My New York Minute

How one patient used the challenge of a grueling 140.6 mile Ironman Competition to declare his victory over prostate cancer. Not long ago, I wrote about how good it is for patients to become engaged with something forward-looking as they journey along the cancer road. I’ve been following Peter Crescenti and his planned goal which [...]

Twelve patients are better off because of one man’s challenge. I first met Kurt C. on the Healing Well online prostate cancer forum. Recently he emailed me to tell me of a unique challenge he had issued on Healing Well. For every patient or survivor who participated in his PC/Aerobic Challenge, he would make a donation to [...]

Just coming off of Lupron, Steve Davidson plans to start training again in January for Ironman Brazil this May. I am always amazed by how different patients can be in their response to androgen deprivation therapy. When I met Steve, I was more than impressed–perhaps gobsmacked–by his aggressive plans for getting back into the Ironman circuit. [...]

New study underscores the importance of exercise for prostate cancer patients. In earlier entries, I’ve written of the need to maintain weight loss following a diagnosis of prostate cancer. There is that hockey stick curve that demonstrates the chances of recurrence dramatically increasing with each pound gained. Now, data from a recent study conducted by [...]

33 pounds down,  3 OVER goal! With exactly one week left until surgery, I have reached my original 30 pound weight loss goal, beating it by three pounds.  I am now convinced I can reach -35 by June 4–a total of five pounds motivated by Team Winter.  I am beginning to feel like Forrest Gump when he began [...]

29 pounds down.  JUST 1 MORE to goal… Cue the music, start blending those Jambas… I am in the home stretch of reaching my 30 pound weight loss goal before surgery.  With two weeks to go, I hope to earn a few Jamba juices and see a donation go to Team Winter.  I am one happy guy this morning!  I [...]

15 pounds down.  15 to go… There’s nothing like a cancer diagnosis for motivation.  For the past year I have been meaning to drop some weight.  I even considered starting a blog and publicly positioning myself as PCF’s Big Loser.  But like many “To Dos” in life, the task was never crossed off the list.  [...]