Posts by Don Gerardi

The last couple of years have been the hardest of my life. Night sweats, cognitive fog, muscle atrophy, pain, exhaustion, and sleeplessness stretch endlessly, leaving me drained and painfully aware of how fragile my body has become. These symptoms are the result of the medications I have been taking and continue to take, a reminder that my strength is slipping away. You see, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017. Immediately, I began to understand in a new way…