You make a good point. When it came time to tell work I would be away , I told them " I have prostate Cancer and have to undergo treatment that will take me off line as a pilot for 2-3 months , If you have to make any announcement about my absence, which is usual, Please tell them: "I am OK, and needs an operation for Protate Cancer, and will be back in 2-3 months. James urges all the guys to get regular Protate PSA blood checked and such... as we all work in a high radiation environment around RF equipment/radios/radar/Nav equipment and Solar and Gamma rays at altitudes up to 40,000 feet . Be proactive about your health" . HR put out : " James is sick and will be away , we don't know when he will be back, flight Op's has filled his slots on overseas runs " . that generated 40 + phone calls from worker friends wishing me well and trying to find out what happened . I told them flat out . DONT HIDE PROSTATE CANCER ... OUR FINDING DEPENDS ON US OPENING IT UP ! ...this is my best advise ! I still shake mehead at our evil HR department ! HA!! After operation of 3 years ago and External beam radiation 2 years ago my PSA is very low at 0.041 and a decreasing vector on graph . Life is good ! God Bless guys ...you have this ! James on Vancouver Island .