Viewpoint: Dealing with Lupron's effects on "manhood"

(New York Times) UPDATED 2008-11-18

Prostate cancer patient Dana Jennings offers this chronicle of his experience with the prostate cancer drug Lupron. In this piece, Jennings discusses the drug's side effects--including headaches, pain, and hot flashes--and he gives advice on how he manages them. He also discusses how undergoing prostate cancer treatment "strikes at the heart" of American attitudes about what it means to be a man. Read full story >

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Viewpoint: Dealing with Lupron's effects on "manhood"

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