Vol. 3, No. 5

May 2004

Jerry Bylander, Editor  jerryby@cableone.net

FEATURE ARTICLES

The Director's Column

PROSTATE CANCER INFORMATION FOR YOUR CASE

The next meeting of the Texoma prostate cancer support group, should be a "first" for its design in answering questions about your particular situation.  For people who have previously attended meetings and feel they received only limited information about their situation, now is the chance to attend and ask our speaker Dr. Johnson a local urologist one's own questions of concern and he will do his best to address those issues.  I personally feel that this will be a forum that will be wonderful for men and their families.  Many men seem to have new questions that arise over time and would like that issue addressed separately.  The group usually stays after guest speakers talk and laymen usually try to help with information on those unresolved issues.  Now is the chance to have them addressed personally by a physician during the session.  All areas of concern will try to be addressed, such as surgery, forms of radiation, and hormonal and chemo therapies.  Also
topics such as prostate cancer recurrence will be addressed.  It's up to your questions.  Please try to attend this meeting as I think all will like this new approach to individual information as all will share and benefit this approach, bring your wife to ask the questions you won't.  See you there, remember the meetings are always on the third Tuesdays of every other month at 7:00 pm at the Senior Health Center on Calais Drive off Gallagher road in Sherman Texas, behind the TCOG Tower.

See you at the May meeting
Henri Plunkett

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Next Meeting


"Questions and Answers from the Doctor:  Find out about Your or a Family Member's Prostate Cancer and His Therapy"

Date: Tuesday Evening, May 18, 2004
Location:  Center, Wilson N. Jones North Campus, South Entrance, 3305 Calais

6:30 PM - Social & Coffee
7:00 PM - Program

Speaker:  Steven A. Johnson, M.D. Texoma Urology Associates
Program: 

Dr. Johnson will share your concerns about prostate cancer, and simply and clearly explain your various options.  He will especially answer your questions about therapy choices and their prognosis.  At the end of the program, Dr. Johnson will take a few minutes to discuss prostate cancer treatments he sees coming down the pike.  He will remain afterwards to discuss your particular questions.  Members who have had high dose radiation, brachiotomy, or radical prostatectomies, also will be available to discuss their outcomes with you.  The meeting is free to all attendees and wives and guests are welcome

Speaker:  Dr. Johnson is board-certified by the American Board of Urology and is the immediate past president of the Texas Urological Society.  He is a past president of the medical staff at Texoma Medical center and has performed over 100 radical prostatectomies since coming to Grayson County in 1996.  Also Dr. Johnson is a WWII history buff, and he usually will ask us some questions about that period.  This will be your chance to recall some interesting happenings.

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Last Meeting
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 20,  2004, 7:00 PM
Place: Wilson N. Jones North Campus
Attendance: Approximately 6 attendees


Old Business

None

New Business

None

Program:   "A Hands-On Tutorial on How to Find the Latest Prostate Cancer Treatment Information"     

Facilitators:  Henry Plunkett and the Wilson N. Jones staff

 Program:  We learned how to access various national and international hospital and health group websites to find the latest prostate cancer treatments.  There were 12 computers available and connected to the Internet.  We also received a handout with a list of useful prostate cancer sites.

The meeting adjourned about 9 PM.

Henri Plunkett, Program Chair/by the Editor

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Other Important Events
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Editor's Notes

 

Prostate Cancer Web Sites 

·        http://urology.jhu.edu/

·        http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/7145.cfm

·        http://www.mdanderson.org/diseases/prostate  

·        http://www.mayoclinic.org/prostate/index.html

·        http://www.cpdr.org/index.html

·        http://www.ustoo-texoma.org  This is our local website with more information and links.

 
All one has to do to find bogus sites is use a search engine such as Google and type in “prostate cancer” and referrals to dozens of sites.  Many of these are trying to sell either vitamins, literature or even cures.  Consider that your browser is like a post office.  If you have an exact address the postman delivers mail to your doorstep, but if you have partial address the postman may know your state and city but you will have to narrow the address down to your exact location to get your mail.  When we relate searching the web to the postal system, you then can understand how to use a computer to find prostate information on the web.

NexCura has donated its popular web site, www.prostatepointers.org to USToo!  The most active part of this site is the P2P (patient to physician).  You can post a question and attach your medical history and then be answered by physician specializing in prostate cancer.  You can then take these responses to your doctor and discuss them with him or her.  Another feature on the site is The Circle, where wives, families, friends, and significant others can get support.  Check it out.

Jerry Bylander and Henri Plunkett

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