The online prostate cancer community was struck with a tragedy last week. We found out that one of our "elders", Aubrey Pilgrim, a vital man of 84, was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and given 4-6 months to live. I am still trying to absorb the shock of this. I've been depressed about it all week. Who wouldn't [...]
[For an introduction to this article, please read the previous posting.] Sandwich Generation caregivers Minnesota Public Radio, April 17, 2008 by Nanci Olesen "I can hold her hand and you can feel that there's something much deeper than words can ever express, so that's how we communicate. But she's slipping away." Mary Louise Clary is [...]
Studies have shown that wives of PC survivors are often under a lot of emotional strain. And the wife's mental state apparently affects the health of the man. So I asked myself, "Why are we ladies so stressed out"? Often because we are what one article I came across (Minnesota Public Radio, April 17, 2008 by Nanci [...]
Philadelphia Phillies first base coach Davey Lopes, 62, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and team officials said he was expected to make a full recovery. The former Milwaukee Brewers manager will have surgery later this month at the Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., and is expected to miss six weeks after that. Lopes' [...]
"Caregivers of men with prostate cancer suffer too" http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSKUA37179720080213 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wives and other caregivers of men with prostate cancer may be at risk of anxiety, fatigue and other symptoms that exact a toll on the quality of their lives, a study published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests. The findings, [...]