Have I been abandoned? I feel as if I have. In today’s mail was a letter from my kidney oncologist (I also have renal cancer) telling me that he will no longer accept my insurance! He said that he hoped that I would continue to use him as my physician, but if not he recommended [...]
It is my understanding that almost 90% of men who start hormone therapy initially respond to the drugs with their PSA falling significantly. However, there are many costs associated with ADT, many of which I have already discussed in this blog. The hot flashes, bone loss, weight gain, decreased libido and erectile dysfunction are often [...]
Many of us survivors have concluded we are better off having cancer. How can we be better off, we’re going to die. Yes, that is true, but so are you. I know what my fate has in store, so I can appreciate today. You go through the motions, and then without warning You too will [...]
One of the most common “comments” I get from both friends and family is “Oh Joel, you are so strong; I could never do what you do.” I am sure that many of you, my fellow cancer survivors and partners, also have heard the very same comment. I do not know about you, but I [...]
"All-cause mortality” or death by all causes has been shown to increase in men who have deficiencies of testosterone. A new study, conducted in Germany, recently came to this conclusion. In this study, The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), the researchers looked at death rates from any cause in almost 2,000 men aged 20 [...]