Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month September or November?
Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month September or November?
While prostate cancer education is vital year round, the month of September is named as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
What cancer Month is November?
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month – Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. Help Us shine a light on pancreatic cancer this November!
What is the ribbon color for prostate cancer?
Prostate cancer: light blue.
What should you do if your partner has prostate cancer?
“Most men that go through treatment end up on the other side with a great quality of life, and their relationship is the same – sometimes even better because they have a new perspective on the important things in life,” he says. Here’s what experts suggest you do if your significant other is diagnosed with prostate cancer:
Can a man tell his wife he has prostate cancer?
“There are lots of spouses who will tell me cancer didn’t just hit the husband, it hit (the wife) as well,” he says. Makes sense. Like all cancer diagnoses, telling a man he has prostate cancer can force him – and his loved ones – to confront his mortality for the first time.
How does the diagnosis of prostate cancer affect your relationship?
The diagnosis can affect your relationship for better or worse. If you ask the spouse or partner of a man diagnosed with prostate cancer about the disease and its treatment, you’ll often hear answers in the first-person plural: “We opted for a radical prostatectomy.” “We thought it was his best chance for a cure.”
How old do you have to be to get prostate cancer?
Get the facts. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men after skin cancer, affecting 1 in 9 American men in their lifetimes, according to the American Cancer Society. The majority of diagnoses are among men over 65 years old, and prostate cancer is rare before age 40, ACS reports.
“Most men that go through treatment end up on the other side with a great quality of life, and their relationship is the same – sometimes even better because they have a new perspective on the important things in life,” he says. Here’s what experts suggest you do if your significant other is diagnosed with prostate cancer:
The diagnosis can affect your relationship for better or worse. If you ask the spouse or partner of a man diagnosed with prostate cancer about the disease and its treatment, you’ll often hear answers in the first-person plural: “We opted for a radical prostatectomy.” “We thought it was his best chance for a cure.”
“There are lots of spouses who will tell me cancer didn’t just hit the husband, it hit (the wife) as well,” he says. Makes sense. Like all cancer diagnoses, telling a man he has prostate cancer can force him – and his loved ones – to confront his mortality for the first time.
Why is prostate cancer called a couple’s disease?
Prostate cancer has been called a couple’s disease. Recently, a spouse posted in the Us TOO Prostate Cancer Support Community on Inspire that, since his radical prostatectomy, her husband “has become a different person.” She is “heartbroken” and considering divorce reaching out to the men and women in the community for answers.