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On 30th August 1980 I married my first and only love, my amazing wife Tracey. Our Ruby wedding anniversary will be a very strange and muted affair as we live...

In a previous article, I wrote about the need to have a Plan B if Plan A doesn’t work out. Since I wrote that article, two Plan A’s were scrubbed...

After a shocking diagnosis at the young age of 52, Jim Rathburn has spent the years post-treatment networking with cancer centers, talking to others, and finding creative ways to get...

I live in a southern suburb of Manchester, UK, called Altrincham. In fact, I’m the current Provost (think Mayor) of Altrincham and I’ve been involved in the Altrincham Business community...

Fatigue: It’s not “just being tired”, and it’s an experience that individuals living with a chronic health condition know all too well. Fatigue can impact every aspect of daily life...

Most of us know what a caregiver does, but not everyone fully understands what it is like to be a caregiver until they are in that role. To start a...

Receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis can be life-changing, and needing to immediately pivot to making treatment decisions can be overwhelming. Like all medical therapies, different treatment options carry different risks...

Well of course it wasn’t with the grim reaper, death is always reluctant to take calls, but it was with a friend who before too long is booked in for...

So what are you afraid of? Better to get the problem resolved versus waiting until later when more complications could arise. Time to speak up and advocate for your own health...

Prostate cancer has far-reaching effects on those living with the condition, as well as their families. Beyond the physical, mental, and emotional effects of the diagnosis, cancer-related expenses may take...

At the start of May 2017, I was a sub-elite athlete training to take on one of the world’s toughest ultra-marathons and qualified with a Good for Age Time for...

In the last installment of this stress reduction series, I am going to talk about why men need to focus on reducing their stress levels. After a prostate cancer diagnosis...

I was walking in my neighborhood the other day and just stop to talk to my neighbor. He shared with me that he had prostate cancer. This was the perfect time...

Everyone needs testosterone to drive performance whether that be athletic or sexual. Caster Semenya the South African athlete was told that she needed to take medication to reduce her testosterone...

Sometimes we do not know how to help someone who is facing prostate cancer. It can be hard to know what support looks like during this tough time. To learn...

My urologist got right to the point in May, 2018: “You have cancer”. Diagnosed with T2C prostate cancer, I did the dance with the Da Vinci Robot and had my...

Arizona State University is seeking sleep-disturbed cancer patients to participate in a research study. The purpose of the research is to determine the effects of an 8-week smartphone-based health intervention...

Each year, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is observed in October. This year, October 10 will mark the day to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the...

Proton beam therapy is a hot discussion topic in this community and when I received an interesting note from Vickie about her partner’s proton experience, I knew I wanted to dig...

The American Cancer Society and the Canadian Cancer Society estimate at least 293,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer (as of 2022). Of which roughly 39,000 men (34,500 American...