PCRI's Alex interviews John Shearron, one of our PCRI helpline facilitators and the leader of the Mets Mavericks advanced prostate cancer support group in Chicago, IL. This is part one of their interview, and it focuses on John's personal experiences with prostate cancer. Part two, which will be coming soon, focuses on John's experiences leading the Mets Mavericks support group.

0:22 Can you share about your prostate cancer, for example, how you were diagnosed?

0:52 Was it your family doctor who gave you your first PSA?

1:26 Once you got to your urologist, what were your options?

1:52 How did you know to seek out a second opinion?

2:23 Was Bill Blair the founder of Mets Mavericks, the support group for which you are the leader?

2:37 What is it like for you to work with so many advanced prostate cancer patients who tend to be going through tough times?

5:17 What did you do once you got your pathology back and knew that you had a potentially dangerous prostate cancer?

6:27 What did you end up doing for treatment?

7:11 Did you have to talk your doctor into focal treatment, or was he open to it?

7:59 Were there any side effects from the cryotherapy?

8:31 What was your PSA like after cryotherapy?

8:38 How long did it take for your PSA to go down?

9:20 Did you have to do anything else after your treatment with cryotherapy?

10:23 Did you have to do hormone therapy?

11:26 How was your experience with hormone therapy?

12:26 What kind of exercise were you doing during hormone therapy?

13:52 What was it like when your testosterone came back?

15:09 How long did it take for your testosterone to come back after stopping hormone therapy?

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