I have some explaining to do because only a rarefied few would understand the title of this post. "Gut Yonteff" is the traditional way Jews greet each other on religious holidays. The phrase (from Yiddish and Hebrew) literally means: "Good good-day". This year, we had a guest in town for Passover, the pope, and so [...]
This is a follow-up to my next-to-last post, "Taking time off from Work for Treatment: What to Tell People." In that post I advised a man named Steve how to go about disclosing to his business associates that he had prostate cancer and needed to take time off from work. It just happens that the Wall Street Journal [...]
I am going to venture into virgin territory for this blog -- issues of prostate cancer and the workplace. A couple of days ago I got a letter from Steve L,. 54, a personable guy with a good sense of humor who lives in the suburbs of New York City and works in sales. When [...]
I would like to use the Easter holiday as an opportunity to say something brief on the subject of faith. Surely you have heard about the controversy surrounding Barack Obama's pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I am not going to discuss the reverend's "social gospel" diatribes -- Rule #1 when conversing in the online PC [...]
The inspiration for this title is a film produced by actress and photographer Kris Carr called Crazy, Sexy Cancer. She has also written a book and maintains a blog by that name (crazysexycancer.com). Some months ago I saw the stunning, 30-something Ms. Carr (she appears in NFL football commercials) on a TV talk show, and [...]
My dear friend, Hugh Kearnley, an award-winning chef, sent me these recipes. Canned (wild) salmon is a good and a cheap way to get needed vitamin D and fish oils. Hughie, unfortunately, died last September, but he will live on through his tasty treats. I am leaving in some of Hughie's commentary so you can [...]
The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently held their annual conference, and it has generated a lott of buzz in the online PC community. There is so much news coming out of this meeting, it is overloading my mailbox. So I will try to present a few of these stories as best as I can. The following article touts the benefits [...]
I am just coming off a 2-day "PSA-Dread" hangover. What that means is that we went to see DH's radiation oncologist at Sloan-Kettering (MSK) on Tuesday to see whether his salvage radiation (sRT = radiation after failed surgery) had worked. You know that feeling of anguish that builds up as "D-Day" draws near. Your mind twists itself into [...]
Hi Folks, Prostate surgery, especially, robotic, is fast becoming the one-size-fits-all treatment recommendation for newly diagnosed patients. I suggest you don't rush into surgery or anything else. The first thing to do is assemble a brain trust, i.e., put together a list of the the best doctors in the world that you have access to. [...]
