Posts by: Rick Redner

Rick Redner

Rick Redner received his master’s degree in social work from Michigan State University. He has spent many years working as a medical and psychiatric social worker He is the author of the award winning book I Left My Prostate in San Francisco-Where's Yours? His second book Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Erectile Dysfunction and Penile Implants won the Beverly Hills International Book Awards in Men's Health in 2016. Additionally, the book was a winner in the 2017 IAN Book of the Year Awards.

June 16, 2017June 17, 2017

Staying Together in Sickness and in Health

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

On June 7, my wife and I celebrated our 37th anniversary. For six of those years, we’ve been coping with the quality of life issues associated with my prostatectomy. For ... Read more

June 9, 2017June 8, 2017

Redeeming Unwanted Change

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

In my younger days, driving an RV 600 miles in a day wasn’t my favorite thing to do, but I had the energy and ability to do so. As my ... Read more

June 2, 2017June 1, 2017

The Blessings of a Redo

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

Two days after my disastrous Florida vacation (read my last blog), I had a second vacation scheduled. My wife and I planned to meet our eldest son and his wife ... Read more

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017

When Plans to Vacation While Waiting for PSA Results Go Awry

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

Six years post-surgery, I wanted to wait for the test results of my ultra sensitive PSA test differently. Rather than waiting at home with anxious expectations, months prior to my ... Read more

May 12, 2017May 11, 2017

To Cope with Cancer, a Journey Back Can Help You Move Forward

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

Sometimes going backward is the path forward. After a prostatectomy, most men live with urinary incontinence. After regaining urinary control, I still leaked if I had to bend, sneeze, laugh, cough ... Read more

May 5, 2017May 4, 2017

Conquering Relentless Regret: Ditch the ‘If Onlys’

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

Regret involves a trip back in time to an action, an event, or a decision that had life-altering and unwanted consequences. Each of us has our share of regrets. How ... Read more

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017

The Futility of Worrying About Cancer

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

This was my sixth year of post-surgery PSA testing. Usually I take the test and have no problem waiting for my test results. For the past five years it was ... Read more

April 21, 2017April 21, 2017

An Aging Dog Helped Me Cope With Unwanted Change

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

My last year with Cheri, a 16-year-old black Labrador retriever, was a difficult year. Her deafness progressed to the point where she couldn’t hear or respond to my voice. I ... Read more

April 13, 2017April 12, 2017

Don’t Let Fear of Cancer Recurrence Ruin Your Life or Threaten Your Health

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

Years ago a dear friend was diagnosed with kidney cancer. His cancerous kidney was surgically removed. After surgery, he thought he was cured of cancer. About three years later he developed ... Read more

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017

The Double-Edged Sword of Faith vs Prostate Cancer

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

One of my jobs as a medical social worker involved working in a dialysis unit. Patients were there for hours at a time, which meant there were opportunities to share ... Read more