A Final Word

If you are facing high PSA, surgery, radiation, hormone therapy or long term monitoring, you may be wondering what it means for your identity as a man. I struggled with this too.

Hormone therapy reduces testosterone. Surgery may remove sexual function. Fatigue is part of daily life. So are mood swings. They are real. But life is about choices. It's about deciding what matters most.

For me, being here - truly here - with my family, my grandchildren and my best friend has mattered more than anything else. More than pride. More than ego. More than sexual function.

Strength is not pretending nothing has changed. It's looking cancer in the eye and choosing to fight. 

Strength is continuing to show up and be there for my family and best friend.

Strength is enduring the injections, the blood tests, the waiting - and still living your life.

Some days are harder than others. Fatigue and mood swings weigh on you.

But I would rather be in a fight than surrender. I cherish life and everything that comes with it. 

Fourteen years later and I am still here.

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