Welcome to Cancer!

TL;DR I have early onset Prostate Cancer. It isn’t life-threatening, but it will be a journey to being on the other side of this. I’ve named her Pernicious, but she will not be persistent.

Well, well. It’s been a weird year or two.

It’s really tough for a lot of people to process disease, mortality, all of the things that come up when you hear the word “cancer”. There’s a lot of stigma with the word, let alone it being Prostate Cancer.

I am only 42, most men do not start getting checked till 45+ if not 50+. There’s a good chance I could be in a much worse prognosis if it wasn’t caught early. It’s still cancer, it’s still going to suck, but no one is mentioning death. That’s a win.

I welcome questions, recommendations, good vibes – you are not prying – I am in no pain and have no symptoms yet. It was found during a routine annual physical, and everyone was incredibly surprised to have found it this early.

My prognosis is great long-term, but it will be a journey. I’ll be keeping my journal along the way.

Encourage the men in your life to get their Prostate Check and Annual Physical every year. It could have been the difference between manageable and life threatening.

Hope you follow along.