Living
What is important is how you live your life, not how you leave your life Joel T. Nowak MA, MSW
How Hard Should You Fight?
I had the opportunity to speak with a son of a man who recently succumbed to advanced prostate cancer. He told me that while accompanying his father on the prostate cancer journey he had learned something that could only have been learned from having had this experience. He explained to me that perhaps it is [...]
Survivors with Advanced Disease and Their Partners Are the Most Effected and Least Served
I believe that most of us already knew that as prostate cancer advances the strain caused by the disease progression on both the survivor and his spouse increases. This strain has a direct negative effect on the emotional quality of life experienced by the survivor and their spouse. Despite this, there are very few [...]
The American Cancer Society’s Campaign for Health Care Reform
The American cancer Society has announced that it is taking its biggest step in its history into the politics of health care reform. The society has decided to spend 15 million dollars in advertising on behalf of Americans with too little or no health insurance. Their campaign will include TV commercials, web sites and magazine [...]
When Bad Things Happen To Good People
I don’t believe that God causes mental retardation in children, or chooses who should suffer from muscular dystrophy. The God I believe in does not send us the problem: He gives us the strength to cope with the problem. Where do you get the strength to go on when you have used up all your [...]