As It Turns Out, Pain Management Wasn’t a Factor After my Prostate Surgery
When I tell people I suffered almost no pain before, during, and after my prostatectomy, they invariably look at me skeptically, mentally chalking me up as another ...
Kerry Gunnels spent almost 4 decades as a reporter and editor for Texas newspapers. In 2017, at the age of 65, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and later that year had his prostate removed. Now retired, he spends his time reading historical novels and writing Dragon Tales & Other Musings, a blog devoted to high school football, life, and other stuff.
When I tell people I suffered almost no pain before, during, and after my prostatectomy, they invariably look at me skeptically, mentally chalking me up as another ...
Thinking about your own death is not a pleasant pastime. But when the possibility that I had prostate cancer – a disease that strikes 1 in 8 men during their lifetime ...
The surgeon who removed my prostate was a tall man with a friendly face and slightly graying hair. He had an easygoing manner and large hands with long, tapered fingers. “A surgeon’s hands,” I remember ...
I’ve heard all my life that laughter is the best medicine. Turns out there’s some scientific validity to the adage. Something about laughter ...
I found out I had prostate cancer 4 years ago on a rainy day in early June. It didn’t come as a surprise. For several months, I had lived with the possibility that cancer -- the terrifying Big C ...