Anyone have personal experience w/ prostate cancer?

Question

I would like for someone who has/had prostate cancer to answer a couple of questions for me.
Did you get really aggressive toward ppl? If so, have you gotten over it?

Answer 1

Survivor here. You're asking an excellent question. The answer is that the cancer itself has no direct effect on behavior. But a lot of men act defensively, because the disease forces you to balance intensely personal issues like continence and potency against survival. I think most men have difficulty dealing with such intimate subjects. For those who can't overcome this, anger is the result. This is usually directed against anyone who tries to get "inside" and help. Sometimes it's directed at anything which poses even the remotest challenge to their manhood. If you have someone in this situation, all you can do is educate yourself about the disease, and try to be helpful where you can. Most PCa support groups welcome family members for this reason.