Hello
Have just read back my first piece of blogging just to get the flow of things and l now realize that my intentions of my last blog to be specific about events around my husband’s cancer may be too difficult for me at the moment. On writing my last piece l became very emotional even though l thought l was strong enough to do it so l have decided to explore cancer my generally .
l am still waiting for any progress on awareness for men on prostate cancer 2005 to 2013 l have not investigated statistics wildly on deaths of prostate cancer but within my community family and friends there is a high rate. Back in 2005 l was informed that beer mats in public houses with information on the subject were out there circulating which l thought was maybe a start, there well maybe info but l don’t see it. As a woman there is much information around breast cancer and it is well publicized. l receive letters, phone calls when a smear test is due, likewise with mammogram for testing on breast cancer.
There is a test that can be done to give men a reading of their blood count relating to prostate cancer: you would need to speak with your doctor about this. l am going to end here and hopefully continue next week .
Prostate cancer is a disease that is not well talked about. I have wondered why....
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your future blogs.
My understanding is that this blood test - PSA test should and will be routinely offered to men over the age of 50. Usually symptoms present themselves and are recognised by the GP. My husband had no symptoms at all; his was picked up by a thorough GP at the age of 56. Caught early it is rarely fatal. For men over seventy, it becomes slow growing; the cure can be more traumatic than the cancer itself and they are more likely to die with it than from it. Also by the age of about seventy, something like 70% of men do have it. There is a massive amount of information available on the internet but I agree, more should be done to prompt the blood test for all men when they reach 50. I regularly nag male colleagues to get it done, just to be on the safe side.
ReplyDeleteThank you to both of these comments.
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Thank you to both of these comments.
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