My dad is over the age of fifty, and while I kept telling him that it is incredibly important that he go and get a routine check for prostate cancer, he kept insisting that he did not display any prostate cancer symptoms. We would go back and forth on this point again and again, until I informed him that I had scheduled an appointment for him and he was going to it whether he liked it or not.
We were all very happy that he did, because even though he didn't think he had any prostate cancer symptoms, the doctor did indeed find some cancer. Fortunately, we had caught it in time and there were still lots of time for him to treat the disease and we were assured that there would most likely be no complications.
All of the family was reassured to hear this news and even my dad who is usually hard as nails, broke down and thanked me for forcing him to go in to get tested. It was a touching moment for both of us and helped us come closer together, and I was somewhat saddened that it took a terrible disease to help us communicate with each other.
But then, we ran into another problem, because while my dad was receiving the prostate cancer treatments and was doing pretty well, my uncle, my dad's brother was actually refusing to visit a doctor. Uncle George who is a years older than my father is possibly even more stubborn than my father, and he also insisted that he was not showing any symptoms of cancer and he was sure that he was perfectly healthy and there was no need to go to a doctor. My father and I were both extremely frustrated with this situation and felt like we were hitting our heads against a brick wall, as the evidence plainly showed that the symptoms do not always show up, and that it was a smart idea just to get a routine exam.
His wife was the one who succeeded in getting him to go to the doctor, after threatening him with no more hot meals until he went to see the doctor. In this case, he didn't have any cancer, which gave all of us another reason to celebrate, and even though he grumbled about having had to go to the doctor, he thanked his wife, my father, and me for caring enough about him to goad him into doing something for his help.
We were all very happy that he did, because even though he didn't think he had any prostate cancer symptoms, the doctor did indeed find some cancer. Fortunately, we had caught it in time and there were still lots of time for him to treat the disease and we were assured that there would most likely be no complications.
All of the family was reassured to hear this news and even my dad who is usually hard as nails, broke down and thanked me for forcing him to go in to get tested. It was a touching moment for both of us and helped us come closer together, and I was somewhat saddened that it took a terrible disease to help us communicate with each other.
But then, we ran into another problem, because while my dad was receiving the prostate cancer treatments and was doing pretty well, my uncle, my dad's brother was actually refusing to visit a doctor. Uncle George who is a years older than my father is possibly even more stubborn than my father, and he also insisted that he was not showing any symptoms of cancer and he was sure that he was perfectly healthy and there was no need to go to a doctor. My father and I were both extremely frustrated with this situation and felt like we were hitting our heads against a brick wall, as the evidence plainly showed that the symptoms do not always show up, and that it was a smart idea just to get a routine exam.
His wife was the one who succeeded in getting him to go to the doctor, after threatening him with no more hot meals until he went to see the doctor. In this case, he didn't have any cancer, which gave all of us another reason to celebrate, and even though he grumbled about having had to go to the doctor, he thanked his wife, my father, and me for caring enough about him to goad him into doing something for his help.
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