I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019 at age 56. It was caught early so I had plenty of options, according to my urologist and oncologist, including doing nothing for some time while getting semiannual checkups and reacting to any significant changes.
When discussing my options with my doctors, both said that prostate cancer, especially after men reach the age of 50+, grows very slowly (even the more aggressive types, at least initially). The main goal is to catch it and treat it before it leaves the prostate. My urologist told me it could be a matter of several months or decades - no way to predict. After much thought, I elected to undergo radiation treatments (22 in all) as I did not want to have the prospect of 'now you HAVE to do something' hanging over my head for however long. Treatments were very easy and basically painless and the cancer is gone. My doctors were great at discussing all the options and possible side effects and I feel grateful they caught and it's gone.
From my experience, there is no way possible way Joe Biden's cancer was 'just discovered' - none. A long-time Senator, former Vice President and sitting President older than age 65 didn't have PSA tests every year? Complete and utter BS. The cancer would have had to been left untreated for several years, based on what my doctors told me, for it to spread into his bones, especially at his advanced age.
My takeaways:
1. Shame on his handlers and, especially, his immediate family to leave this untreated as long as it looks like they left it. I don't believe he was treated because it would have leaked out at some point. So, presumably, his family decided to allow the cancer to grow and spread rather than giving up the White House.
2. The individuals responsible for covering this up should immediately be charged with election interference and, possibly, elder abuse
3. The Democrat party was willing to run an obviously mentally compromised and, as we now know, a terminally ill person for President without revealing either diagnosis to the American public who absolutely have the right to know if their candidate is mentally and physically able to perform Presidential duties (BTW, what does that say about the party's confidence in Kamala when she was viewed as a lesser candidate than Biden?).
4. The current Democratic Party may, in fact, be evil. I used to just roll my eyes and think, 'Republicans are just as bad, if not worse'. But, what I believe they (and his family) did to Joe Biden, who is not a sympathetic figure in my mind for many reasons, is beyond reprehensible. How a reasonably intelligent adult can side with that party after this and so many other examples of cruelty in the never ending grasp for more power is beyond me. I may abstain from voting when the Republicans don't speak for me, but I can't imagine a world where a Democrat, at least the ones we have now, speak for me.