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Posted 11/22/2018 6:17 AM (GMT -5)
On this day of gratitude, I find myself at peace and grateful for my life, my family, my friends, and my cancer! For me, I must accept all my life and be grateful, because if I am selective about what I am thankful for, my reservations hold me back from being truly grateful. Gratitude needs to be all in!

Cancer has brought me many new friends, great docs and medical professionals, and allowed me to reconnect with the truly important things in life which include family friends and being of service to those I encounter each day. I have had the honor to share 1/1 my cancer journey with a handful of newly diagnosed guys and am very grateful for that. Many of you have supported me in times of confusion, for which I am extremely grateful.

Gratitude is both a gift and a choice in my opinion. How I choose to look at my life in this moment is where I have power. I choose to be grateful for the many gifts and challenges. I choose to show up today grateful and show my gratitude to those I encounter.

As I sit here this early Thanksgiving morning, reflecting on my life and the gifts I have, it is easy to be grateful. I wish you and your families a grateful day and thanks for being there for me and other guys! Peace Denis
Posted 11/22/2018 7:13 AM (GMT -5)
Same to you, Denis. Beautifully put.

I can’t go as far as to say I’m grateful I have cancer, but I’m grateful for the many friends and new community I’ve acquired since the diagnosis, and the opportunity it’s given me to reach out to others.

I’m very grateful for my friends in HW. It’s really pained me this past year seeing so much discord on the board. I hope this Thanksgiving can be a time of reconciliation that carries on past the holiday.

Pass the cranberry sauce, please.
Posted 11/22/2018 7:45 AM (GMT -5)
After watching on tv this morning the people that are homeless in California, the terrible destruction in Saipan's country and the people in the south east still recovering from the hurricane's makes me so thankful on this day of Thanksgiving even tho we fight PCA on a daily basis. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the loved ones we have lost this last year. Thanksgiving and Hope!

Larry
Posted 11/22/2018 8:31 AM (GMT -5)
This Thanksgiving I am especially grateful to have in my hands my pathology report from several weeks ago that states "NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY". And I am truly grateful every time I hear my wife's oncologist say that she remains in full remission. And I am grateful that we live in a time when such diseases are not an automatic death sentence.

Each experience has opened my eyes to just how many people must live with chronic diseases, and that each time a mass has been found in my body, it has turned out to be benign and I once again find myself saying "there but for the grace of god..."

Of course the recent disasters give us all reason to be thankful that we were spared this time, and at this time of year maybe open our checkbook and donate to a cause that we have never before even considered... heretofore having taken so much for granted, and only when we realize just how unfortunate some others are that we recognize how blessed we truly are.
Posted 11/22/2018 10:01 AM (GMT -5)
I am most thankful for my terrific family, most of whom will be at my home celebrating this afternoon.
I’m thankful for my close friends including the friends I made on this forum, who’ve helped me tremendously.

After diagnosis, like most people, my life changed forever. I’m a different person than I was 5 years ago. Probably a better person. I’ll take the hand I’ve been dealt, and play it as best I can. No complaints.
Happy Thanksgiving to all, May you all be as lucky as I am.
Posted 11/22/2018 11:36 AM (GMT -5)
I'm here in NorCal and after nearly two weeks of hearing about friends who's houses are now burnt to the ground, I am thankful that I have a home to live int.

After 10 days of smoke choked air, I am grateful for the rain that cleared our sky, but am aware that it will make life less comfortable for those in the fire zone.

and I am thankful that seven years after my DX, I have a low PSA.

Peace to you and yours,
Andrew
Posted 11/22/2018 2:14 PM (GMT -5)
Amen everyone. There is a lot to be thankful for. It was a year ago I got my dx and I'm thankful I acted on it. Based on my pathology report, which I just saw, I don't think I could've put it off any longer. The Turkey will taste better this year. I think I'll wash it down with a cold Guinness. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Randy
Posted 11/22/2018 2:39 PM (GMT -5)
PCa has maligned me, and plenty of other guys, in ways well beyond the threat of our lives. But, I still have everything I really need, and I’ve carried on pretty well. I don’t really know if PCa has made me a better person.

I’m grateful there is a treatment available (ADT) that can keep me going for quite awhile. I pretty much dread going on it, but I also know if it wasn’t available, I’d sure be wishing something was.
Posted 11/22/2018 8:08 PM (GMT -5)
PC has changed me like no other -I’m less fearful, less angry and less prostrate as well but definitely more thankful in ways than words can describe.
Denis your words are always so well thoughtful.
Happy thanksgiving to one and all!
Posted 11/22/2018 8:10 PM (GMT -5)
PC has changed me like no other -I’m less fearful, less angry and less prostrate as well but definitely more thankful in ways than words can describe.
Denis your words are always so well thoughtful.
Happy thanksgiving to one and all!
Posted 11/22/2018 10:07 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks Denis. I'll just say #metoo.
Posted 11/22/2018 11:41 PM (GMT -5)
I'm neither grateful nor a better person for my diagnosis (though I've seen people who were).

I am grateful for the life and blessings in it that I've been given.
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