I remember noting for the first time his waning strength. I remember seeing his declining interest in investments. I remember him saying, The doctor tells me I have prostate cancer. He was about 76 at the time. Well, Dad, I said, it depends on how advanced it is.
Most men die of something other than their prostate cancer.
He looked at me with his pale-blue eyes. I worry about, he replied. She is so dependent since her stroke. Actually, Dad s cancer was diagnosed late, because he had secondaries in the bone when they did the scan. He was unfortunate enough to die of his prostate cancer at the age of 83.