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I'vejust mailed out this month's E-Letter. Well, a combined November/December E-Letter as my time was somewhat consumed in November finishing of the new CHOOSING A TREATMENT and RESOURCES pages.
For those of you who haven't subscribed to the E-Letter, you can access it on the site at E-LETTER 13 . The subjects covered are:
What to do - a medical view
Does Marketing Hype drive treatment choice?
End of life concerns
Yana update: two more pages done - one man in hospice
No support on the internet?
This is my response to the comments made by the doctor on: Limitations of online prostate cancer support groups
Terry Herbert, the driving force behind the internet site, YANA (You Are Not Alone) has eloquently described how the site provides comfort and guidance for men from all over the world, who, when first diagnosed, confused and frightened, log on to the site. As an example of how Terry empathizes with such men, recently a gentleman from Portugal described how he was just diagnosed. His English was not perfect, so Terry helped the gentleman embark on the long and often bewildering journey, with a lengthy response, first in English and then, courtesy of an internet translator, in Portuguese. I'm sure the gentleman no longer feels alone.
