Though not a patient, I have long been a follower of Dr. Charles (Snuffy) Myers. As both a PCa survivor and a physician he has a unique perspective on this disease.
In the last year he started posting video blogs every 1-2 weeks. His latest is available at the link below and it is amazing how comparable his thoughts and points of view are with those I shared during the presentations I gave in March and again in May. As a matter of fact, if I didn’t know better, I’d swear he reviewed my notes! That is clearly a joke!
Dr. Myers mentions the following in this video about ‘the will to live’:
The importance of resiliency or the desire and will to go on is primarily made up of:
o A reason to want to live, to go on
o Religion, particularly a pro-life religion (I was most surprised by this comment)
o Family; a loving supportive spouse, children and grandchildren, etc.
o Support groups; face to face or on-line
o Something in your life that fills you with euphoria (he mentions hiking, for me it’s got to be disc golf)
o Preserving reasonable hope and the fact that median survival statistics are for the most part useless.
I encourage you to go watch the video.