If you are looking for ways to keep or kick the “C” word out of your life you’ll find no shortage of techniques in the news and on the web. I seem to stumble across one just about every time I research any aspect of my personal favorite, prostate cancer. One by one, each seems worth a try. Eat less of this, do more of that—sure, why not? What have I got to lose? But when considered not one by …

Since my prostate cancer diagnosis in 2010, my treatment in 2011, my 65th birthday last May, my retirement last June, and my upcoming death (no firm or projected date) I have been wondering what will be said about my demise when I’m gone. Hopefully somebody will say something, but what? I don’t mean to be morbid, but I’d like to have some input about that. Describing my death It will probably depend on how I die. I might drive off …

If you or a loved one had a brush with cancer (or maybe some other equally delightful disease), it wouldn’t surprise me if you have become a bit of a research nerd. My favorite area of inquiry is currently prostate cancer, which paid me a visit in 2010. Along with our diagnosis, we often also become the designated disease guru among our family and friends. For them as well as for ourselves, you and I have been tasked with doing …

There should be no debate about what I am permitted to know about me. Why should I need anybody’s permission to obtain any information available about me? There certainly could be legitimate logistical obstacles and there might be a cost, but there is no question about my right to have it. This is a corollary to the most basic and obvious property right: I own me. If this sounds obvious to you, good. Consider this blog post to be a …