If you ask my doctors what is important about me, they are likely to say something like this: Josh is an obese 66-year-old man with essential hypertension, sleep apnea, vitreous detachment in both eyes, and history of prostate cancer. Why so negative? If you ask anybody else I interact with, they start with the positive….
In December, I told you I had prostate cancer. In February, I let you know I had completed radiation treatments. After treatments, it takes three-plus months for your body to settle down enough that they can test and see if the treatments worked. That’s happened now, and according to my latest blood test, I’m basically…
Since I told you all about my cancer treatment, here is an update. I have completed my 28 radiation treatments. Here’s a picture of me inside the enormous radiation machine at Maine Medical Center in Scarborough, Maine. The preparation I got from my physical therapist and my dietitian was extremely helpful. The dietitian also had…
I have prostate cancer and will begin treatment in January. I wanted to share my experience for several reasons. First, if you have a prostate, you might benefit from hearing somebody else’s experience — since you may find yourself in the same boat I’m now in. Second, I made my decisions in consultation with my…