Prostate Cancer

I'm getting tired of getting cancer all the time!  (Four or five years ago I had Melanoma, which they removed from my back and no further treatment was needed.)

Today, 9/11 of all days, I found out I have prostate cancer.  These days the approach is often to do nothing, wait-and-see, because so many prostate cancers are relatively benign, slow growing or non-growing and unlikely to pose any risk.  But in my case, because of the amount they found and the density, they categorized it as between wait-and-see and aggressive.  They recommended taking care of it, and I have to agree.  Plus my father died from prostate cancer, so I don't want to take any chances.

All indications point to surgery taking care of the whole problem, there seems to be very little risk of it having spread at this point.  I work at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center so I have access to the best cancer care you can get.  There's no doubt my doctors know what they're doing and will do the best job anyone can.  I may be dealing with something shitty, but I've got the best people in the field working on it.

I got over the Melanoma surgery fast, and I expect I'll get over this one relatively quickly too.  It will be a longer recovery obviously, but with my age and overall health - and the skill of the surgeons I have access to - my side effects should be on the smaller side and manageable.

It's an easy choice though.  I have dying on one hand, and living with an unpleasant recovery and some side effects I'm sure I can handle on the other.  Talk about a no brainer.  Plus I'm with Melanie now, so I'm planning on sticking around as long as I can.  It took me a while to find her and now that I have, I'm not planning on leaving anytime soon.

Oh shut up Cameron and get some sleep.  

OK, I think I will.  

Goodnight.