So, what do I say? I’m 54 as of September 18th and I found out less than a month earlier that I had Prostate Cancer. In some ways I’m still processing the news of my situation and what it means. In that short period of time, I’ve set my path to determine how I was going to live with this news and how to deal with it. My circumstances are very unique as I’ve learned from reading and discussing my situation with many doctors, fellow club members (diagnosed men), media, family friends and their friends who are living with this disease. How do I solve this problem? How do I get over this hump? In truth I’ve learned there is NO WAY! This now is a part of my life for the rest of my life, and I need to figure out how to make that happen without having this own and control me.
Tomorrow is a big day for me. A man that had little to no real ailments or surgeries my whole life is scheduled to get a RALP – Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and I’m very apprehensive on what may be the outcome. Though I’m not too concerned about the surgery itself, what the results are from it I am. I feel this will set the stage for how I deal with my life afterwards.
So many things to talk about so many things to discuss and express, but I’ll leave that for later. Later, I’ll go through how I first found out about it and the details around my cancer. I’ll discuss how I’m dealing with it from work to friends and family. As well as how I’m working on my spirituality and sanity to maintain life and commitments. Also, I’ll discuss why I’m taking on this effort to write my story as part of this blog to help others in their fight against Prostate Cancer and hopefully extend this platform to others.
T minus 10 hours and I’ll be under the knife. Now it’s time to focus on taking in the love and support of those around me and thinking happy thoughts.
G-night for now 🙂
