice to have an excuse to give even fewer fucks than ever.
So I talked to a few doctors and decided to go with a somewhat inconveniently located place instead of a familiar but even less conveniently located place because the doctors said I had the same chance of cure either way. Still mystified as to why I have to travel to another state when there are multiple places that do this kind of stuff within walking distance of my residence but such is the American health care system.
The numbers: 13 out of 14 samples were not cancer. 1 was.
The number on the cancer are 7 on the Gleason Scale off a 4+3 which means it needs to be addressed but is, in the opinion of the three doctors I've heard from so far is "very treatable".
I am told I can shop around for treatment. "Definitely not an emergency" they say. "Treating because of your age, you're relatively young". It's good that people are now finally adding the "relatively". I've been ready for the "what's going to kill you first ?" calculations for a while too.
It's also nice to have an excuse to give even fewer fucks than ever.
So I talked to a few doctors and decided to go with a somewhat inconveniently located place instead of a familiar but even less conveniently located place because the doctors said I had the same chance of cure either way. Still mystified as to why I have to travel to another state when there are multiple places that do this kind of stuff within walking distance of my residence but such is the American health care system.
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