Philip Cu Unjieng
At this juncture, beyond the lingering COVID pandemic, if there’s something I’ll remember 2021 for, it’ll be as the year I was diagnosed with Stage 1 prostate cancer. And I’ve heard all there is to hear about how it’s a slow-growing cancer, how it’s eminently curable, or that if left alone and ignored, it’s more likely you’ll die of something else than prostate cancer. But the fact remains that being told you have it leaves strong intimations of one’s mortality. And while yes, it is slow-growing, there is the medical fact that it can spread from the prostate, and ‘invade’ your bones and other parts of your body, to complicate matters.