Like FatherAs Larry heard the doctor’s diagnosis, memories of his father came back. He remembered that his had died from prostate cancer only a few years earlier, and now he has prostate cancer. Larry Grimmett, a 56 year-old financial advisor wasn’t ready for what he saw his father go through. “I was scared,” confessed Larry.
Like most men in Larry’s situation, there’s fear of the unknown, fear of life-altering side effects from treatment, and the fear of a slow death like his father. Fortunately for Larry, the past several years have brought new treatment options that his father never had. Larry just had to make a decision.
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common non skin cancer in America. While 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, men with a single relative with a history of prostate cancer are twice as likely to develop the disease. As the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer, about 1 man in 36 will die of prostate cancer.
