Since writing my series of articles about my prostate cancer, which you can find on my website, I have received several emails and comments of encouragement. I have also received a few emails telling me of other treatment options besides the three I’ve talked about. Some of these are a little out of the mainstream such [...]
“You have prostate cancer.” The punch in the stomach. “What? What did you say?” The doctor asked if I had any questions and those were the only two I could come up with at that moment. For years at my annual physical, I’ve been screened for prostate specific antigen, the test that tells the doctor [...]
The last doctor I was scheduled to see was a urologic oncologist at the University of Washington Department of Urology. If I were going to have surgery for my prostate cancer this was the guy who would do it. I’d heard he was one of the best in the world and my assumption, because he [...]
Hopefully, you had the chance to read my first and second articles about how I handle the news of hearing I have prostate cancer. If you haven’t here is a link to them on my website. https://georgeasantino.com/book/blog/ This is the third article in a series of articles I am writing about how I deal with this challenge. When [...]
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 surgery is something they call a radical prostatectomy. The watchful waiting was my preferred option, but the urologist reminded me [...]
What? What did you say? The doctor asked if I had any questions and those were the only two I could come up with at that moment. For years I’ve been having an annual physical and one of the tests the doctor did was for Prostate Specific Antigen. This is the test that tells the [...]
It’s been a few months since my last article about my prostate cancer treatment. That’s the thing about active surveillance, or watchful waiting; there’s a lot of waiting. During the past months I’ve continued to get PSA tests. My doctor said that if the number stayed low, I could wait until the one-year anniversary of [...]
If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I’ve been writing about my battle with prostate cancer. If you haven’t seen the articles you can find them here: https://georgeasantino.com/book/blog/ . The last article detailed my decision to go with active surveillance rather than surgery. This requires me to have follow-up PSA tests and another [...]
Since writing my series of articles about my prostate cancer, which you can find on my website at https://georgeasantino.com/book/blog/ I have received several emails and comments of encouragement. I have also received a few emails telling me of other treatment options besides the three I’ve talked about. Some of these are a little out of [...]
Hopefully you had the chance to read my previous articles about how I handle the news of hearing I have prostate cancer. If you haven’t here is a link to them on my website. https://georgeasantino.com/book/blog/ This is the fourth article in a series of articles I am writing about how I deal with this challenge. The last doctor [...]
