Prostate cancer screening saved my life
5 March 2020: I have learned a lot about prostate cancer screening tests. I was lucky enough to be diagnosed in time, before it had spread. Which is why I [...]
Day 7: Cancer close to spreading beyond prostate
5 March 2020: Yesterday my surgeon told me just how close my cancer had come to spreading beyond my prostate gland. It's a huge relief to know that my doctor's [...]
Day 6: Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery is magnificent treatment
4 March 2020: I am hugely blessed to have gone through such major surgery so easily and to be quite obviously on the mend. Robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery is absolutely [...]
Day Zero: radical prostatectomy surgery
Imagine being on that table: Operating Theatre with Robotic Surgery Machine 27 February 2020: Up at 4 am, Uber to hospital in the dark for my radical [...]
Research part 2: Prostate surgery details
24 January 2020: Part of what I like about my surgeon is that he can explain so clearly what my options are and how it all works. Once I made [...]
Disclosing my cancer diagnosis at work
13 February 2020: Do I disclose my cancer diagnosis at work? My first instinct was to be completely open and tell everybody and anybody who’s interested. After all, cancer affects [...]
Guest post: Prostate cancer treatment affected by prior cancer and COVID
By Pramod Daya, Founder and CEO, Mindspring Computing Here's the story of how my prostate cancer treatment options were affected by prior cancer experience. I'm a business leader and founder [...]
Making space and making my decision about prostate cancer treatment
24 January 2020: Today I made my decision about prostate cancer treatment. But first I needed some space. Making space for good decisions My December 2019 MRI scan was pretty [...]
Research part 1: Learning from gay men
15 January 2020: I want to know what it will really be like if I have my prostate removed. The technical stuff is not enough. What will it feel like? [...]
Partner story 1: From diagnosis to surgery
A cancer diagnosis affects the partner and the marriage about as much as the patient. Big thanks to my wife Colleen for sharing her side of the story. Here is [...]
Sexuality | libido | identity
6 December 2019 Now I know I most likely have prostate cancer, and that my preferred treatment is radical prostatectomy surgery. I am reaching out to close friends and family [...]
Daytime gratitude, night time despair
4 Dec 2019 I got the results of my MRI scan today – PIRADS level 4. Google says it means 80% likely it's prostate cancer. Pretty upsetting. I am [...]
How I found out I had prostate cancer
3 December 2019: The first signs of prostate cancer were not at all obvious. I am so lucky the problem was picked up in time. When I went to see [...]