What do you do (or did)?

Best to have an annual PSA check for prostate cancer. I have to say, in my case, it was an easier "fix" and has a much better prognosis than my breast cancer.

Hi @traveltext wow just read your story, a little scary as I think i'm very similar to you with  this cancer, mines on the right side, I will need to remove all the nodes from underarm when there reduced in size and the ones they can't get to they will attack with radiation, I will need to keep a close eye on the prostate as my father had it and on his side of the family has a long list of various types of cancers, 

@Zoffiel Respectability is overrated  ;)

You are a very welcome participant on this blog

Thanks @traveltext for letting us know a little bit about you .

Thanks for The invite Romla. Here's a bit about me:

http://malebreastcancercoalition.org/Survivor%20Stories/rod-ritchie/

 This is a great thread - any  chance @traveltext @Matt @PeterB you might tell us a bit about yourselves ? It’s nice to know a bit about our fellow bloggees.Its ok however if not.

Hello, I was a highschool teacher. Tried to go back after treatment and found I was just too tired. Retired in April. 

Gosh ... where to start ..... whilst doing a Home Economics course in 72/73, I worked part time with a mob who worked with MIMS (Monthly Index of Medical Specialty - that EVERY doctor refers to re 'contraindications' of combined medicines) where we itemised EVERY item from chemists all around Aussie - showing trends & volumes Aussie wide!  Initially it was all done 'manually' - then in 1972 we went computerised - and I ended up as a 'manager' of the computerised input - checking at random, other people's work!  BUT - then I went back to my 'training' & worked as a 'demonstrator' at AGL for a few years ... teaching people how to cook!  What a hoot that was!  We used to put $2 in & buy a wine cask (before Breath Testing!) and had a fun night!

After that i worked at RNSH Sydney as a Dietary Aide for many years - making sure patients had the correct meals relative to their conditions - one of my friends was looking after the Cancer Ward & I was in awe of her ability to deal with such emotive patients & still keep sane.

Then, I was headhunted by a company that was bringing in the very first 'Home Computers' into Australia (they were DEC - Digital Equipment Corp) way back in the late 70s ... up til then, everything was pretty well Mainframes (other than Apples, which were only just starting out!  Then, I went to work with a mob taking charge of insolvent companies - trying to get them back on the 'right road'!  One was called VM Diesels - & one day I answered the phone saying 'VD Measles' ..... I just cracked up, then hung up, MORTIFIED!!

Then I worked as Accounts payable & receivable for one of Aussies biggest Coal mine based at Circular Quay .... I LOVED that job!!  But in the mean time, I'd met my husband to be (from NZ) and left Aussie (and the top job), to go to NZ.  There, I worked as a 'Permanent Temp' (doing accounts) for 15 years - and some of my 'temp jobs' lasted up to 5 years!!  Next, I was head hunted as the secretary of a School where my husband was the metalwork teacher - in Otara - the backdrop of Once were Warriors Movie!  Within 2 years, we were ready to leave for Aussie!!

Back in Aussie, we bought a lawn mowing run for 2 years - and I have been retired since about 2002!!  (the youngest in a family of 6 & the first to retire!!)    :)

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