Dan Franke

In May 2008, my life changed permanently. I was told that I had cancer, prostate cancer to be exact, stage T3c. The only option for me was radical prostatectomy. I...

Since I recently turned seventy, I was thinking about what "mature" means. We all have heard the expression "they are mature for their age," or, "he’s not very mature for...

It has been 15 years since I was diagnosed with stage T3c prostate cancer. Gleason score of seven and PSA near 90 ng/ml. I had DiVinci robotic surgery completed by...

I was diagnosed at age 55 in March of 2008. It's now 2022, and I’m sneaking up on 70, as of my writing this. Still here! Over the course of...

There was a group of us, about ten guys that were tight growing into manhood in Chicago’s inner city; really the northwest side is more accurate. The city is divided...

Fourteen years ago at age 55, I was diagnosed with stage T3c prostate cancer. My PSA was ninety-nine, and the cancer had left the building and made its way down...

Doctors and their whitecoats by their very nature are kind of cold and antiseptic. Doctors even have varying degrees of whitecoats depending on their longevity and skillset. Short whitecoats are...

In March 2008, I decided to take advantage of my company’s free clinic to get a routine check-up. Because I was 55 years old, they asked if I’d ever had...