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I believe that there
are five initial steps to help you deal with a Prostate Cancer diagnosis. This
is the first step:
DON'T PANIC
Fear
is a dreadful emotion. It stops us thinking logically. It makes us rush
into doing things.
A
prostate cancer diagnosis is a fearful thing. Everything we have ever heard, all
the half-forgotten stories, come crashing down on us. We
become numb. As one of our mentors said: "...at the doctor's room, the last
thing I remember was the word 'cancer'!"
So,
hard as it may seem, you must not panic. You must put fear behind you. You can
do this by gaining knowledge.
As
you gain knowledge, you will find that although you should be concerned about
the
diagnosis, you will lose the blind fear and the panic which goes with
it. So follow the next four steps, set out below and gain the knowledge to help
you take control of your life.
Once
you have been along those steps - or before you start, you might like to read
A Strange Place: This is a simple Information Guide to Prostate Cancer
written by Terry Herbert, long time prostate cancer survivor and owner of this
site. It was developed primarily as a booklet for men with no access to the Internet,
and is a useful source of basic information. You can read the booklet at A
Strange Place There is also a printable pdf version available at this link,
but as it is 42 pages in all, for those who don't want to print it out, a hard
copy is available, free of charge in June 2010. Click on the cover [left] or mail
Terry giving details of your postal
address.
You will
also find this website contains the stories of men who are survivors of Prostate
Cancer and who are now Mentors, primarily for newly-diagnosed men, their partners,
and for daughters and sons. You will see from their tales that there is, indeed,
life after Prostate Cancer.
These
men and their partners are here to help you through the hard times -for they have
all been there before you.
This
is the first of the four successive steps to better understand your diagnosis:
NOW GO TO THE NEXT STEP - SOME GOOD
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