Today was a visit to the oncologist to get his counsel on next steps. This is the first visit since I started hormone therapy in January. I’ll get my next PSA score soon from my blood test this morning.
I notice several things in a cancer center, and in conversations with cancer specialists: 1) it’s a sobering setting – all kinds of people are there, and there are signs on the walls everywhere – cancer this, cancer that. I feel very good, but cancer is a real part of my life. 2) humor lives inside a cancer center. It has to. My doctor talked about oncologists’ humor. I’m glad humor is there. 3) Life and encouragement live inside the cancer center. My Nurse Navigator, the one who helps us get through the maze of appointments and next steps, is hearing encouraging emerging treatments for prostate cancer, and she enjoys our (my wife and my) life stories. I’m glad life and encouragement live inside the cancer center. Now, off to a bone density scan. And I’m grateful for all this careful attention.