As It Turns Out, Pain Management Wasn’t a Factor After my Prostate Surgery
When I tell people I suffered almost no pain before, during, and after my prostatectomy, they invariably look at me skeptically, mentally chalking me up as another ...
Searching for Answers About My Prostate Cancer Gave Me Reasons to Hope
Thinking about your own death is not a pleasant pastime. But when the possibility that I had prostate cancer – a disease that strikes 1 in 8 men during their lifetime ...
Robotic Prostatectomy - It Isn't As Scary As It Sounds
The surgeon who removed my prostate was a tall man with a friendly face and slightly graying hair. He had an easygoing manner and large hands with long, tapered fingers. “A surgeon’s hands,” I remember ...
How Keeping a Sense of Humor Helped During My Prostate Cancer Treatment
I’ve heard all my life that laughter is the best medicine. Turns out there’s some scientific validity to the adage. Something about laughter ...
My Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Brought a Mix of Fear and Uncertainty, Gratitude and Guilt
I found out I had prostate cancer 4 years ago on a rainy day in early June. It didn’t come as a surprise. For several months, I had lived with the possibility that cancer -- the terrifying Big C ...