Managing Prostate Cancer

Pregame: Overview and Introduction Part One: Diagnosis and Early Stage Disease Chapter One Why Me? Why Not Me? What Now? And Why Is a Psychiatrist Writing a Book about Prostate Cancer? Chapter Two How to Make the Right Treatment Choice When There Is No Perfect Choice Chapter Three Lifting the Weight of Waiting and Preparing for Treatment: Definitive Treatment vs. Watchful Waiting or Active Surveillance Chapter Four Prostate Cancer Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep Problems: Enter the DRAFT and Learn the Emotional Judo (EJ) Playbook Chapter Five Do I Really Need a Psychiatric Medicine to Cope with Prostate Cancer? Chapter Six Keeping the Flames of Intimacy Alive Chapter Seven Urinary, Bowel, and Energy Leaks: This Wasn't Supposed to Happen to Me Chapter Eight Not for Patients Only: Spouses or Partners Can Manage Better, Communicate More Effectively, and Help the Whole Family Part Two: Later Stage Disease and Recurrence of Disease Chapter Nine Coping with Recurrence of Cancer If the "Definitive" Treatment Doesn't Work: Going Hormonal Chapter Ten Grieving for Loss . . . of Trust, of Physical Wholeness, of Invulnerability and Immortality: How to Re-Invest in Your Future As a Wise Role Model Index