Why there have been no posts since April

There have been no posts since last April. There is a reason—cancer.

At the end of 2014, my prostate specific antigen (PSA) level was above the recommended level. In April, 2015, a retest confirmed this, and my urologist recommended a prostate biopsy. The biopsy was done at the beginning of May, and the pathology confirmed […]

Cancer survivors on the emotional roller coaster

Having experienced my wife’s diagnosis of breast cancer (doom and gloom scary), her mastectomy (pain for a few days), her chemotherapy (slow death, hoping it kills the cancer cells faster than it kills her), and her radiation treatments, I thought her life (and mine) might return to normal after a year or so of cancer-clear […]

Yep! It’s skin cancer

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a 5mm diameter spot on the back of my left hand. The pathology report on the biopsy that was done came back positive yesterday. The doctor called it a “simple” cancer. I suppose, although from my point of view, no cancer is simple. I’ll have it […]