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“How can I do that?”

by Suzanne on 13. Dec, 2010 in Cancer, Medical Experiences, Prostate Cancer, Relationships

Everything shifted today. His PSA is rising slightly but significantly enough to warrant an added medication. The progression continues – what he calls “a ticking time bomb inside me with no way to get it out.” Denial of the inevitable breaks into consciousness and plummets me into a visceral depression of mind and body. How [...]

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Another Test

by Richard on 30. Nov, 2010 in Medical Experiences, Relationships

Here I am again with a new catheter in my arm, drinking my 1000 mls of some cold red liquid before my CAT-SCAN. Much has happened in the three months since the last time I was at Sloan Kettering to test to see how aggressively my prostate cancer is attacking my body. Suzanne and I [...]

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Life lived in three month increments

by Suzanne on 27. May, 2010 in Diet & Exercise, Experts, Medical Experiences, Prostate Cancer

Richard’s cancer is undetectable for now. He’s responded very well to the hormone treatment but he is not cured — only “managed.” Our life is lived in three month increments until the next PSA test. We live each season at a time — perhaps like primitive peoples who honored the uniqueness of seasons passing. Each [...]

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Superstition as Comfort Food?

by Suzanne on 19. May, 2010 in Inspiration & Resiliency, Medical Experiences, Psychology

Here I am sitting in the waiting room (aptly named) while Richard is being injected with radioactive fluids for a diagnostic test. As I mentally scan myself, I realize that on days like this, I find comfort in superstition and magical thinking. This morning I put on my mother’s wedding rings given to me at [...]

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