Posted 7/26/2018 1:43 PM (GMT 0)
I certainly understand the gut-punch some people get upon a diagnosis of cancer.
That said, when I was diagnosed last February I didn't see it as a death sentence nor did I start to get my affairs in order. This is probably due to having a few friends who went through this ahead of me and my own wife's recent tour through the system for breast cancer and the resulting surgery and chemotherapy.
After a few months of recovery I was able to return to running again, a necessity in my life for both physical and mental health. When I got out for my first group run I commented that I'd never been in fear for my life through the medical ordeal but now that I have returned to running it IS on my mind. The drivers in my city are listed as some of the worse in the country.
I have only been running again for a month and have already had two close calls. Last Saturday morning I was in a crosswalk on a one-way street and a guy came around the corner and ignored the Big Red Do No Enter signs and the fact there was a pedestrian in the cross walk and if I hadn't been able to launch into a sprint I'd have been under his wheels. Of course he eventually noticed me. Of course he never stopped until he came upon 4-lanes of cars headed right at him.
I guess what I am saying is that risks are relative and we encounter many things on a daily basis that have a higher risk that prostate cancer.
Enjoy life.