The Michigan Cancer Consortium (with funding from the Centers for Disease Control) has developed and issued a new series of “fact sheets” under the general heading “Managing Symptoms After Prostate Cancer.”
These are sound, basic fact sheets that may be very helpful for new and less knowledgeable patients, or may be helpful as handouts for support group leaders and other prostate cancer educators. Each fact sheet is just a few pages long.
To date, the series deals with the following topics:
- Bowel Problems After Radiation
- Brittle Bones from Hormone Therapy
- Coping with Cancer Stress: Skills for Patients and Caregivers
- Coping with Hormone Changes from Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Dealing with Strong Feelings About Cancer
- Fatigue — Feeling Tired or Worn Out
- Feeling Like a Man After Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Listening and Talking: Family Communications and Prostate Cancer
- Losing Your Hair
- Sexual Side Effects
- Staying Hopeful When the Future is Uncertain
- Support for the Spouses/Partners of Prostate Cancer Patients
- Urine Leaks After Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Urine Problems After Radiation
It has to be stated that the experienced patient may find some of this material “simplistic” — but remember that every prostate cancer patient is a new patient at one time. If these materials are the first materials you get, then they will certainly start you down the pathway of learning more.
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