Sanad means "Support" in Jordanian. I met yesterday with a coalition of sanad group leaders who were touring the United States as guests of the Department of State. Their mission was to learn as much as possible about how we conduct our cancer support groups. We enjoyed one and a half hours of exchanging [...]
As I get older and because of the hormone blockade I have gained weight, I do not mean a little weight, I have gained a lot of weight. Exercise has also become very difficult because of the peripheral neuropathy that the blockade has given me. I even have difficulty just walking! Now that I have [...]
Did you know that cancer patients still have to go to their internists for their routine check ups? It doesn't matter how many other doctors we see about our cancer, we still need to go and have all that other normal type of stuff done. I know it doesn't seem fair, we seem to spend [...]
Last night I had the opportunity to see James Taylor in concert at Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Needless to say, it was an absolutely fantastic concert. When James came out on stage I was first hit by the fact that like all of us he has aged. He is still a very slim man; clearly he [...]
Tom Droege is a long term advanced prostate cancer survivor. He wrote this post on the Prostate Pointers Mailing List and has given me permission to reprint it. This gives a little window into his world and his battle with prostate cancer. Hang in there Tom "These are just my observations and have no scientific [...]