Patient Story: Bill Manning
In 2009 Bill’s initial pathology report showed a Gleason score of 3+3=6, Stage T1c, with 5% cancer cells in 1 of 12 cores. Bill carefully evaluated his options…
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Patient Story: Charles Brown III
“Rolling 12s. I’m rolling 12s” It was a phrase I often used to describe my lifelong good health. After sixty-eight years, I assumed I would always be healthy…
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Patient Story: Keith Day
My story began in mid 2023 with a 6.5 PSA. I then began to see a urologist with Northwestern Medicine. I skipped the MRI because of claustrophobia and…
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Do I Have Prostate Cancer or Just High PSA Numbers?
The prostate is in an isolated funny place. God must have been a civil engineer, because who else would a put a waste facility straight through the recreational…
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I have Prostate Cancer! Now what do I do?
After receiving my diagnosis in November 2018, a month prior to turning age 71, I knew that it was imperative for me to come to terms with not…
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Patient Story: Mark Lichty
My Journey with Prostate Cancer and Active Surveillance Sixteen years ago, I was diagnosed with Gleason 6 prostate cancer at the age of 55 – and, against the…
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Patient Story: Ron Gaus
As a preface, I understand everyone is different and what may work for one, may not for others. Still, this story seems appropriate for this group and timely…
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Patient Story: Robert Griffioen
To begin, I accept my fate wherever it takes me. I’m 74 years old and I have had a great life with no regrets. Many of you who…
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Patient Story: George Gillespie
George received his first PSA test in 1992 with a reading of 2.6. By early 2000 his PSA had risen to 5.2. This led to a biopsy in…
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Patient Story: Gene D. Slattery
A patient story of watchful waiting and now active surveillance by Gene Slattery. Active Surveillance (AS) was introduced by some real visionaries approximately 10 to 15 + years…
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