Prostate Cancer

“You can’t sit and feel sorry for yourself.

Life is too short.”Cancer, he said, has made him stronger.

“It makes you look at life differently.

You learn to stop and smell the roses.”Another piece of advice Glaz gives is to be savvy about the disease.In 1992, while he was still living in Erie, his annual PSA test indicated the likely presence of Doctors couldn’t find a tumor and told him just “to go to Florida and have fun.”Glaz knew better than to ignore what the tests were saying, so he did some research.

When he was able to tell his Florida doctors to look behind the bladder for the hidden cancer, the cancer was located and treated.“Usually after five years, “It’s been over 10.”Glaz takes a daily vitamin to keep his immune system strong.

Otherwise, he maintains a positive outlook, stays active and does as much volunteer work as he can to help others.Monika Arnold, 28 yearsGerman-born Monika Arnold was a 32-year-old military wife when a routine Pap smear came back abnormal.

She received a call to return for a second test.When the second test confirmed the first, she and her husband went together...

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