@fritzo

To be honest I think that it is a word "cancer" that just makes people freak out. No disease is "in a human mind" as scary as "cancer", even though there are many more diseases that are deadly and even with more scary symptoms and challenges like some deadly auto-immune diseases and even dementia IMHO : ((. There is NOTHING that will make people feel comfortable about cancer or at ease talking about it ever, no matter how much we talk about it. Women are not comfortable talking about breast cancer - not even while waiting for mammogram in waiting room. Couple of years back when I went to have a scan there was very beautiful lady there in her 30-ies and she was so nervous that she started sharing her case - she had cancer several years back and was very scared every time she came to have a mammogram. She was tearing up and guess what - every single lady in that room looked the other way. One even left the space. It was only me that offered a hug and was talking to her till she went in for a scan. Well I do not know how anybody can see another person cry and not offer a hug (or at least a sympathetic ear ) regardless of what is the cause, but obviously it is not the norm and most people just do not care - not until it is them that deal with something, of course.

Bottom line - it is not because it is prostate cancer - it is because it is "cancer". 🤷‍♀️