FU2 re your post of 1.03pm on the old thread historically I have had my PSA checked each year by the NHS without paying. Last year it was removed from the tests without consultation. I had it restored this year but I was asked to complete a questionnaire that no female would ever be asked to complete. I was not charged.
As an aside I have just had a friend over from Australia. He has historically had an annual PSA check. Recently his GP noticed a small blip in the readings and they nipped an aggressive variant in the bud.
Non – thank you – I might well go down the private road – I’ve done it once . Im in some NHS research scheme monitoring for colon cancer – i self sample every 2 years – funny how the medical mafia care about some things and not others .
Im as annoyed by being refused as anything else because I haven’t needed to see a quack for years yet when I ask fir a blood test the answer is a dug in jobsworth ‘no’.
There is a hidden story here.
About the same number of men die from prostate cancer as women from breast cancer.
But are the cancers equally funded in research? Hell, no.
Breast cancer investment has massively overshadowed prostate cancer investment for years.
The PSA antigen test is the best we’ve got but has huge numbers of false positive and false negative results. There has been no progress on this for years. Thousands have had invasive surgery when they did not have cancer.
If Chris Hoy raises awareness to the level of equal funding then that would be a great result.
After all, Labour are supposed to be in favour of equality. Aren’t they?
Only recently I read that outcomes for men diagnosed through having a PSA test and those presenting with symptoms are little different. (It could have been research highlighted in the Mail on Line or else GBNews or even somewhere reliable). I don’t know if you men find that worrying or reassuring (and I am assuming only men can get prostrate cancer). However the advert on GBN is very encouraging for men to have a PSA test.
Deborah – I know and accept that the PSA test may be ‘inaccurate ‘ – but im a grown up – and would consider the result of a PSA accordingly . But to be denied it is just wrong – and disrespectful of the punter by the medical mafia .
If they got a £40 fee for a PSA they’d be throwing them at us – like with the fee they get for Covid jabs … to me the medical mafia is motivated by money – nothing else .
Why has the BBC been wetting its pants with wall to wall coverage of the US presidential election today?
There is nothing to say. It is election day. There are no facts. Only speculation.
Of course the coverage dresses up the nice guy Democrats against the evil Republicans. But so what? It has no bearing whatever.
Can you imagine the apoplexy and apocalyptic tone tomorrow throughout the BBC if The Donald gets over the line.
Just thinking about Suella Braverman. I have been a huge fan of hers. She supported Jenrick but Kemi won. Jenrick’s got a good job in the shadow cabinet. I hear she missed out. Will she move to Reform or meekly settle for a life on the back benches?
She has to choose. This is a good chance to show what she is made of. If she moves to Reform she should do it soon. It is a test of her mettle. Will she rise to the occasion or slip into obscurity?
The way things are going the dead blue party need only do and say nothing and wait for the reds to destroy the economy and themselves -then benefit from any election. In – say – 2 years – and get all those who didn’t vote last time to put the blues back in again .
Personally I wish there was a fully Right Wing party – which may turn up if trump wins / loses – but doesn’t seem to exist at the moment …
Thought I would sit down and see what’s happening in the world, guess what all 4 main channels all on us election, what the f… has this got to do with the UK, fair enough they need to report the news but the us polls haven’t even closed yet and all we are getting is speculative ball shit
Dough – I think the mindset they have is that the US is like the UK – but it isn’t like Britain at all … all those states count differently – in fact I reckon different counties count differently – which is what allowed Obama to fix the counts last time and same this time ….
Ideally Trump will win bigly quickly – but judging what happened last time the Democrats will find millions of postal votes to swing it for Harris /obama
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ScrobleneNov 5, 22:36 Midweek 6th November 2024 US Election Debs, I’m mortified! I really should have remembered that you were on a hat trick, and I should have waited!…
Haaaah!
Glass of red at hand, warm dog at my feet, and a check on today’s alternative news after a hard day at the office!
What could be better!
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Oh the picture that conjures up !
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It’s a rather large picture, Brissles – are you sure you really want to see it?
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Well done Scrobs. I was getting cold watching fireworks and didn’t get chance to even try for three in a row.
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Debs, I’m mortified!
I really should have remembered that you were on a hat trick, and I should have waited!
Please accept my humblest apologies, and I hope the small cheque in the post will be enough to buy you a new hat!
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I have had a few weeks off but I am on the team list for next week when I hope to get a few in the back of the net.
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FU2 re your post of 1.03pm on the old thread historically I have had my PSA checked each year by the NHS without paying. Last year it was removed from the tests without consultation. I had it restored this year but I was asked to complete a questionnaire that no female would ever be asked to complete. I was not charged.
As an aside I have just had a friend over from Australia. He has historically had an annual PSA check. Recently his GP noticed a small blip in the readings and they nipped an aggressive variant in the bud.
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Non – thank you – I might well go down the private road – I’ve done it once . Im in some NHS research scheme monitoring for colon cancer – i self sample every 2 years – funny how the medical mafia care about some things and not others .
Im as annoyed by being refused as anything else because I haven’t needed to see a quack for years yet when I ask fir a blood test the answer is a dug in jobsworth ‘no’.
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There is a hidden story here.
About the same number of men die from prostate cancer as women from breast cancer.
But are the cancers equally funded in research? Hell, no.
Breast cancer investment has massively overshadowed prostate cancer investment for years.
The PSA antigen test is the best we’ve got but has huge numbers of false positive and false negative results. There has been no progress on this for years. Thousands have had invasive surgery when they did not have cancer.
If Chris Hoy raises awareness to the level of equal funding then that would be a great result.
After all, Labour are supposed to be in favour of equality. Aren’t they?
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Only recently I read that outcomes for men diagnosed through having a PSA test and those presenting with symptoms are little different. (It could have been research highlighted in the Mail on Line or else GBNews or even somewhere reliable). I don’t know if you men find that worrying or reassuring (and I am assuming only men can get prostrate cancer). However the advert on GBN is very encouraging for men to have a PSA test.
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Deborah – I know and accept that the PSA test may be ‘inaccurate ‘ – but im a grown up – and would consider the result of a PSA accordingly . But to be denied it is just wrong – and disrespectful of the punter by the medical mafia .
If they got a £40 fee for a PSA they’d be throwing them at us – like with the fee they get for Covid jabs … to me the medical mafia is motivated by money – nothing else .
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Why has the BBC been wetting its pants with wall to wall coverage of the US presidential election today?
There is nothing to say. It is election day. There are no facts. Only speculation.
Of course the coverage dresses up the nice guy Democrats against the evil Republicans. But so what? It has no bearing whatever.
Can you imagine the apoplexy and apocalyptic tone tomorrow throughout the BBC if The Donald gets over the line.
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What’s Mark Easton’s home address? Let’s send him a present…lol…
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Just thinking about Suella Braverman. I have been a huge fan of hers. She supported Jenrick but Kemi won. Jenrick’s got a good job in the shadow cabinet. I hear she missed out. Will she move to Reform or meekly settle for a life on the back benches?
She has to choose. This is a good chance to show what she is made of. If she moves to Reform she should do it soon. It is a test of her mettle. Will she rise to the occasion or slip into obscurity?
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The way things are going the dead blue party need only do and say nothing and wait for the reds to destroy the economy and themselves -then benefit from any election. In – say – 2 years – and get all those who didn’t vote last time to put the blues back in again .
Personally I wish there was a fully Right Wing party – which may turn up if trump wins / loses – but doesn’t seem to exist at the moment …
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3rd bullet point
what crap…..
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Thought I would sit down and see what’s happening in the world, guess what all 4 main channels all on us election, what the f… has this got to do with the UK, fair enough they need to report the news but the us polls haven’t even closed yet and all we are getting is speculative ball shit
Rent over
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Dough – I think the mindset they have is that the US is like the UK – but it isn’t like Britain at all … all those states count differently – in fact I reckon different counties count differently – which is what allowed Obama to fix the counts last time and same this time ….
Ideally Trump will win bigly quickly – but judging what happened last time the Democrats will find millions of postal votes to swing it for Harris /obama
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