37. "I Just Want My Life Back"
These were the words of a woman, just a few short years older than I, as she vomited for a second time into an emesis bag while receiving chemo through her implanted port. I was across the small treatment room in an identical recliner also receiving chemo, hearing her retching through anguished tears. At least I think she was older than I. Cancer ages people. And while life-extending, cancer drugs can significantly alter physiology. PSA Chart. The first low in 2018 was at the end of Chemo. Last year you can see the steady rise prior to the new protocol, and the stark drop-off after. My life right now includes PSA numbers that have been excellent for the past year. My treatment consists of a daily pill regimen combined with testosterone suppression. It has not been without cost. I was never going to win any body-building contests with my frame, but I was wiry and reasonably strong even into my fifties from years of tossing tires around. When I started treatments for Pro...