Category Archives: Prostate

Fifty days, seven weeks since surgery for prostate cancer. Ticking through the elements of recovery, I seem to be making very good progress, better than I expected given some of the information and individual stories I’d been reading.  Physical recovery … Continue reading →

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Surgery took a bit over four hours. I left the hospital 24 hours later, catheter in place. I was able to walk immediately, and today went 2.15 miles in 50 minutes. Nine days after surgery, I remain functional, … Continue reading →

On April 5th . . . . . . I’ll be having a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. After my father died from metastatic prostate cancer in 1996, I started getting PSA (prostate specific antigen) tests every year or two. Four years … Continue reading →

As I waited for my date with the biopsy needle, in January and February of 2023, I investigated my risks from the diagnosis I expected to receive. First off, would the cancer kill me, and if so, when?             No one … Continue reading →

My urologist, Dr. Iriye has been following me since he took care of my bladder stone 2018. He’s not very demonstrative, but has gotten used to how I think about myself and my values. We both agreed immediately it was … Continue reading →

I imagine it begins, my prostate cancer, with my father. I’m still awaiting results from the genetic test ordered by the oncologist I Zoomed with, who advised it might make a difference in how much hormonal treatment I should receive, … Continue reading →