Single man with prostate cancer?
Not every person going through prostate cancer has a spouse or significant other. This forum is a space for single men to discuss how prostate cancer has affected their lives.
Wasn’t aware this forum was for single men?
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. is just referring to this particular page of the site. We have plenty of articles and forum pages on the site dealing with men with spouses and significant others, so Samuel wanted to create a space where single men could come and ask questions or discuss issues that arise as a single man dealing with prostate cancer. Best, Richard (ProstateCancer.net Team) There is! We want to make sure that everyone is represented here in the community. Not all men with prostate cancer have a partner or spouse. -Samuel, Team Member
Before my wife passed I was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer twice and it was sure nice to have her support. Now I am single and wondering what the next phase will be and I will admit it is a bit unnerving when looking at the future. Dennis(ProstateCancer.net TEAM)
I, too, am a single man with prostate cancer. I was actually diagnosed 5 days before my wife passed and received treatment after her passing consisting of Lupron and radiation. My follow-ups were good for about 4 years and then my PSA started climbing. I am now on Art consisting of Lupron and Nubeqa. The results so far have been very good with my PSA dropping to 0.30 after a month. Next check is in a couple of weeks and I am hopeful that it will not be detectable this next visit. I live alone and only have a stepdaughter who lived 700 miles away with her three sons, my grandsons. I am an only child and find being in this place to be very daunting. Friends and neighbors have offered help in the event I need it, which is comforting but nonetheless I am quite scared of what the future may look like. I have begun to dispose of some of the things I have in order to be more agile in the event I have to sell my house and move into a different type of community. I am sure I am not the only guy who has found himself in this predicament, but I am resolved to continue living my life as I choose until circumstances dictate otherwise.
