Prostate news article, April 2008
A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF PROSTATE CANCER October 2007 to April 2008
Article by patient Jermany Baker. |
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Introduction
I have decided to write this account of my experiences before, during and after my decision to undergo Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for early stage prostate cancer. In particular how I dealt with my diagnosis, how I made my choice of treatment and how it affected me. My motivation was that, despite a considerable amount of literature available on the subject and the excellent support given by all the medical professionals with whom I have come into contact, I felt that something was lacking. Once I had read numerous brochures and online papers and had a number of discussions with the medical team, I still had many questions. I read numerous online case studies on various cancer web sites but always wished they had gone into more detail of how it would affect me personally on a day to day basis.
I am aware that other peoples’ experiences will be different in the way they cope with the situation and their recovery period. I feel my experience has been very positive and hopefully what follows may be of help to others in finding their way through what could otherwise have been a very traumatic period in their life.
The full text of this article is available here (.pdf format).