Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds

Author : Arthur L. Burnett, II,Norman S. Morris
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780470621028

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Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds by Arthur L. Burnett, II,Norman S. Morris Pdf

Personal stories show men how to make the right decisions for themselves, with medical insights from a leading Johns Hopkins authority on prostate cancer If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you want to know the facts about treatment options as well as what to expect through the process of treatment and recovery. Written by Dr. Arthur L. Burnett, II. one of the world's most distinguished authorities on prostate cancer and veteran CBS News journalist and prostate cancer survivor, Norman Morris, Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds gives you the information you need through the experiences of men who have had prostate cancer. Dr. Burnett speaks openly and honestly about prostate cancer options, treatments, and aftereffects and shares stories of both well-known and ordinary prostate cancer survivors who offer their personal reflections on going through treatment and getting well. Includes personal stories from notable prostate cancer survivors such as Arnold Palmer, Ken Griffey Sr., Pat Robertson, and others Takes an authoritative look at prostate cancer treatments, current and promising scientific breakthroughs, and life-altering side effects Author Arthur Burnett, a leading prostate cancer expert, is the Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the Johns Hopkins's James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and is renowned for his research studies that led to the formulation of Viagra Offers solutions to common side effects such as sexual problems and incontinence Combining the essential medical facts about prostate cancer with personal, intimate stories told by courageous men who have survived it, this book is an invaluable guide for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and those who care about them.

Author : Arthur L. Burnett, II,Norman S. Morris
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0470642114

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Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds by Arthur L. Burnett, II,Norman S. Morris Pdf

Stories from survivors of prostate cancer on how to go about it and life afterwards.

Author : Victoria Hallerman,Peter S. Albert
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781557048752

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How We Survived Prostate Cancer by Victoria Hallerman,Peter S. Albert Pdf

In this unflinchingly honest account of one couple's struggles through prostate cancer, told from the wife's point of view, Victoria Hallerman writes poignantly of the six-year journey that changed the landscape of her and her husband's lives. She and Dean had been married 33 years when he got the news and underwent treatment that included radioactive seeds and hormone therapy, with severe and unexpected results. Both a moving memoir and a supportive guidebook, How We Survived Prostate Cancer is a cautionary tale to make sure others don't make the same mistakes that Hallerman and her husband made along the way. It addresses everything from redefining intimacy to a wife's anger and loneliness in the face of her husband's illness, and offers: A compelling personal story of one couple's difficulties and ill-informed choices "In Dean's Words": comments on the treatment and its aftermath "What We Know Now": nuggets of hard-won advice Interviews with wives of prostate cancer survivors Treatment options and suggested questions for doctors Dr. Peter Albert's Top Ten List for Patients and Partners Comprehensive Glossary and Resource section

Author : Suzanne Chambers AO
Publisher : Australian Academic Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781925644432

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Facing the Tiger by Suzanne Chambers AO Pdf

“The road ahead is yours to travel. Parts of the future may seem clear, some of it will be uncertain, either way, it belongs to you. We can’t always choose what comes our way. But we can choose how we respond.” It’s tough living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer. While the disease has one of the highest survival rates of any cancer, the side-effects of treatment can be life-long and take a heavy toll on men’s mental health. Of the more than 3.7million men globally who are living in the aftermath of a diagnosis, many will experience anxiety and depression, sometimes long-term. Not all will seek help for their mental health needs. So too for those who know them and love them – life is often never the same. This book will give you practical strategies to manage stress and anxiety, improve health and wellbeing, navigate tough challenges, and to find a sense of ease about the situation in which you find yourself. Written by one of the world’s foremost experts in the psychology of cancer, it is structured so that you can choose whatever chapter seems most relevant to your present situation. First released in 2013, it has been updated with new contributions and additional chapters for this new edition. The book shares personal stories and insights from men and their partners in plain-speaking style, offering emotional comfort and inspiration. While your experience of prostate cancer is uniquely your own, Facing the Tiger reveals the wisdom of others who have already walked the path.

Author : Arthur L. Burnett
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781449631222

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Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Prostate Cancer by Arthur L. Burnett Pdf

The Johns Hopkins Patients’ Guide to Prostate Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining prostate cancer treatments from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you to put together your plan of care. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

Author : Anne Katz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781442214538

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Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love by Anne Katz Pdf

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men after skin cancer. However this cancer is highly curable and most men live for many years after treatment; only eleven percent of cancer deaths are due to prostate cancer. It is well known that the side effects of the treatment cause more suffering than the disease itself. Side effects of surgery include incontinence and erectile difficulties; radiation therapy leads to urinary and bowel problems; and androgen deprivation (hormone) therapy leads to a broad range of long-term side effects affecting physical and emotional functioning. But it is not only the man who suffers through treatment and its side effects. The partners and spouses of prostate cancer survivors are known to experience distress as the man they love moves through the various stages of diagnosis, treatment, and survival. While prostate cancer is a couples' disease, there is much attention paid to the man with cancer and very little to the person and his partner or spouse, who is his prime supporter and who often struggles to make sense of what has happened and why, and how best to support and take care of him. Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love speaks to the loving partners/spouses of men with prostate cancer, whether soon after diagnosis, or later when the man gets on with the rest of his life. Katz includes both the medical information necessary to understanding the disease and firsthand accounts from cancer patients and survivors and their partners. Tips for communication and problem solving, with both partners and health care teams, are offered throughout. Anyone dealing with prostate cancer will find in these pages comfort and insight, as well as specific advice for coping, healing, and moving forward in the spirit of healing and love.

Author : Patrick C. Walsh,Janet Farrar Worthington
Publisher : Balance
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781538763636

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Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer by Patrick C. Walsh,Janet Farrar Worthington Pdf

This guide covers every aspect of prostate cancer, from potential causes including diet to tests for diagnosis, curative treatment, and innovative means of controlling advanced stages of cancer.

Author : Craig T. Pynn
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781617051234

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One Man's Life-Changing Diagnosis by Craig T. Pynn Pdf

Awarded a 2012 American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Award in the Consumer Health Category One Man's Life-Changing Diagnosis provides a comprehensive patient's eye view of the clinical, emotional, relational and spiritual experience of prostate cancer from the time of first symptoms to diagnosis to treatment and to living as survivor with an advanced cancer that can return at any time. The book discusses everything that results from a diagnosis of prostate cancer, from relationships to sex to social networking to finding support groups. And it explores feelings - why some men feel free to talk openly while others remain silent and what that silence is about. It teaches strategies for coping with the often-inappropriate responses when the individual tells relatives, friends and acquaintances that he has prostate cancer. One Man's Life-Changing Diagnosis shows: How to become an informed advocate for your own particular clinical situation by knowing where - and where not to seek information online How to make informed judgments about a treatments validity Why men with prostate cancer tend to deal with their illness quite differently than women who have breast cancer - and what that implies for a person's well-being

Author : Paul Surface
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781665731065

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Prostate Cancer Survivors' Roadmap by Paul Surface Pdf

Shocked? Worried? Confused? Looking for Answers? What can you expect after a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis? A Prostate Cancer Journey can be filled with unimaginable issues and challenges that a patient and caregiver will need to manage. Under highly stressful and debilitated circumstances, the patient and caregivers will be making decisions that will impact their lives in major ways. Prostate Cancer changes the lives of patients and families forever! The reader is given Insights into the ‘Prostate Diagnosis - Decision – Treatment Choice - Home Recovery’ Process after a PC Diagnosis.

Author : Andrew J. Roth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780199336937

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Managing Prostate Cancer by Andrew J. Roth Pdf

The statistics are sobering: over 200,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. With this diagnosis, men are expected to psychologically combat the worry, practical concerns, and the emotional and physical changes during an immensely trying time. How to help? In Managing Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Living Better, Dr. Andrew J. Roth, a psychiatrist specializing in psychological support for cancer patients, provides the emotional skills and strategies necessary to help patients deal with the challenges a prostate cancer diagnosis brings to everyday life. These tools, which Dr. Roth terms "Emotional Judo," effectively teach patients to identify what their fears are rooted in, how to distinguish the rational and irrational aspects of their thoughts and behaviors, make healthier choices to promote a more positive approach, and ultimately transform their lives into a more fulfilling and peaceful journey.

Author : Michael Korda
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780307805874

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Man to Man by Michael Korda Pdf

Although prostate cancer is a disease that strikes nearly 200,000 men every year, it is a disease that has been shrouded in silence, in part because it strikes at the very core of masculine identity. But in Man to Man, bestselling author Michael Korda breaks that silence, turning the story of his illness and recovery into a candid and instructive book that speaks not only to every man and woman whose life has been touched by prostate cancer but to everyone who lives in fear of it. With unsparing frankness, Korda describes how he survived the ordeal of prostate surgery and its painful and humiliating aftereffects. He tells us how tumors are graded, evaluates different treatments, and makes sense of prostate cancer's mystifying "numbers." Practical, immensely readable, filled with information, and, above all, hopeful, Man to Man is literally a life-saver.

Author : John Sias
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1434342093

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Will You (or Someone You Love) Get Prostate Cancer? by John Sias Pdf

John Sias is a prostate cancer survivor, president of the New Hampshire Prostate Cancer Coalition and author of six published books. When he was diagnosed for prostate cancer in 2001, he immediately purchased or borrowed every available book, video and news article he could find on the subject of prostate cancer. Then he and his wife, Marie, devoured all this material, made notes, underlined books, and interviewed survivors, urologists and oncologists. Finally he made his treatment decision. He had already written two successful books in the Question and Answer format, one on religion, now in its ninth printing, and another about ice hockey containing 650 questions and answers. There are many books about prostate cancer but probably few written by a survivor, an author and a president of a state prostate cancer coalition. In addition to all men over 50, those who might find value in this book include public speakers, wives, sons, daughters, news media, and leaders in the nation's fight against state prostate cancer. "Easy to understand." "I can find what I want to know without having to wade through an entire book." This is a book you can skim and scan. It's not a book you'll read from cover to cover, nor is it a "everything you ever wanted to know" book. Although prostate cancer is America's number one cancer killer of men over 50, you might be interested in only a few dozen of the more than 200 questions and answers. But some of them might change your life. Or save it.

Author : Barry Lewis Oakley,S. Aust.). Repatriation General Hospital (Daw Park (Prostate Health Improvement Program.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Prostate
ISBN : 0730862240

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There's Some Good Years Left Yet by Barry Lewis Oakley,S. Aust.). Repatriation General Hospital (Daw Park (Prostate Health Improvement Program.) Pdf

Author : Harley A. Haynes, MD,Richard M. Miles
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781538153338

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The Prostate Cancer Owner's Manual by Harley A. Haynes, MD,Richard M. Miles Pdf

A vital overview of prostate cancer for the millions of men that are suffering and their loved ones The moment the family doctor says, “You might have prostate cancer,” most patients immediately ask themselves, “Am I going to die?” Their life is turned upside down as they are faced with a scary new reality they likely know little about. Patients must familiarize themselves with strange new medical terminology, tests, procedures, and, worst of all, major changes to their bodies. The Prostate Cancer Owner’s Manual offers clarity on these topics to help readers and their loved ones get through this life-changing diagnosis that will take years to overcome. Harley Haynes, MD, and Richard Miles have both been there and done that. As prostate cancer survivors, they understand the questions that recently diagnosed patients have and the challenges they face. Here, they provide a blend of medical expertise and personal knowledge and insight to help patients and their families make sense of the road ahead of them—equipping them with the facts they need to make informed decisions and confront prostate cancer head on. Haynes and Miles answer the questions readers may have and detail the possible outcomes they will face—without mincing words about the tough realities of living with prostate cancer—while offering hope for recovery.

Author : John P. Mulhall,Doctor John P Mulhall
Publisher : CIACT
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781456603397

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Saving Your Sex Life by John P. Mulhall,Doctor John P Mulhall Pdf

In a straightforward style, Dr. John Mulhall guides the reader through the basics of male sexuality, explains the role of testosterone, the functions of the prostate, and the common difficulties men encounter when disease strikes. In plain language, this book spells out the causes and symptoms of prostate disease and diseases of the lower urinary tract and the approach to deal with the aftermath of treatment.