New Member - Dawn

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Welcome to Dawn - dawnruff1

dawnruff1@... who has joined

the ProstateCancerSupport group:

She comments:

My father has prostate cancer.

So sorry to hear of your father’s diagnosis. This

is an awful time for you I know and it is probably cold comfort to say it will

get better for you over time – I’ve had more than 10 years since I

was diagnosed, so I can speak from some experience.

You might find it useful to visit YANA - You Are Not

Alone Now www.yananow.net a site

set up for newly diagnosed people which gives some basic information in plain

language with links to more complex sites. You might like to print off a

booklet on the site at http://www.yananow.net/StrangePlace/index.html

The second section of the site is where we invite men

to tell their stories and how they arrived at their decisions regarding

treatment. Many people have mailed me to say how useful they have found this,

especially because most of the men are happy to respond to specific questions.

The section of the site can be found by clicking the link labelled Experiences

or going to http://www.yananow.net/Experiences.html

But in any event, please post some details of

your father’s diagnosis – Age, PSAs leading up to the

diagnosis, Gleason Score and Staging (these terms are all explained on the YANA site) and any questions you might have. Just

remember – there are no dumb questions. We all started off where you are

now, but we’ve collectively learned a lot over the years.

Please mail us if there is anything specific we can

help you with at this difficult time.

All the

best

Terry Herbert

in Melbourne Australia

Diagnosed

‘96: Age 54: Stage T2b: PSA 7.2: Gleason 3+3=6: No treatment. June '04:

TURP. Nov '06 PSA 31.4

My site

is at www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za

It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he

doesn’t know, and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows

everything. Joyce Carey