Mo Invisible BattlesEarlier this month, ProstateCancer.net sat down with the Movember Foundation and two Mo Bros, Doug Prusoff and Matt Gutt, to talk about Movember and one of the movement’s missions to...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
[DO NOT PUBLISH] Support for Our Veterans: An Interview with the Steven A. Cohen Military Family ClinicIn honor of Veterans Day on November 11, ProstateCancer.net sat down with Peter Freudenberger, LCSW who is the Outreach Manager at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at the...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
TeamworkMy wife, Melinda, and I met in late 1979 while working at the same restaurant in San Luis Obispo, California. She was a native and I was a refugee from...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Participating in a Clinical Trial - Part 1This week I started my first clinical trial that’s a treatment-based study. I only say “treatment based” as there are multiple types of clinical trials. I’m already participating in a...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Movember On My MindModern life can be all about failure, or the avoidance of it. From an early age we are urged to work hard to pass tests and get high scores. We...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
No Shave NovemberNo Shave November or Movember as many call it is rapidly approaching. Will this be the year that you participate? Before setting out on a month long quest to become...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What is Breakthrough Pain and How Do I Manage It?Breakthrough pain (BTP) is just that, a sudden onset level of pain that is separate from the ongoing pain generally well managed by medication, particularly in cancer patients. Breakthrough pain...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How To Appeal a Social Security Disability DenialThough the statistics vary somewhat from state to state, nationwide about 65% of all disability claims are denied on the first application. Luckily, receiving a denial does not mean that...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Will My Prostate Cancer Age Me?Did you know that 1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime?My father is 84 years old and got diagnosed at age 72. There are...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Things They Don't Tell You About Prostate CancerEight years ago this month my prostate cancer treatment was starting to turn from an idea into a plan. On the way things happened that hadn’t been mentioned or discussed...Reactions0reactionsComments23 comments
Meet John and The Reluctant BrotherhoodProstateCancer.net sat down with John Teisberg, community advocate and founder of The Reluctant Brotherhood, to discuss his journey with prostate cancer and how it motivated him to create a different...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Erections After Prostatectomy – Do You Care?The diagnosis of prostate cancer means making a lot of decisions. Who knew that there would be so many decisions regarding treatment? In a perfect world, you would go into...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What Does Metabolic Syndrome Have To Do with Prostate Cancer?Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a group of heart disease risk factors that can include obesity, diabetes mellitus, and high blood pressure, among other symptoms. Other characteristics include high blood sugar...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
New DirectionsWhile receiving physical therapy for problems with my cervical spine, I told my therapist about my recent laparoscopic prostate surgery, the efforts I was making to restore pelvic health, including...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Sometimes Too Late Can Be CostlyOver and over again we are taught early prevention. Yet so many of us ignore this. Many people with prostate cancer do not take these measures seriously. You’re sent to...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Will My Disability Benefits Change If My Diagnosis Changes?Getting approved to receive disability benefits from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) begins with a great deal of paperwork. A variety of different forms and records are necessary to...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Same Cancer, Different JourneyGay and bisexual men with prostate cancer may have unique needs that present challenges to doctors and health systems in the era of "patient-centered" care. In order to provide patient-centered...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
What Do You Do? – Pelvic Floor Physical TherapistWe all know that when you meet someone new, maybe a parent on your kid's new soccer team, eventually you are going to talk about what it is that you...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Telling Loved Ones about Your Prostate Cancer DiagnosisDealing with a diagnosis of prostate cancer on your own can be quite difficult. There are many important decisions to consider, and much to contemplate in order to take the...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Patti’s Caregiving Story: Lessons from Depression and Self-CareIn Part II of Patti's caregiving story, Patti goes into more detail about her experiences as Len's caregiver as he battled prostate cancer. She opens up about the challenges she's...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments