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Not The Same Old Man

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By Thomas M

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I found out at the latter end of 2021 that I have prostate cancer and it's aggressive. Wow! Hearing that changed my life in a way that's humbled me in so many ways and areas of my life.

Mental health impacts of prostate cancer

Depression even now, no matter how much I work at being happy, that happiness never really blesses me. I was told by my nurse practitioner that if I did kemo I'd be dead in five years so I panicked and had surgery to remove my prostate and now my psychological view of myself isn't any better. In fact, it's worse.

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