The experience of prostate cancer treatment and its immediate aftermath
27 February 2023: My experience of life after prostate cancer: loss is inevitable. Adaptation and recovery are possible. This morning I am celebrating exactly 3 years since my radical prostatectomy. [...]
By Martin Wells Not everybody gets to have their cancer cut out and then stay in remission. Here's the beginning of my story of ongoing cancer after prostatectomy. I [...]
27 August 2020: Celebrating the benefits of pelvic floor physiotherapy with the wonderful Hester van Aswegen. Her specialist training and simple direct manner are helping me go beyond the basic [...]
By Dr Rhys Leeming Without a doubt, of all the medical interventions I have had, my prostatectomy has left the deepest scars. Thrown instantly into erectile dysfunction and bladder [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
