In my last post I tried to acquaint people with Aubrey Pilgrim, a great friend of the prostate cancer community and a tireless advocate, who died recently. I have been in touch with Aubrey's family and told them people were asking if there was an obituary. His niece, Pam, sent me this, which is rather basic and [...]
I just read an article about a man who recently fathered a set of twins -- a boy and a girl. What's different about this story is that the man was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 43 and had had a prostatectomy. As a result, his body was no longer producing sperm. But through modern technology, specifically [...]
Listen to real people talk about what it's like to have prostate cancer on the NY Times blog: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/voices-of-prostate-cancer/ I have not had a chance to listen to this, but I'm sure it's worthwhile. There are interviews with a diverse group of men who've had PC. I commend the NT Times for its prominent coverage [...]
When I first started the blog I wrote that I wanted to introduce you to ordinary members of the "prostate cancer club. " Burney Huff, who is shown in the picture above vacationing in Homer, Alaska with his wife, Leigh, is one of my favorites. Burney, 65, was diagnosed with PC in 1995, had RT in 2000 [...]
You may have heard that Hamilton Jordan, chief-of-staff to Jimmy Carter, died yesterday of cancer at the age of 63. You may not have known that Jordan battled four cancers, including lymphoma, prostate, skin cancer and mesothelioma. In spite of all this, Jordan wrote a book called "No Such Thing As A Bad Day" speaking about himself. Jordan [...]