Men at Risk for Prostate Cancer

Do you remember well all the up and down days as some treatments worked for you and some treatments did not work for you. You have traveled such a long and difficult road, but the outcome is a positive one and your rewards are there in front of you for the taking. You are relieved after all this time to feel rewarded with a clean bill of health, but the entire ordeal you had to endure will stay with you for the rest of your life.

Do you sit in the restaurant, stare at all the foods you once enjoyed and you are unable to push the dish away fast enough? When you take the time to think about it for a minute, it is not the food that you once loved so much that you are turning away. In a sense it is the food that no longer is in agreement with your internal system at the present.

Eating wiser and healthier is better for you and is better for your entire family unit. Reintroduce foods like eggs, fish, beans, nuts, and seeds into the family meal planning. Instead of cake, ice cream, cookies, and pastries for dessert, why not put out a bowl of assorted fresh fruit. This just might be a big hit and encourage the entire family to eat healthier. Remember, you must keep your body strong to fight this horrendously deadly disease.

Small baskets of assorted nuts and sliced cheese are another good idea to place on the dinner table. Your family will stand behind you and support you in all that you try to do, so why not try it? Instead of dishes of candies placed strategically around the kitchen, why not have dishes of whole grain crackers, fresh fruit, and dried cereal. This is both nourishing and very delicious.

Men suffer silently because very little attention in the public arena is focusing on men. How sad when men are forced to suffer in silence simply because they are men. Are you one of the prostate cancer survivors? Did you suffer the same ordeal of humility and agonizing pain? Did you have a wife, children, family members and friends you hold dear to surround you with love and support?

Statistics express a man’s lifetime risk of receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer is one in six and it does not change the fact that men suffer silently from this deadly disease. The rate of survival remains the same and is holding steady at about ninety-eight percent.

Treatments, surgeries, and all medications through the various ordeals can leave you with a few side effects, though most men fair well. A few of the more pronounced side effects are the following.

Cancer treatment lasting pain

Bone pain because the cancer can spread

Urinary dysfunction caused by radiation therapy

Bowel dysfunction usually following external beam radiotherapy

Erectile dysfunction

Surgery pain after affects is controllable with medication that will ease the pain or at least get the edge off. Make sure you notify your medical physician right away. The medical physician will prescribe a mild painkiller and gradually have you take less and less until your body heals and you no longer need any pain medication. The idea is to allow your body to heal from the ordeal.

Surgical procedures you are experiencing may cause you to run the risk of complications setting in and this will need the attention of your medical physician immediately. Most often it is organ dysfunction that will set in and this will put you at risk for extreme pain and infections. Radiation therapy that you will most likely be exposed to will include nausea and eating problems, mouth sores, fatigue and probably the loss of hair.

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