It’s a Journey

The process, following the initial diagnosis, surgery, and radiation, up to now has been doctors’ visits and blood tests every three months. Now every three months it’s still doctors’ visits, blood tests, and four pills daily.

The podcast will basically start at the beginning and progress more or less chronologically, with occasional side trips, including visits with others living with prostate cancer, and doctors.

Situations are sometimes trying, and even down right difficult, but life is good. It’s a mindset, a faith walk. It’s a journey that requires support and friends to come along with you. We want to be part of the support you need. We are available to you.

Our Current Situation

We took a bit of a hiatus recently to work toward a happy resolution to some mental health issues, and are glad to be back in production.

My current treatment regimen includes a daily dose of 260 mg (4 tablets!) of Erleada, plus supporting medications.

Thanks to Johnson & Johnson for allowing me to get this much-needed medication at no charge. A big Thank You also to the “J & J with Me” support program and my excellent care navigator, Justi.

Thanks to the SHARENetwork for allowing me to participate in some amazing opportunities to share the word about prostate cancer and prostate cancer support opportunities.

So far we’ve participated in Zoom and Teams video calls with various J&J personnel, a focus group, a commercial for Erleada filmed in Philadelphia, and a walk down the runway at the Blue Jacket Fashion Show in New York to kick off Fashion Week. Next adventure is a trip to New Jersey for the 2025 Fireside Chat for the Innovative Business Development Group.

My prayers to cast my net further to increase awareness are being answered. It’s not what we expected, but it’s exceeded all our expectations.

Here’s a video taken at the 2025 Blue Jacket Fashion show in New York.

The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, now in its 9th year, is a charity event for Zero prostate cancer held at the kickoff of Fashion Week.

Click anywhere on the video to see me strut my stuff for my 40 seconds of fame.

Fan Club

One of the common known side effects of Erleada is hot flashes.

In addition to ceiling fans in every room in our house except the kitchen and the bathroom, I have strategically placed fans to help me through the hot flashes. The fan in the bedroom also pulls double duty as a travel fan whenever I take a trip.

I actually have two fans in my office, one high and one low so the air circulates nicely whenever I’m working on a writing project, or working on the podcast. I also have a handheld fan I take out with me on excursions.