Road to Diagnosis: How a Routine Check-Up Caught My Prostate Cancer Early

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As the adage goes, “life comes at you fast.” I never imagined prostate cancer would become part of my story. I had no symptoms and never even considered prostate cancer a concern. It measures prostate-specific antigen in the blood, and high levels can be an early warning sign of prostate cancer. I partnered with Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer and co-founded Bastrop County’s Pink and Blue Affair to raise awareness about prostate cancer. Prostate cancer gave me no warning, but a routine blood test caught it early.