The following was sent to me as a comment to a prior post. Instead, I think the comment warrants being put up as its own separate post. It is written by a urologist who has requested that I only use his initials instead of his full name. I would like to thank you for your [...]
The doctors told me that I have recurrent prostate cancer, they stamped on my forehead a little sign that says “EXPIRES ??/??/20??. I have tried and tried to wash that stamp off my face. No matter what I do it still remains, setting me apart from everyone else. I am not ready to expire nor [...]
I have been reading in the press about a recent medical malpractice settlement surrounding prostate cancer. Briefly, a man went to his primary care physician who, along with other tests, performed a DRE and PSA test. The doctor failed to inform his patient about the negative test results which were indicative of a diagnosis of [...]
There has been a lot of criticism about the recent guidelines on PSA testing that has been issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS). Many of us with advanced prostate cancer are appalled with these guidelines and feel it is just another example of the ACS abandoning men with cancer over the powerful breast cancer [...]
I don’t know if you have ever thought about it, but sometimes I think about who gets cancer and who doesn’t. It is hard not to think about this after having three different cancers. According to scientists, we know of some things that can cause cancer, such as certain environmental exposures. Exposure only means that [...]