I know, we all have our prostate cancer story where we are told how lucky we are that we have prostate cancer. The conversation goes on something like, “Oh you are so lucky, you have the GOOD cancer, you should be so thankful.” Then it is often followed up by something like, “My (father) (brother) [...]
There has been a lot of questions raised about why the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has out of the clear blue, launched a review of Provenge, a review that could ultimately make Provenge unavailable to men on Medicare and Medicaid (see the post:Medicare Funding for Provenge, We Urgently Need Your HELP). There [...]
Mike Scott who writes the THE “NEW” PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK today published an excellent summary/discussion about survival time for men with metastatic prostate cancer. He presents a synopsis about anticipated survival going back to the late 1980s and brings the conversation up to our current condition. He reminds us that our next big step will [...]
Those of us advanced prostate cancer survivors who are younger than 65 years and who live in the United States often face a major dilemma if we are unable to continue to work. Medicare will not provide us with medical insurance until we reach that magic age of 65 years. We can apply for social [...]
From Yahoo (posted today): Men and Women looking out for each other: * 43% of searches on Yahoo! Health for Prostate Cancer come from women * 33% of searches on Yahoo! Health for Breast Cancer come from men * 25% of searches on Yahoo! Health for Ovarian Cancer come from men * 38% of searches [...]
Happiness is taking pleasure in what you do have.
I received a telephone call recently from a man who was angry and upset. All he could say was, but I’m not dying, I’m not dying! I was finally able to calm him down enough to be able to get him to tell me his story. It seems that his doctor told him that it [...]
In June of 2009 a team at UCSF Department of Urology announced a new prostate cancer risk assessment test that they claim can provide men and their doctors a better way of gauging long-term risks and pinpointing high risk cases of prostate cancer. The test, as indicated by the researchers, proved accurate in predicting bone [...]
Many of us once considered drinking coffee nothing but a bad habit, but now it looks as if drinking coffee is actually a good thing for us. Researchers are finding more and more benefits from drinking coffee, from preventing cancer to fighting fatigue. […]
Dear President Obama, Prostate cancer will hit one in every six American men. This means that one in every six families will also be affected by prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second biggest cancer killer of American men. Sadly, many people don’t know that prostate cancer kills so many men. Prostate cancer is a [...]
