02/04/2020
The Way Back
If you’re a young man diagnosed with prostate cancer, maybe your first thought is, “Am I going to die?” And then, “What’s the best way to treat this?” And then: “Will I ever get my life back?” And here’s the thing: By the time they get to that third question,. Read More
03/02/2018
Nate Cornell Scares Up Money for Prostate Cancer
Have you ever thought to yourself “I’d like to make a difference but I don’t know how to do it.”? Nate Cornell didn’t! Nate, age 11, ran his own haunted house this Halloween, raising over $500 to benefit life-saving prostate cancer research. The Cornell boys, Nate (11), Ben (12), Zach. Read More
01/11/2018
How to Be Your Own Best Advocate
Alan Gelband has an undetectable PSA. Two years after robotic prostatectomy for organ-confined prostate cancer, he has come through diagnosis, treatment and recovery, and life is good. But he will never forget what it was like during that time, and because of that, he shares what he has learned with. Read More
01/10/2018
A New Lease on Life
Part I: A New Lease on Life (pun intended) Are you the kind of person who thinks things happen for a reason? Len Bellavia wasn’t. He’s more like your classic mover and shaker - the kind of guy who knows everyone, who people listen to – because it’s so clear. Read More
01/05/2018
The Long, Wet Road Back to Normal
Incontinence after radical prostatectomy sucks. But for nearly all men, it goes away. For the very small percentage in whom it doesn’t, there is help. JP Mac (John P. McCann) is an Emmy award-winning animation writer who worked for Warner Bros. and Disney, and a novelist. He is also very. Read More
12/11/2017
“There’s More Hope All the Time.”
Metastatic prostate cancer can turn on a dime. For too long, a sudden shift in the disease has meant bad news. But now, more and more men are seeing a sudden turn in the right direction. Jeff Finerman is one of them. In a very short time, Jeff has gone. Read More
11/13/2017
“As Close to a Miracle As We Get”
Six months ago, the future looked pretty bleak for Chris Seelye. At just 62, this professional photographer from Washington State thought he had maybe a year to live. “I was facing a terminal illness and was reaching the time where I had to start making decisions,” he says. Decisions like,. Read More
07/11/2017
The Tough Guy
This is a love story about a man and his family. Charlie Robison so fiercely loved his wife and daughters that he fought prostate cancer with all his might for 13 years. His family loved him so fiercely in return that they were beside him every step of the way. Read More
05/18/2017
“Get checked under the hood. Be a responsible grown-up.”
So, you’re 42. You’re into health and fitness, and fairly attuned to your body: you know something’s not right with your urinary tract, and you go to the doctor to get it checked out. Prostate cancer’s not on your radar. Why should it be? You’re young, you’re healthy, you have. Read More
04/27/2017
Healing and Grace
In many ways, Russell Clayton’s story sounds like an ideal scenario from a prostate cancer playbook: In September 2015, Clayton, a doctor himself – he is an Ob/Gyn in Los Angeles – went for his yearly checkup. He requested a PSA blood test. “My physician wasn’t going to order the. Read More