Anthony Aquan-Assee – ANTHONY AQUAN-ASSEE – Motivational Speaker, Author, Educator

Another step in the journey

BlogJuly 6, 202630Views 1Like 0Comments

As part of my treatment for prostate cancer, I now need to undergo even more medical tests as I continue with doublet therapy. Doublet therapy combines Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) with a second medication that more aggressively blocks testosterone—the hormone that fuels prostate cancer cells. This treatment comes with significant side effects including accelerated bone…

Powerful Medicine

BlogJuly 4, 202616Views 0Likes 0Comments

My wife, Jen, is the greatest blessing in my life. Another blessing is the love and support I receive throughout my challenge with prostate cancer from my family and my friends, three of whom can be seen in this picture. I have known these friends for almost 40 years. From left to right are John,…

Doublet Cancer Therapy

BlogJuly 1, 202642Views 0Likes 0Comments

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” By: Stephen R. Covey My Oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PMH) recommended that I start Doublet cancer therapy as the next step in my metastatic prostate cancer treatment. FYI # 1 - Doublet cancer therapy uses two drugs…

Quest for healing

BlogJune 22, 202648Views 0Likes 0Comments

“We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned, so we are able to accept the life that is waiting for us.” **By: Joseph Campbell I am creating a new life following an aggressive Stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis. Prostate cancer is also known as a “Couple’s Cancer”…

Prostate Cancer Information

BlogJune 20, 202666Views 0Likes 0Comments

Myself and my wife, Jen, are working very hard to find a new balance in our lives ever since I was diagnosed with Stage 4, Metastatic Prostate Cancer in 2026 at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. Here is some information that would have helped us if we knew this before I received this diagnosis.…

The Butterfly

BlogJune 12, 202673Views 1Like 0Comments

Hi there. I chose the picture of the Butterfly for the cover picture of my most recent song “The Teacher,” as the Butterfly symbolizes transformation, hope and new beginnings. My brother Michael painted this picture. The Butterfly also has very special meaning for me when I am volunteering in the Trauma and Neurosurgery Intensive Care…

Cancer & Brain Injuries

BlogJune 11, 202686Views 1Like 0Comments

I am an experienced Brain Injury Survivor having sustained a severe Traumatic Brain Injury after a very serious motorcycle accident in 1997. Living my life now as a cancer patient is a new health challenge for me. I was recently diagnosed (in 2026) with serious, Stage 4, Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Cancer and Brain Injuries share similar…

“One day, the world will start without me, but not today.”

BlogJune 5, 202684Views 1Like 0Comments

“One day, the world will start without me, but not today.” Living with cancer is a waiting game. Waiting for scans and blood tests. Waiting for test results. Waiting for appointments. Waiting for treatments. Regardless of the test results or the appointments with the Oncologists, I am not Waiting to Live. I…

Awareness saves lives. Compassion changes lives.

BlogMay 28, 2026102Views 0Likes 0Comments

It helps a lot when others show support, care and compassion for people navigating difficult situations. After I sustained a Traumatic Brain injury (TBI), people would often say to me, “You look fine.” It is important that people are aware that a Brain Injury frequently results in symptoms that cannot be seen from the outside. …

My Spiritual Solution

BlogMay 24, 202698Views 0Likes 0Comments

In 1997, Dr. Wayne Dyer prayed and meditated beside my hospital bed when I lay in a very deep coma in the Trauma and Neurosurgery ICU (TN-ICU) at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. A close friend of mine, Sam, had gone to a presentation by Dr. Wayne Dyer that he and I had purchased tickets…