Treatment
Opening the discussion on seeing blue in the NFL each September would be a perfect finishing note.
In a week and a half, I will be finished with my 36 radiation sessions. Already, I am down to receiving six beams per session instead of ten. Even though it will take a few weeks for the pelvic pains, fatigue, nausea, and a spectrum of changes in bodily functions to subside (I’ll spare you the details), the week of November 8 will call for a celebration.
That week I will be leaving for New York on business and will also have the honor of accompanying my 87-year-old father to a formal Marine Corps Birthday Dinner at the Union League Club. Some readers might recall my post on how my diagnosis and blog made it possible for me to learn an amazing fact about my dad.
While in New York, I would really like to have a meeting with the NFL to discuss how we can build more prostate cancer awareness, akin to their efforts on behalf of breast cancer. I would also like to hand deliver the signed petitions asking for the league’s support. That would be a celebration!
Yesterday, I e-mailed several communications and PR executives at the NFL. Here is what I wrote:
Prostate cancer is taking the lives of more than 32,000 American men this year. Over 218,000 new cases will be diagnosed in 2010. By 2015, that number could exceed 300,000. Nearly 2.5 million American men and their families are currently affected by this disease and prostate Cancer is to men what breast cancer is to women. Yet, compared to the support given to breast cancer, there is little mention or awareness effort made by the NFL for this major men’s health crisis.
We applaud the NFL’s efforts for America’s women (and men who will be diagnosed with breast cancer). However, I would like to explore ways we can work on some equal opportunity awareness efforts for American men. After all, we need our fathers and sons AND our moms and daughters. Rosey Grier, one of the NFL’s Fearsome Foursome, former NFL player Bucky Dilts, and America’s leading prostate cancer organizations are supportive of such an effort.
I will be in New York November 10 and 11 and would welcome an hour of your time to discuss how we might be able to raise awareness and help save lives. I would also like to deliver more than 3,200 signatures asking the NFL to support prostate cancer awareness…
I would welcome some added weight in my carry-on bag. If you haven’t already signed the petition or shared it with your friends, please do so as soon as possible. Every signature is important.
In a week and a half, I will be finished with my 36 radiation sessions. Already, I am down to receiving six beams per session instead of ten. Even though it will take a few weeks for the pelvic pains, fatigue, nausea, and a spectrum of changes in bodily functions to subside (I’ll spare you the details), the week of November 8 will call for a celebration.
That week I will be leaving for New York on business and will also have the honor of accompanying my 87-year-old father to a formal Marine Corps Birthday Dinner at the Union League Club. Some readers might recall my post on how my diagnosis and blog made it possible for me to learn an amazing fact about my dad.
While in New York, I would really like to have a meeting with the NFL to discuss how we can build more prostate cancer awareness, akin to their efforts on behalf of breast cancer. I would also like to hand deliver the signed petitions asking for the league’s support. That would be a celebration!
Yesterday, I e-mailed several communications and PR executives at the NFL. Here is what I wrote:
Prostate cancer is taking the lives of more than 32,000 American men this year. Over 218,000 new cases will be diagnosed in 2010. By 2015, that number could exceed 300,000. Nearly 2.5 million American men and their families are currently affected by this disease and prostate Cancer is to men what breast cancer is to women. Yet, compared to the support given to breast cancer, there is little mention or awareness effort made by the NFL for this major men’s health crisis.
We applaud the NFL’s efforts for America’s women (and men who will be diagnosed with breast cancer). However, I would like to explore ways we can work on some equal opportunity awareness efforts for American men. After all, we need our fathers and sons AND our moms and daughters. Rosey Grier, one of the NFL’s Fearsome Foursome, former NFL player Bucky Dilts, and America’s leading prostate cancer organizations are supportive of such an effort.
I will be in New York November 10 and 11 and would welcome an hour of your time to discuss how we might be able to raise awareness and help save lives. I would also like to deliver more than 3,200 signatures asking the NFL to support prostate cancer awareness…
I would welcome some added weight in my carry-on bag. If you haven’t already signed the petition or shared it with your friends, please do so as soon as possible. Every signature is important.