I’m still not over the shock of hearing I have prostate cancer. My urologist told me I had three options: watchful waiting or active surveillance, radiation, or surgery. I realized I had to educate myself.
The first thing I did was read two books. The first book was the Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, by Dr. Patrick C. Walsh. It is an almost 600-page tome with everything you’d ever want to know about preventing, delaying, diagnosing, and treating the prostate. It also discusses all the possible side effects of the various treatments such as incontinence and impotence; two words no man wants to hear. In fact, you may feel overwhelmed with information when you read this book but I’ve always believed there’s no such thing as too much information