I showed "A 15 year Wife's Roadmap to Deal With Your PCa Husband" to my wife. Her response, after laughing out loud, was to immediately check our house for bugs planted by the Mayo Clinic. This is exactly what has happened to us and somehow our daily routine got into the prostate cancer support group chat pages.

In the last three years, I've done more reading and research about PCa stuff than about the subjects of any college courses I can remember. For what? An oncologist once said something like this in a support group meeting, "You guys probably stay up all night reading about PSA numbers and Gleason scores, which only makes you more anxious. Sure, learn about what's going on, and stay alert to new treatments, but rely on medical science and professionals to handle the concerns. There is nothing you can do to change what has happened so enjoy life as much as you can - while you can." He even said the best thing you can do for yourself is have a sense of humor about this very serious thing that has happened to you. Personally, I think he's right.

My take is to try to laugh and be as happy as I can, as long as I can, while knowing in the back of my head that I have cancer. Some of us have it more seriously than others but it helps nothing to present a poor-me, depressed, why did this have to happen attitude to others. That only makes it all worse for everyone.

Thanks for the post, Hans. It made my wife and me laugh. We needed that.