Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds : Advice on Options, Treatments, and Aftereffects

by Burnett, Arthur L.; Morris, Norman

• ISBN13: 9780470578810
• ISBN10: 0470578815
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-29
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The aim of this book is offer the essential medical facts about prostate cancer, what patients and their doctors are grappling with to defeat the disease, and the best possible outcomes resulting from their treatments. The explanations offered will give meaning and context to the stories prostate patients tell. These are personal and intimate stories about and told by courageous men. As varied as they may be, they all speak as one when it comes to revealing an optimistic view of life despite what they have gone through or continue to experience. They offer inspiration and hope to the many thousands of men who are now dealing with prostate cancer.ContentsPart I Diagnosis and Coming to TermsChapter 1 Norman S. Morris: End of an OdysseyChapter 2 Arthur L. Burnett, MD: Your Life In Our HandsChapter 3 Richard Meyers: In the Race for Positive Outcomes, Lady Luck May Ride the Inside, but Better Preparation Can Carry the DayChapter 4 Malcolm "Mac" Ogilvie and Trudy Ogilvie: Don't Let Your Health Insurance Kill You!Chapter 5 Paul Haley: For Some, Faith Can Illuminate the Obscure Decision-Making ProcessChapter 6 Russell Windle/Victor Kralisz: Gay Men and Prostate Cancer: Invisible BurdensPart II Considering Options and TreatmentsChapter 7 Scott Erskine and Susan Erskine: Research FBI Style: The Importance of Being ThoroughChapter 8 Arnold Palmer: A Golfer's Challenge: to Drive Prostate Cancer UnderChapter 9 Leonard St. Louis and Elizabeth St. Louis: Often it Takes a Woman to Do the Heavy LiftingChapter 10 Robin Cole: A Celebrated Linebacker's Charge to the End ZoneChapter 11 Ken Griffey, Sr: Baseball Hall of Famer Knocks the "Big One" Out of the ParkChapter 12 Elliott Halio: Choice May Not Be in the Cards. Staying Alive Is the Ace Up Your Sleeve!Chapter 13 Yohannes Abate: Side-Stepping a Rush to JudgmentPart III Warnings and ConflictsChapter 14 Earl G. Graves, Sr: African American Publisher's Stern Advice to Young Black Men, Listen Up!Chapter 15 Pat Robertson: Action and Prayer Define His CourageChapter 16 Charles Brickell and Karen Brickell: Sometimes there are More Questions than Answers and Nothing Seems to Add UpChapter 17 Lennox Graham: Does "Minimal Prostate Cancer" Guarantee You a Free Pass?Part IV After EffectsChapter 18 Jim S: When Libido Takes ControlChapter 19 Bruce Hamlett: Getting Your Sex Life BackChapter 20 Father Ronald Hazuda: His Prayers for a Miracle Find a Response in an Ingenious DeviceChapter 21 Lloyd T. Bowser, Sr and Dr. Geneva Bowser:The challenges of surviving advanced prostate cancer.Chapter 22 Gabe Daniels: No Love Lost: A story " just between us boys"Chapter 23 Robert Piscotty and Mary Anne Piscotty: Climbing a Steep Mountain of Medical Complexities One Step at a TimeThe Future: Treatments and PerspectivesResourcesReferences

Author Biography

Arthur L. Burnett II, M.D., Professor, Department of Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is one of the world's leading authorities on prostate cancer. Director of the Male Consultation Clinic at Johns Hopkins's James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, he is also renowned for his studies that led to the formulation of Viagra.
NORMAN S. MORRIS, an Emmy and Peabody Award–winning producer/writer and news manager at CBS News for thirty years, is himself a prostate cancer survivor.

Table of Contents

Prescriptive Information	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Diagnosis and Coming to Terms	p. 9
Your Life in Our Hands	p. 11
The End of an Odyssey	p. 23
In the Race for Positive Outcomes, Lady Luck May Ride the Inside, but Better Preparation Can Carry the Day	p. 23
Don't Let Your Health Insurance Kill You!	p. 44
For Some, Faith Can Illuminate the Obscure Decision-Making Process	p. 55
Gay Men and Prostate Cancer: Invisible Burdens	p. 62
Considering Options and Treatments	p. 73
Research CSI Style: The Importance of Being Thorough	p. 75
Driving Prostate Cancer Under Par	p. 82
A Celebrated Linebacker's Charge to the End Zone	p. 89
A Hall of Famer Knocks the “Big One” Out of the Park	p. 98
Choice May Not Be in the Cards: Staying Alive Is the Ace Up Your Sleeve!	p. 112
Warnings and Conflicts	p. 119
Sidestepping a Rush to Judgment	p. 121
Stern Advice to Young African American Men: Listen Up!	p. 129
Action and Prayer Define His Courage	p. 138
Sometimes There Are More Questions Than Answers and Nothing Seems to Add Up	p. 146
Does “Minimal Prostate Cancer” Guarantee You a Free Pass?	p. 153
Aftereffects	p. 161
When Libido Takes Control	p. 163
Getting Your Sex Life Back	p. 172
His Prayers for a Miracle Find a Response in an Ingenious Device	p. 179
Too Little Too Late: The Challenges of Surviving Prostate Cancer	p. 188
No Love Lost: “Just Between Us Boys...”	p. 196
Climbing a Steep Mountain of Medical Complexities One Step at a Time	p. 205
The Future: Treatments and Perspectives	p. 213
Resources	p. 223
References	p. 225
Survivors of Prostate Cancer	p. 227
Index	p. 229
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