For once, I’ll add a post here that is non-musical, because this is very personal to me. The news I heard today has shaken me to my core.
Today, I learned that former President Joe Biden, as good a person as we have ever seen on this earth, is undergoing a new phase of treatment for an aggressive form of cancer that was diagnosed in May.
As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, he is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment.
Back in May, he had announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had already metastasized to his bones.
At the time of the announcement, multiple oncologists said that given the nature of his cancer and the fact that it had already metastasized, it was possible that Biden’s affliction had gone undiagnosed for years.
As some of you might know, I also went through prostate cancer, I had successful surgery in January of 2009. It seems like ages ago, but for me, it seems like yesterday. I was fortunate to have been first tested for it in 2005, when I went to see my doctor for what I thought was something unrelated. My biopsy was negative at that time, but neither my doctor nor I thought that was the end of it.
In 2008, it came roaring back, and this time, the biopsy was positive, and less than 3 months later, I had surgery. I was extremely fortunate once again – the cancer had not metastasized, although it was on the cusp of doing so. My doctor said it was “five minutes to disaster.”
I implore you, tell all the men in your lives 50 and up to please get tested for PSA as soon as possible. It’s a simple blood test that can start the process of early detection. The earlier the detection, the higher the chances of recovery.
My doctor told me back in 2008 that just in France, there are around fifty thousand new cases of prostate cancer and eleven thousand deaths every year.
Don’t be a part of that statistic, whether you are in France or anywhere else. Get tested. Please.
Written and added on October 11, 2025