Post by KC on Sept 12, 2014 9:39:36 GMT -8
In the course of my own PC journey, I've accumunated a few "rules of thumb."
A "rule of thumb" may be defined this way: "Practical truths, or perhaps general principles, or even estimations, that are based on one’s personal experience and observations, not necessarily as an outcome of directed, precise scientific study."
This thread was created to share those "rules of thumb," and to solicite others from you. I'll post one, then listen/watch for others that you might post. In a few days, I'll post another one. Let's see what gets accumulated...
Rule of thumb #1: (this one is for men who have not undergone any PC-treatments but have have just received their second (or more) PSA test results)
A rapid rise in PSA levels is a poor predictor of PC. Or the corollary rule of thumb: Prostatitis is associated with the highest rates of PSA rise.
Anyone else have a good "rule of thumb" to share?
It is incredibly interesting to learn the origins the phrases, and “rule of thumb” is no exception.
While we don’t know the exact origins, common belief is that it is associated with the formerly tolerated custom of wife-beating with a stick no thicker than a thumb. A hundred and more years ago, married women had little recourse if a husband treated her of her children badly, including many acts of battery. In an 1808 case, State v. Rhodes, a husband was found innocent because, the judge said, “the defendant had a right to whip his wife with a switch no larger than his thumb,” citing “old doctrine.”
There are also references to the thumb as a means to estimate things—judging the alignment or distance of an object by holding the thumb in one's eye-line, the temperature of brews of beer, measurement of an inch from the joint to the nail to the tip, or across the thumb, etc.
A "rule of thumb" may be defined this way: "Practical truths, or perhaps general principles, or even estimations, that are based on one’s personal experience and observations, not necessarily as an outcome of directed, precise scientific study."
This thread was created to share those "rules of thumb," and to solicite others from you. I'll post one, then listen/watch for others that you might post. In a few days, I'll post another one. Let's see what gets accumulated...
Rule of thumb #1: (this one is for men who have not undergone any PC-treatments but have have just received their second (or more) PSA test results)
A rapid rise in PSA levels is a poor predictor of PC. Or the corollary rule of thumb: Prostatitis is associated with the highest rates of PSA rise.
Anyone else have a good "rule of thumb" to share?
It is incredibly interesting to learn the origins the phrases, and “rule of thumb” is no exception.
While we don’t know the exact origins, common belief is that it is associated with the formerly tolerated custom of wife-beating with a stick no thicker than a thumb. A hundred and more years ago, married women had little recourse if a husband treated her of her children badly, including many acts of battery. In an 1808 case, State v. Rhodes, a husband was found innocent because, the judge said, “the defendant had a right to whip his wife with a switch no larger than his thumb,” citing “old doctrine.”
There are also references to the thumb as a means to estimate things—judging the alignment or distance of an object by holding the thumb in one's eye-line, the temperature of brews of beer, measurement of an inch from the joint to the nail to the tip, or across the thumb, etc.