Living My Life In Three Week Cycles
Scott Goodwin has been a guest writer on this blog. He has been sharing his experiences and feelings as he continues his journey on chemotherapy. Scott is not doing as well as we all had [...]
The Impact of an Advanced Prostate Cancer Diagnosis on A Man
There was an interesting study done at the Department of Primary Care, Höglandssjukhuset, Nässjö, Sweden and the Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/SU Sahlgrenska, Gothenburg, Sweden. The study attempted to understand how men who are [...]
Health Care Reform & The Prostate Cancer Community
The following letter has been sent to the ranking members of the U.S. Senate who have been responsible for spearheading the health care reforms. Not only do I wish to share with you the actual [...]
Mitoxantrone Plus Prednisone – A Possible Fallback After Taxotere Failure
Men with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (mHRPC) who become docetaxel-refractory (no longer responsive to docetaxel therapy have no approved second line chemotherapy available. One could say that they have reached the proverbial brick wall. Where [...]
An Interesting Look at the Health Care Insurance Industry
My post of July 9, 2009, "Will Provenge or Any Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer Survive Health Reform?" has caused my mailbox to become full of a number of emails both damming my concern about [...]
Learning To Forgive
Being a cancer survivor often requires that we also need to find a way to be gracious and forgiving with family, friends and associates. When someone first learns we have cancer or even later on [...]