I appreciate the thought that I am well loved — and maybe that is why I chose to share my second cancer chapter in terms of my life journey. Initially I only shared this new challenge with close friends and family — but quickly discovered that my “secret” was being shared quite quickly and the message was getting confused a bit. My recurrent cancer was certainly not diagnosed as terminal, but it was indeed both very serious and very treatable. I wanted to both control the message and at the same time encourage and remind men of all ages in Canada to seek out general health check-ups — and in particular, to monitor their PSA levels and to conduct DRE’s.
