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The old geezer
Apr 14, 2013, 1:14:08 PM4/14/13
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....Now I've read many a bio on Frank's life & the question (IIRC) of
how the Doctors misdiagnosed Frank's cancer has never been fully
explained. From what I recall from my readings Frank had pain in his
lower abdomen for about 10 years...it kept getting increasingly
worse...kept going to the doctors who could find nothing wrong until
they finally found the cause....inoperable prostate cancer. Was it a
different doctor who finally diagnosed his illness correctly. How
could they miss it for so long. Were not blood tests taken?
Anyone out there have have any more info on the topic?
The old geezer
ND: Sierra Nevada Heifenweizen
NP: Western Spaces - Steve Roach
how the Doctors misdiagnosed Frank's cancer has never been fully
explained. From what I recall from my readings Frank had pain in his
lower abdomen for about 10 years...it kept getting increasingly
worse...kept going to the doctors who could find nothing wrong until
they finally found the cause....inoperable prostate cancer. Was it a
different doctor who finally diagnosed his illness correctly. How
could they miss it for so long. Were not blood tests taken?
Anyone out there have have any more info on the topic?
The old geezer
ND: Sierra Nevada Heifenweizen
NP: Western Spaces - Steve Roach
Les Cargill
Apr 14, 2013, 2:12:14 PM4/14/13
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The old geezer wrote:
> ....Now I've read many a bio on Frank's life & the question (IIRC) of
> how the Doctors misdiagnosed Frank's cancer has never been fully
> explained. From what I recall from my readings Frank had pain in his
> lower abdomen for about 10 years...it kept getting increasingly
> worse...kept going to the doctors who could find nothing wrong until
> they finally found the cause....inoperable prostate cancer. Was it a
> different doctor who finally diagnosed his illness correctly.
No. Frank was unable to pass urine. It's all on record in various
> ....Now I've read many a bio on Frank's life & the question (IIRC) of
> how the Doctors misdiagnosed Frank's cancer has never been fully
> explained. From what I recall from my readings Frank had pain in his
> lower abdomen for about 10 years...it kept getting increasingly
> worse...kept going to the doctors who could find nothing wrong until
> they finally found the cause....inoperable prostate cancer. Was it a
> different doctor who finally diagnosed his illness correctly.
places.
> How
> could they miss it for so long. Were not blood tests taken?
>
> Anyone out there have have any more info on the topic?
>
> The old geezer
>
> ND: Sierra Nevada Heifenweizen
> NP: Western Spaces - Steve Roach
>
Les Cargill
The old geezer
Apr 14, 2013, 7:48:25 PM4/14/13
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> Anyone out there have have any more info on the topic?
Frank had back pain for many years which was attributed to his pelvic
tilt
which he had done to himself ("one of my legs is shorter than the
other")
by refusing to spend enough time in the half body cast after his 1972
assault. In actuality the increasing pains were from his spinal
metastases from
his prostate.
PSA screening was probably not widely used in the early 1990's.
Certainly
corporate-medicine was not yet publishing such in any guideline, so it
wasn't
until he
developed a urinary blockage that the thing was diagnosed.
TOG
Bill
Apr 16, 2013, 4:00:04 PM4/16/13
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http://home.online.no/~corneliu/q_interview.htm
Plus. given his lifestyle and a mention of getting antobiotics when
coming home from a tour of both him and his wife (not sure here, I
think the reference was interview from around the Flo & Eddie period),
I wouldn't be surprised if he had a history of urinary track-related
infections. So a slowly progressive discomfort urinating was probably
tolerable to him, unlike, say the sharp pain of a kidney stone.
--
Bill
derek from the internet
Nov 17, 2015, 9:15:55 AM11/17/15
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Zappa"
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aFRBbnF-ag>
Relevant information at 24:05 and 27:16.
I also wouldn't be surprised if FZ had a history of it-burns-when-I-pee
encounters on tour that would have lessened his sense that something
might be up in the interior genital region, but I'm no doctor.
--derek.
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