PSA rising after treatment: like snakes and ladders
My PSA has started to rise, 18 months after my prostate cancer treatment. Guest Post by Dr Rhys Leeming I’m beginning to see later life in general, and Prostate [...]
Day 423: Why is health care so splintered?
25 April 2021: Everybody agrees that integrated health care is the best way to address illness and enhance wellness. But actual prostate cancer care is divided into narrow splinters [...]
Day 418: Energy changes after prostate cancer
20 April 2021: Losing my prostate has brought energy changes. It's also got me exploring where my energy really comes from. When I say "energy" I mean something less [...]
Partner Story 3: what is “natural sex” for a woman
By Colleen Dawson Being a woman means that sex is inextricably linked to careful preparation. Spontaneity happens when the planning allows it. While many men are averse to anything "artificial" [...]
Day 417: Revealing interview: sexual recovery after prostate surgery
19 April 2021: I was interviewed today by my hero Dr Jo Milios and the wonderful Melissa Hadley Barrett. It was edgy to be so frank in telling the story [...]
Guest story: From trans-Africa travels to treatment shopping to peace
There are many options on being diagnosed with prostate cancer, and definitely one size doesn't fit all. Gavin Hartford was diagnosed with prostate cancer around the same time as [...]
Guest post: I just wanted the cancer out!
By Paddy O'Brien Whatever my Gleason Score was, I forget. It is written down somewhere. When urologist Dr Moolman told me (in May 2017) that 75% of the needle [...]
Online course to navigate intimate connection after cancer
13 March 2021 (Day 380 after my surgery): This is about getting help with intimacy after cancer. I have a new body. For my wife it's about having a partner [...]
Brachytherapy side effects
by Trevor Pope I received a diagnosis of prostate cancer ten years ago, and it was treated with brachytherapy. The treatment was a success and the outcome is that [...]
Guest post: my experience of brachytherapy
By Trevor Pope January 2022 marks ten years since my diagnosis and brachytherapy treatment for cancer of the prostate. As anybody who has been given a dread-disease diagnosis will [...]
One year after prostate surgery
27 February 2021: A year after radical prostatectomy, I am so glad to be alive. I've also realised it is time to tell my story.* In this post and short [...]
Day 351: Eagerness emerging in new ways
12 February 2021: Nearly a year after my radical prostatectomy, natural erections are visiting on a rare, fleeting and unpredictable basis. How much I miss the eagerness of this body [...]
Guest diary: On being diagnosed with prostate cancer
By Andre Sobolewski 3 June 2021: I've just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I feel myself being transformed these past days. It's hard to feel an inner illness when I [...]
Day 320 – Losing my virginity all over again aged 62
12 January 2021: Let me share some joy in difficult times: I feel like I have lost my virginity all over again! It has taken a lot of love and [...]
Guest post: Getting over incontinence 8 years later
By GS, United Kingdom For seven years after my radical prostatectomy, incontinence was an ongoing problem. It turned out I was doing my Kegels wrong. Here's how learning to [...]
Day 280: Open to outcomes, not attached to them
3 December 2020: Being open to outcomes allows people to address directions and issues that can't be nailed down with firm definitions. Reflecting on the year that's ending, I see [...]
Guest post 3: External Beam Radiation Therapy
By Martin Wells After my radical prostatectomy didn’t catch all the cancer, I was prescribed 25 sessions of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and two and a half years [...]
Guest poem: Finding the NEW
by Steve Jones When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October, 2020 I was scared, apprehensive and anxious. I didn’t really listen all that intently to the numbers. [...]
9 months: a masterclass in softer pleasures
25 November 2020: It's so good to get help with unavoidable sexual changes after prostate cancer. My wife and I love each other as much as ever, but the way [...]
Day 270: The value of prostate cancer support groups
23 November 2020: After prostate cancer treatment, I felt isolated and uninformed while weird stuff continued to happen to my body. Now at last I am tapping into the value [...]