Tom Droege died last week. He was a special guy, thoughtful and outspoken. Also a real brain, rocket scientist, and intrepid, in that he ventured into areas of conversation where few dared tread. For example, Tom was active in Acor.org's PPML listserv (prostate problems mailing list), where he described his final illness in detail. Tom [...]
I am including this as "family" news. This doctor was an innovator in using new techniques for radiation therapy of the prostate, which have now become standard. My husband was a direct benefactor of his work at Sloan Kettering. May he R.I.P. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Froom the STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Steven Leibel, MD, the medical director of the Stanford [...]
Whether it's about Personal Computers, Prostate Cancer -- or even God, Aubrey Pilgrim has something to say. And one thing he's not is Politically Correct. So just to spice things up, I asked Aubrey to write a piece for me about someting he feels strongly about. If you haven't already met Aubrey Pilgrim, you probably will [...]
UroToday -- A study published in the December issue of "Cancer," suggests that prostate cancer patients and their spouses benefit from family intervention counseling. Interestingly, spouses benefited more. A total of 263 couples participated. The average patient age was 63 years and average spouse age was 59 years. The enrollment consisted of 65% in the newly diagnosed [...]
[Follow-up to previous post.] “We, as part of western society, tend to judge a man by what kind of provider he is for his wife and family, and by his financial success. Often a reduced value is placed on our lives because we are no longer active members of the work force. I believe acceptance [...]
[Photo is of a plaque on a firehouse near where I live. It is a memorial to the 12 firefighters from of that unit who died on 9/11. (Only one man returned.) The sentiments apply equally to the men we have lost to PC, including my dear friend, Hughie. "I can die but canna part, my bonnie [...]
Saturday night Ted and I went to a concert. The music was good, but my mind kept straying. I was thinking about my father. Feeling depressed, because it dawned on me that, 3 1/2 years after his death, he wasn't coming back. That only happens to deities. My mind flashed back to the scene at his bedside the night he died, [...]
I recently took a cruise down the Mississippi River on an old-fashioned steamboat, and it made me want to revisit the great African-American poet Langston Hughes' best-known poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (that's what inspired this title.) But my personal favorite Hughes poem is "Mother to Son", which I think of whenever I feel [...]
Not long after Hughie died, Alan wrote me a sad note. He had come home from University, where he is studying (and excelling in) math and economic geography, to the flat he had his Dad had shared. As usual, he called out, “Pops, I’m home,” and of course, there was no answer. Nor was there [...]
There have been a lot of ups and downs in the 16 months I’ve spent in PC cyberspace. One of the pleasures — and ironically, the miseries — was connecting with my first penpal — no, beloved friend — Hugh Kearnley. Who could have thought my internet soulmate would turn out to be a big, [...]
