main menu   -   articles   -   prostate   -   stories   -   sexuality   -   resources   -   glossary   -   search     from Your Webmaster Menu Climbing Everest: My Cancer Journal: Year #1 Year 2       Year 3       Year 4       Year 5       On "Climbing Everest" On the day of my diagnosis, 11/23/99, I started my "cancer journal." These are from it. Don't expect to read uplifting experiences, especially in those first months. I wrote what was happening and wasn't until 10/15/00, as shown in "Van Gogh & Attitude," that my life turned around. Remember, this is only one guy's journey. - Robert Vaughn Young, Webmaster, Phoenix5  INTRODUCTION   What these essays are about  DIAGNOSIS   I get the telephone call. (11/23/99)  WRITING THIS JOURNAL   Struggling to find the words (11/24-27/99)  THE BIOPSY   A comment afterwards hurt more (12/16/99)  PRE-PROGNOSIS DAY   Waiting for the news (12/27/99)  SCAVENGER HUNT That's what life is (12/27/99)  MORTALITY & LIFE  Finding dimension (1/28/00)  A SMALL, FURRY PUPPY  40 years ago (1/30/00)  DIAGNOSIS: WHY NOT ME?  Looking back (1/31/00)  ANOTHER DEAD END  Who wants a dying man? (2/2/00)  ON SUICIDE  A forbidden topic (2/2/00)  THE EXPENDABILITY OF MEN)   No one asked me (2/3/00  IMPOTENCY Part 1/3   Part of me as a man died (2/4/00)  IMPOTENCY Part 2/3   I get some hope (2/4/00)  IMPOTENCY Part 3/3   Meltdown and rebirth (2/4/00)  BY ANY OTHER NAME...   The words men fear the most (2/5/00)  MASCULINITY & MEN   Some myths work (2/11/00)  SOME REFLECTIONS   My life before diagnosis (3/5/00)  COMPANIONS OF PCA MEN   I had been completely blind (3/14/00)  SCREAMING AT THE NIGHT   I break down again (3/31/00)  DINNER WITH MAC   Learning to enjoy simple things (4/4/00)  MR. HEISENBERG ARRIVES   So much for my privacy (8/20/00)  FROM KUBLA-ROSS TO BARNEY   I lead a strange life. (9/4/00)  WISDOM OF THE ELDERS   Where is it? (9/5/00)  "YOU DON'T DROOL, MAN!"   Keep that sense of humor! (9/12/00)  MOYERS & THE MAYOR   Might as well go see the mayor (9/13/00)  VAN GOGH & ATTITUDE   I was facing the wrong way! (10/15/00) Go to Year #2 Menu Your Webmaster's Menu     main menu   -   articles   -   prostate   -   stories   -   sexuality   -   resources   -   glossary   -   search This information is provided for educational purposes only and does not replace or amend professional medical advice. Unless otherwise stated and credited, the content of Phoenix5 (P5) is by and the opinion of and copyright © 2000 Robert Vaughn Young. All Rights Reserved. P5 is at <http://www.phoenix5.org>. P5's policy regarding privacy and right to reprint are at <www.phoenix5.org/infopolicy>.