Of course, I was very concerned about my wife. So I thought of things like: Is my family provided for? Are my financial affairs in order? Will my children be secure? Will I ever meet my grandchildren? Even though I knew this is generally a disease that takes a long time to grow, I still wondered how much longer I might have to live. The biggest fear, of course, is that it might be life-threatening. You never think it’s going to happen to you. What was going through your mind when you learned you had prostate cancer? The story of how he eventually overcame this problem may be helpful to other men in the same situation. For much of that time, he felt ill-served by the medical community.

Miller struggled for almost two years to overcome persistent urinary incontinence. Īlthough he considers the operation a success, in that it has apparently eradicated the cancer, Mr.

Miller decided to have a radical prostatectomy.

After a great deal of research and consultations with five doctors, Mr. Miller was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Christopher Miller* is a real estate agent who is married and has two sons.