Prostate cancer, testosterone and Tim Baker's masculinity
OCT 9, 202453 MIN
Prostate cancer, testosterone and Tim Baker's masculinity
OCT 9, 202453 MIN
Description
<p>When surf writer Tim Baker was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, he had no idea how the hormones which saved his life would fundamentally change his experience of being a man (R).</p><p>Surf writer Tim Baker was in his early fifties when he was riding a very good wave in his life.</p><p>He had a job he loved as a surfing writer, a beautiful family, and he lived within walking distance of the beach.</p><p>But on a work trip to Los Angeles, Tim began to need to use the 'rest room' a lot more than usual.</p><p>Back in Australia, he went to see his doctor, then an oncologist who gave him some terrible news. He had Stage 4 prostate cancer and it had spread to his bones.</p><p>Tim has written a candid account of living with cancer, and some of the grim and rarely spoken about side effects of his life-saving hormone therapy; effects which have profoundly changed his identity and his relationships.</p><p>This episode of Conversations explores cancer, prostate cancer, testosterone, hormone treatment, surfing, masculinity, mortality, books, writing, manhood, aging, bone cancer, fatherhood, big waves, middle age.</p>