On Cancer, Vulnerability, and Action Heroes

As some of you may have heard by now, earlier this year I was diagnosed with stage III prostate cancer. I began hormone treatment seven weeks ago, and a week from tomorrow I will undergo a high dose brachytherapy (internal radiation)procedure at the University of Virginia Emily Couric Cancer Center followed by five weeks of external beam radiation.I'm told my prognosis is good. While the tumor is aggressive and locally advanced, scans have revealed no evidence of metastatic disease, and the c...