Living

Prior to my husband's diagnosis of prostate cancer, I had never heard the term "caregiver." And initially in our cancer journey, caregiver was not a term I used when caring for...

By the time you read this, Movember will have been in the rear-view mirror. Did you grow a mustache to raise money to help beat prostate or testicular cancer? The...

"When young and in our prime, young lovers often do entwine. But when we are old and hit the sack it's off to sleep ...  back to back." A funny little...

A robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in March of 2018 forever changed my life and became my worst nightmare. Even Gleason 4+5=9 cancer took a backseat to finding a way to...

"There is a malignancy." My urologist delivered those words virtually, thanks to Covid, with the professional empathy and courtesy all patients deserve. Four simple words, routine for him, changed my...

Before beginning this, I want to say that I am an outlier and mine is not a common outcome. In January of 2018 I was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer...

I've been dealing with an aggressive prostate cancer since 2013. Following the removal of my prostate on April 15th, the cancer returned some 5 years later and required a combination...

My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer 15 years ago at the age of seventy-two. Today he is eighty-eight. I was lost as a daughter as to what to do...

Dealing with prostate cancer can be a lonely, frightening journey. You might be feeling anxious, frustrated, and isolated, but there are resources that can help. One such resource is Reel Recovery. The...

Perhaps it is because you were recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. Perhaps you are in treatment or just finished. Then again you could be someone following an active surveillance or...

Celebrating my 4 1/2-year anniversary since being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer with extensive bone metastasis Stage IV, I pen this article with heartfelt thanks having survived two years and...

Standing in extremely long lines, waiting for a parking space to free up, eating homecooked meals, seeing the Salvation Army ringing the bell outside major stores, and opening presents are...

It is only by the most unlikely series of events that I am writing this article today. So unlikely are these contingencies that it sometimes makes me wonder who is in...

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...

Radiotherapy is a common form of treatment for prostate cancer and formed part of my treatment regime. There are welcome signs that this form of therapy is about to undergo...

I joined a prostate support group about 3 years ago. My father had prostate cancer, so I wanted to learn more about the disease. I have met some wonderful people...

When I was a high school English teacher, and later a high school administrator and principal, I frequently found myself in meetings with students who weren’t doing well academically and...

Vaccines utilize the power of the immune system to help fight off diseases. The best way to think about your immune system is that it is your body’s personalized self-defense...

In the year after I was diagnosed in May 2017, I had to visit my cancer hospital pretty much every three or four weeks as my liver function was quite...

I work as a pelvic floor physical therapist. I got into this line of work because I had inexplicable pelvic pain of my own. It took several years of self-discovery...