From the moment in October 2010 when I was told I had prostate cancer it commanded all my attention. There was no time to waste on other matters that suddenly seemed trivial by comparison, which included just about everything. My life had dramatically shifted gears, and I swept nearly everything else off the table and out of the way. My mind was fully occupied with three things: cancer, cancer, and cancer. I had proton therapy for my prostate cancer in early 2011, and for about a year I remained totally focused on monitoring the progress of my recovery. But that changed in 2012 when I suddenly found myself in another huge …