Dr. Wassersug, a professor of anatomy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and a prostate cancer survivor often gives lectures about advanced prostate cancer. He opens his lectures by asking a provocative question: "Who in our modern society is castrated? The answer invariably comes back loud and clear: sex offenders. Someone may venture another guess: transsexuals? [...]
What is important is how you live your life, not how you leave your life Joel T. Nowak MA, MSW
I had the opportunity to speak with a son of a man who recently succumbed to advanced prostate cancer. He told me that while accompanying his father on the prostate cancer journey he had learned something that could only have been learned from having had this experience. He explained to me that perhaps it is [...]
I believe that most of us already knew that as prostate cancer advances the strain caused by the disease progression on both the survivor and his spouse increases. This strain has a direct negative effect on the emotional quality of life experienced by the survivor and their spouse. Despite this, there are very few [...]
Recently I opened my e-mail and quickly skimmed the titles in my inbox. One of the titles from the prostate pointers Listserv was "Breast Enlargement." My initial response was that of anger as I assumed that someone had spammed the list with nonsensical trash. Then it dawned on me, the e-mail was actually about Gynecomastia. [...]