Thanks for the support and the distinct lack of piling on. I am inspired to begin commenting again when I have something relevant to contribute.

The number of people who know about my C-News is mostly unchanged. My brother was added to the 'chosen few' in April, mainly to pass on the Chek-2 info and to ensure he had a PSA test. He did and got a 0.53.

Otherwise I have no regrets on my choices and it often gives me strength when the C-Card remains in my mental wallet unused. Except occasionally for jokes. I don't for a second think that my approach would work for you, I'm just saying that who you tell about your condition is as much of a choice as anything else.

After a good start, this year has been quite difficult. I had unexpected issues relationship issues with my three closest friends. Once is bad, twice is worrying, but by the third time I really had to question if ADT (plus all my other side effects) had affected my personality to the point where I was losing friends because of it. I've introspected deeply on this and my conclusion is that ADT-me handled thes random, unrelated, issues less than perfectly and I'm now being extremely careful with 7 more months left to endure. Ironically I think ADT-me has had some useful personality improvements that I intend to nurture going forward and I am happy to report that I learned from these experiences and two of the three friendships are back to normal (one) or improved (the other).

By now I have a lot of experience with ADT and all our other difficulties so please reach out if you'd like my perspective and do not want to ask in the public forum.

Have an awesome weekend