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In reply to the discussion: Please stop it with the hands. I am a 78-year-old former USAF Medic. Easier bruising is part of growing old and your... [View all]usaf-vet
(7,675 posts)14. Not necessarily, but the new technology is very good at finding even the small spots. So unlike years ago the blood....
.... test can only tell you you likely have prostate cancer, but where and how progressed it is requires new technologya PET scan with an INJECTED radioactive isotope (often in the back of the hand).
The reason I even address the issue is that the black and blue on the back of the hand is not a sure indicator that he is on death's door.
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Please stop it with the hands. I am a 78-year-old former USAF Medic. Easier bruising is part of growing old and your... [View all]
usaf-vet
Thursday
OP
Bruising, fluid retention, foot dragging, asymmetrical facial features, an obvious urine catheter
Arazi
Thursday
#6
Not necessarily, but the new technology is very good at finding even the small spots. So unlike years ago the blood....
usaf-vet
Thursday
#14
That dandy hasn't done a day's work in his lifetime. He is weak and flabby from a life of dissipation and junk food.
usonian
Thursday
#9
The thing that scares me and confuses me. I have spent a life stopping to help the helpless. But would I or could I.....
usaf-vet
Thursday
#16
Or he's just banging his hands a lot, and he's older and bruises more easily. n/t
Ms. Toad
Thursday
#32