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Christopher Lukas

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posted 11/30/2006, comments (0)

Update on Zack's Seed Implantation

Last time I wrote about Zack, he had been about to go for his seed implantation. That was about a month ago. So I thought I should check up on him. Here was his email response: “Urgency. Frequency: Those were terms I thought I understood – until now!” I phoned to get a better view of things. While Zack was in no pain, the warnings about... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Rick Wirtz

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posted 11/17/2006, comments (0)

Reactions to a Diagnosis of Cancer

During the past several weeks I’ve been writing a lot about communication and the factors that influence it. The topic is so interesting and complex that I could write about different facets of it for months and only begin to scratch the surface. When you think about the many ways in which we communicate, both verbal and non-verbal, there’s a... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Rick Wirtz

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posted 11/10/2006, comments (0)

How Personality Affects our Health - Part II

Last week we took a peek into the depths of Eeyore’s personality and looked at how his pessimistic demeanor would affect how he takes care of himself and how he might manage a serious illness. It seemed pretty clear from our highly unscientific look at the gloomy, gray guy that he would probably not be a major spokesman for wellness approaches... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/08/2006, comments (0)

Time to Talk about Psychotherapy

At the very beginning of these essays, I wrote about finding a psychotherapist if any of the following fears affected you (as a man with prostate cancer): I’m going to die. I’m going to be impotent. My wife (partner) is going to leave me. I’m going to be incontinent. I’m going to be in pain. But this really ignored the other side of the... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/03/2006, comments (0)

How Personality Affects Our Health

We take our personality with us wherever we go—to work, school, in our relationships, on the golf course—everywhere. In fact, our personalities are reflected in everything we do. They are reflected in the TV shows we like to watch, what foods we eat, how much we drink, our hobbies, political affiliations, etc. So it would only make sense... Read more Chevron

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