Living

I first started writing poetry in a college creative writing class in 1968. I was nineteen, a sophomore and running the half mile and mile for the track team. I...

I am often asked by newly diagnosed men and their partners if there is a difference between active surveillance (AS) and watchful waiting (WW). The answer is YES there are real...

Like any other chronic disease, a prostate cancer diagnosis will significantly affect your life. It will affect your friends, your colleagues, and most importantly your family. This will be a...

Katie's husband, Ed, was diagnosed with prostate cancer 4 years ago. After standing by her husband through surgery and treatment, Katie talks about her experience supporting someone with cancer. As...

I have prostate cancer and I’ve had PTSD, but in my case, the two aren’t linked, but they can be. Although my cancer diagnosis petrified me, and I get stats...

"It looks like your PSA level is more than 0.49 nanograms per milliliter and..." -The Unknown Urologist You are sitting in the urologist office listening and going over the results...

Living with a chronic disease, like cancer, can sometimes make it difficult to function in the workplace. But despite struggling daily, many workers are reluctant to speak to their employers...

Following fully completing my first Trial Work Period (TWP) service month, I had to call and report my income for the month of February 2020. The SSD wanted to know...

Men are often taken back when I casually mention that prostate cancer is as great a threat to a man’s life as breast cancer is to the life of a...

Being in and around the news business for most of my career it comes naturally for me to think like a reporter. Even when you’re not one, the urge to...

Living with a chronic health condition such as prostate cancer can have a huge impact on your life. Unfortunately, despite advanced treatments and laws to protect us from discrimination in...

Prostate cancer is not something that people talk about often. As a result, the misconceptions are rampant. To highlight the many misunderstandings about prostate cancer, we reached out on the...

With any illness, we take over the counter and prescription drugs. They both have possible side effects that are not always welcomed by us. However, the drug risks should be...

One day, I received a letter from Social Security Disability and tucked away deep inside the envelope was a brochure concerning what they deemed a Trial Work Period or TWP...

When I lost my friend to prostate cancer, I didn’t know how to feel. The pain was so much for me to handle. So many have lost family and friends...

On National Cancer Survivors Day, observed each year on the first Sunday in June, we honor and celebrate anyone whose life has been changed by a cancer diagnosis. We stand...

If we are old enough to have prostate cancer, we usually also have other underlying health conditions. And on Friday, 4/17/20, I woke up with the worst case of vertigo...

Time passed quickly once I finished my Taxotere chemo infusions. I began to recover from the side effects of having poison in my body. The hair on my head slowing...

The fight against cancer is never easy, but it can be all the more problematic when you are facing a cancer that is often misunderstood. Prostate cancer seems to be...

Professor and landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has been designing and building therapeutic gardens for over 20 years. Here, he shares his unique viewpoint on the power of nature to heal...