Long Distant Expert Doctors
When diagnosed with Advanced Prostate Cancer one common piece of advice we all receive is to get the best possible doctor to help us with our treatment. Treatment is complex and a physician on the [...]
Still Missing, The Prostate Cancer Community
Here it is June 11 and my frustration with the Prostate Cancer Community continues to climb. On May 31, I wrote that the FDA had compromised over the issue of the approval of Provenge. At [...]
The Challenges of Living with Advanced Prostate Cancer
I try to remember to have the regular issues of normal living and not my prostate cancer control my life. Sometimes I am successful, and sometimes not. Finding the proper balance can sometimes be harder [...]
Hormone Blockade Can Speed A Heart Attack
The following appeared in the Friday, June 8th edition of Health Day News. Those of us who are on a hormone blockade, or who are contemplating starting a blockade need to be aware of this [...]
Reading the Obituaries
Increasingly, I find that on a daily basis, I am reading the obituaries in the newspaper. I know from conversations with some of my older relatives that they too report a regular review of the [...]
Dealing with Your APC
People treat their diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer and what they view as their prognosis in many different ways. We all know that prostate cancer, especially advanced prostate cancer, is a life changing experience. In [...]