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Radiation Therapy! by jasonmills143 Oct 24, 2016 4:30:51 GMT -5 |
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Questions to Ask BEFORE & AFTER Surgery Six years after my surgery nothing has changed. Men & Couples receive little or no warning their life is about to change PERMANENTLY. This blog will link you to eleven very important questions. |
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Eleven Questions to Ask AFTER Surgery by winterfamily Mar 9, 2021 11:16:43 GMT -5 |
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A message from Rick to you An Introductory note from me to you |
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Visiting for the first time please read by Russ Feb 20, 2022 15:08:44 GMT -5 |
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Warning-Not All Advice You Receive on Forums is Healthy or Accurate Often people come to prostate cancer forums hoping to be understood by those walking on the same path. Unfortunately that's no always true. |
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Not All The Advice You'll Receive Is Accurate or Healthy by Rick Redner Jun 22, 2014 10:21:34 GMT -5 |
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Introductions A place to introduce yourself to the group and share your story |
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Rick's Intro by Rick Redner Jun 9, 2015 22:39:59 GMT -5 |
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The Truth About Erectile Functioning Post Surgery You'll want to read this BEFORE you believe the hype about the benefits of double nerve sparing surgery returning your erectile functioning. |
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A List of Unwanted Changes to Your Sexuality After Surgery by Janie Dec 25, 2023 3:22:49 GMT -5 |
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Where is your prostate? A place to let the world know what country/city your prostate resides |
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Where is my prostate? by myrtleccapetillooo Feb 18, 2022 0:58:56 GMT -5 |
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10 Tips For Coping With Prostate Cancer Here are ten tips for coping with prostate cancer. Here's a thread to discuss the life lessons we've learned from coping with prostate cancer. |
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Tips for Coping With Prostate Cancer by Rick Redner Jan 26, 2014 16:17:28 GMT -5 |
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Home from the Hosptial A place to share what life is like now that you are home |
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Home by Rick Redner Jul 7, 2013 19:43:31 GMT -5 |
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Why to follow post surgery instructions to the letter Know what you could do that would result in you needing a catheter for the rest of your life. This may surprise you. |
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Why following post-surgical limitations are important by Rick Redner May 21, 2013 16:01:36 GMT -5 |
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Living With a Cathater A place to share experiences, provide and receive tips about living with a catheter |
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The Calm Before the Storm by madmystel Apr 27, 2019 13:27:43 GMT -5 |
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Coping With The Loss of Urinary Control & Living in Diapers or Pads Coping with the loss of urinary control is difficult. Wearing men's diapers can be traumatic. Here's a thread to discuss the challenge of coping with urinary incontinence with men who've been there. |
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Tips For Coping With Urinary Incontinence by Rick Redner Nov 30, 2019 11:30:29 GMT -5 |
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Bladder Spasms Bladder spasms hurt! Here's the place to share what you've done to reduce or relieve the pain or frequency of spasms |
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Bladder Spasms by Rick Redner May 17, 2015 8:08:35 GMT -5 |
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Don't forget to take Stool Softener Why you need a stool softener after surgery |
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Stool Softener is your friend by mkohn Nov 30, 2019 1:01:35 GMT -5 |
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Your Post Surgical Pathology Report A place to share or ask questions about your post surgical pathology report |
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Post Surgery Pathology Report by Rick Redner Apr 14, 2013 8:52:28 GMT -5 |
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Ejaculation Turns to Urination Here's the place to learn about and discuss climacturia |
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What is climacturia by mkohn Nov 30, 2019 3:01:39 GMT -5 |
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Coping with Erectile Dysfunction One of the most difficult aspects of post surgical life. Here's the place to talk about how ED is affecting you and your relationships |
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ED Post Surgery by Rick Redner Aug 6, 2013 11:36:47 GMT -5 |
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Don't Waste Your Erectile Dysfunction Erectile Dysfunction is NOT the loss of manhood or the end of a marriage. It's an opportunity. Here's a thread to share how to enjoy sex while coping with ED. |
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ED Friend or Foe-It's Up To You by Rick Redner Jan 17, 2015 13:45:58 GMT -5 |
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Why Men Lose Interest In Sex After Surgery Re-establishing a sex life after prostate surgery is challenging. Find out why and what needs to be done. |
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Why Men Lose Interest in Sex After Surgery by Rick Redner Jan 20, 2015 11:39:02 GMT -5 |
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Penile Shrinkage Following Surgery Many men find out about this AFTER surgery. Here's a thread to discuss this issue as well as read an informative article |
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Penile Shrinkage by Limaomam Mar 3, 2022 4:47:57 GMT -5 |
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Penile Rehab Here's the place to learn and discuss what you can do to prevent venous leak and preserve erectile functioning |
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Why penile rehab is important by michael Jan 9, 2015 7:16:15 GMT -5 |
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Penile Injections The thought of injecting a needle into my penis terrified me. Yet this became an important component of penile rehab. Here's the place to ask questions, discuss your experiences, and get info on penile injections |
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Penile Injections Can Work When ED Meds Fail by Rick Redner Dec 8, 2014 0:32:02 GMT -5 |
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Penile Implants Are Not Cosmetic Surgery If you are coping with impotence after surgery many issues could stop you from considering this option. Here's the answer to those objections. |
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Objections to Penile Implants by Rick Redner Dec 6, 2014 11:13:49 GMT -5 |
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Why Men Resist A Cure For ED Erectile Dysfunction causes the most emotional and relational pain than any other side effect from surgery. There are reasons why men resist an effective cure. Here's Why. |
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Why Men Avoid Successful Treatment For ED by Rick Redner Apr 11, 2015 0:45:18 GMT -5 |
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Penile Implants Here's the place to get information, ask questions and discuss your experiences with penile implants |
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Sex With A Penile Implant by Dan Oct 17, 2024 18:55:02 GMT -5 |
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Changes in Sexuality Post Surgery Sex without a prostate is very different than sex with a prostate. Here's the place to discuss how surgery has changed your sexuality and enjoyment of our sexual experience. |
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BF rejecting me after prostate removal surgery by Rick Redner Nov 14, 2014 20:03:33 GMT -5 |
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Why does manhood=An erect penis? Too many men loose their sense of manhood when they suffer from ED. Here's a thread to re-work the definition of manhood |
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Have You Lost Your Manhood? I Did by Rick Redner Jan 23, 2014 15:20:08 GMT -5 |
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Reclaming Your Sex Life While Coping With ED Men who suddenly face Erectile Dysfunction become seriously depressed and avoid all forms of intimacy. This thread is for those who want to have a fantastic sex life while ED is still part of your life. |
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Good Sex-Even Better Sex Is Possible While Coping With ED by Rick Redner Aug 5, 2013 19:33:25 GMT -5 |
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Post-Surgical Depression Many men find themselves angry or withdrawn after surgery. These could be symptoms of post-surgical depression, which is very common for men to experience following surgery. Most men are emotionally unprepared to cope with life without their prostate. This thread provides helpful information and insights into post-surgical depression. |
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Why It's Necessary to Grieve by Rick Redner Jan 5, 2016 11:28:30 GMT -5 |
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Losing Your Desire For Sex Losing your desire for sex can be a very troubling post-surgical fact of life. If this happens to you, you aren't alone. This thread contains links to articles that discuss this issue. |
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Why some men lose interest in sex following surgery. by michael Feb 9, 2014 15:29:54 GMT -5 |
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7 Reasons Why Men/Couples Suffer Alone Here are seven reasons why couples coping with PC suffer alone, and what you can do to end the isolation. |
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Seven Reasons Why Men & Couples Suffer Alone by Rick Redner May 10, 2014 22:12:03 GMT -5 |
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Speaking Our Minds Here's a chance for men and couples coping with life without a prostate to speak out about their concerns. |
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The Best & Worst Things About Life Without A Prostate by Rick Redner May 9, 2014 21:38:23 GMT -5 |
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Our Forums In the News The Modesto Bee wrote a story about this ministry. My wife and I were interviewed |
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Modesto Bee & WestBow Press Feature Our Story by Rick Redner Dec 17, 2013 21:46:51 GMT -5 |
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Frequently Asked Questions Here's a thread which attempts to answer the most frequently asked questions. We need your help with questions so we can make this a very helpful thread |
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Frequently Asked Questions by Rick Redner Sept 12, 2013 18:38:28 GMT -5 |
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Helpful & Informational Links Here's a place to share helpful on-line resources and links |
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Helpful on-line links by Rick Redner Dec 18, 2013 11:01:24 GMT -5 |
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Get Your Affairs In Order Even though you made it through surgery, the diagnosis of prostate cancer is a reminder all of us are terminal. One day each of us will die from an illness, injury, accident or disease. Now is a good time for a legal, relational and spiritual check up. There are issues to take care of in order to protect you and your family. |
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Create Thread | Post Surgery Prostate Cancer Forum by Rick Redner Jun 29, 2020 9:56:56 GMT -5 |
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Good Comfort vs Bad Comfort In an effort to be helpful, sometimes people make harmful or hurting comments. Here's the place to discuss the helpful and not so helpful comments people make. |
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The Power of Words To Encourage or Discourage by Rick Redner Mar 1, 2014 17:55:12 GMT -5 |
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10 Ways To Allow Prostate Cancer to Ruin Your Life A list of 10 attitudes that will waste your experience with prostate cancer |
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10 Attitudes That Will Waste Your Experience with PC by hfranceApero Sept 1, 2020 11:14:12 GMT -5 |
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Saving Your Marriage The quality of life issues faced after surgery greatly impact your relationship. Here's a thread dedicated to divorce proofing your marriage. |
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Divorce Proofing Your Marriage-A Very Important Task by Rick Redner Jan 12, 2014 2:43:11 GMT -5 |
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The Best Medicine-Humor A place to share funny stories, and humor related to prostate cancer |
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Finding Humor & Friendship at Your Treatment Center by Rick Redner May 23, 2014 12:38:54 GMT -5 |
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Is An Artificial Sphincter Right For Me? If you've been leaking urine for a year or more following surgery an artificial sphincter might help. Here's a place to get information about this and to share your experiences. |
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Should I get an artificial sphincter? by Rick Redner Aug 24, 2014 11:34:02 GMT -5 |
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Experiences or Lack Thereof With ED medications There's no right ED medication for everyone. Additionally each of the medications have potential side effects. Here's the place to discuss your experiences with ED medications. This thread is also a resource about the medications available. |
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Information & Links about ED medications by Rick Redner Aug 16, 2013 1:08:39 GMT -5 |
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Erections after non-nerve sparing surgery If you've had non-nerve sparing surgery, you still have an option to achieve an erection. This thread is for men and couples facing ED as a result of non-nerve sparing surgery |
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Erections after non-nerve sparing surgery by Rick Redner Jan 26, 2014 13:26:08 GMT -5 |
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Buyers Remorse After Prostate Surgery After surgery, you may regret your decision. Here's the place to share those regrets. |
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Regretting the decison to have surgery-Buyer's Remorse by michael Aug 31, 2013 19:13:39 GMT -5 |
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A Cure For Buyers Remorse More than a few men conclude that surgery ruined their life forever. They think they should have let the cancer take it's course. Here's a story of a man who didn't have that choice.
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The Cure For Post-Surgical Buyer's Remorse by Rick Redner May 7, 2013 9:21:12 GMT -5 |
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Learn To Live Without Regrets The diagnosis of prostate cancer is a wake up call. It's worth learning to live without regrets. Here's what terminally ill people have to teach us about regret free living. We can learn from their mistakes. Here's a place to discuss your regrets and learn how to get past them. |
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The #1 Regret In Life & Death by Rick Redner Feb 21, 2014 23:08:38 GMT -5 |
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Testostereone Therapy For Men With Prostate Cancer For many years medical thinking was against the idea of providing men with prostate cancer testosterone to increase their desire for sex. Under certain conditions that had changed. If you want more info or want to discuss increasing interest in sex with testosterone check out this thread. |
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Why I stopped using Testosterone by Rick Redner Apr 27, 2014 0:26:56 GMT -5 |
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Life After Surgery-Polling Guests & Memebers Whether or not you post on our forums please participate in this poll about life after prostate surgery. |
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Is Life Better or Worse After Surgery & Why? by Rick Redner Jul 10, 2019 19:09:22 GMT -5 |
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PSA Testing After Surgery One of the high anxiety times for men following surgery are the PSA tests required after surgery. Here's thread to get information and share concerns, and/or celebrate great results |
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PSA Testing after Surgery by Rick Redner May 6, 2014 18:02:45 GMT -5 |
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A Rise In PSA After Surgery A rise in PSA following surgery is likely to cause panic. Here's some helpful information if your PSA is rising. |
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A Rise In PSA After Surgery Is Likely to Cause Panic by Rick Redner Apr 16, 2014 10:06:42 GMT -5 |
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How Do Men Feel About Their Decision To Have Surgery Often how a man feels is dependent upon what stage he's in post-surgery. Here's a thread where I share poll results.
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Contrary to Popular Belief Men DO Have Feelings by Rick Redner Feb 21, 2014 12:31:12 GMT -5 |
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Gaining Weight Following Surgery If you've gained weight since surgery this is a thread you'll want to read. |
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Gaining Weight Post-Surgery & Cancer Recurrance by jehjr Mar 1, 2014 14:56:07 GMT -5 |
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A For Women Only Support Forum This thread provides a links to support resources for women. This thread can be used as a women only thread as well or you could invite men into the discussions.
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A women's only support forum link by Rick Redner May 8, 2013 16:24:30 GMT -5 |
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Thank You Prostate Cancer Receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer can result in becoming a better person. Here's the thread to discuss the ways in which prostate cancer has accomplished that affect. |
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A reason to give thanks by Rick Redner Jun 6, 2013 14:26:37 GMT -5 |
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Two Or More Years After Surgery Here's the place to discuss what issues you continue to cope with two or more years following surgery. |
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Two or More Years Post Surgery-What's Life Like? by Rick Redner Nov 24, 2021 10:04:07 GMT -5 |
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Giving your pet the recognition they deserve Pets can be an amazing source of humor and comfort. They can lift your mood when you are down and out. They can make you laugh when you feel like crying. Here's the place to talk about your wonderful and loving pets |
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A Two Dog Shout Out by Rick Redner Sept 3, 2013 11:10:48 GMT -5 |
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Talking to Your Bio-Sons About Prostate Cancer Once you've been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the likelihood of your bio-son(s) developing prostate cancer increases. Here's the place to get information about telling your son(s), as well as young & adult children and grandchildren about prostate cancer |
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What & How to tell your children by Rick Redner Jul 17, 2013 11:32:31 GMT -5 |
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Advanced Prostate Cancer News If you've been diagnosed with prostate cancer in your bones or found out cancer is outside of your prostate here's information important for you to know. |
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Prostate Cancer outside your prostate? by Rick Redner Nov 28, 2021 1:38:39 GMT -5 |
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Helping Other's Coping With PC At some point in the journey you can move from the person who needs help to reach out and help others coping with PC. Here's the place to share those efforts. |
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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month by Rick Redner Sept 12, 2013 11:35:32 GMT -5 |
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Coping With Terminal Prostate Cancer Every 16 minutes a man dies from prostate cancer. Here's a thread to discuss dying from prostate cancer. It's also a place where those left behind can support one another |
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Coping With A Terminal Prostate Cancer by Rick Redner Mar 1, 2014 19:29:28 GMT -5 |
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What Happens In The Final Days of Life A man dies from prostate cancer every 17.5 minutes. Therefore it makes sense to add this thread to our forum. Here are links to articles that describe what the final days and weeks are like if you are dying of cancer.
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What To Expect in The Final Days of Life by Rick Redner Apr 25, 2014 9:53:31 GMT -5 |
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Forever Healed A healing from prostate cancer is temporary, a healing from Jesus is forever. He's the place to discuss what it means to face prostate cancer, knowing you are forever healed. |
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A forever healing by Rick Redner Apr 27, 2013 11:22:07 GMT -5 |
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Leaving A Family Legacy Prostate cancer is a reminder our time here is limited. How do you want to be remembered? What would you like to pass on to your children and future generations in your family?
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Creating A Family Legacy by Rick Redner Oct 31, 2014 18:31:13 GMT -5 |
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Crazy Things to Celebrate Here's the place to learn and share an attitude of gratitude. A place to share unlikely things to celebrate |
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Crazy things to Celebrate by Rick Redner Apr 14, 2013 8:57:55 GMT -5 |
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Comments from those who read I Left My Prostate in San Francisco-Where's Yours? Here's what readers have said about I Left My Prostate in San Francisco-Where's Yours? |
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What Readers Say by Rick Redner Apr 27, 2014 17:26:45 GMT -5 |
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Life After Surgery Here's the place to look back and look to forward to discuss your new life without a prostate. Please participate in our poll on this thread |
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Please particiipate in this poll about life after surgery by Rick Redner Jun 4, 2013 11:35:49 GMT -5 |
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Prayer Invites God Invites God Into Your Circumstances. Here's a thread to share your experiences with prayer in the journey of coping with prostate cancer. |
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Coping with Anxiety, Fear, Care, Worry Through Prayer by Rick Redner Mar 1, 2015 12:03:19 GMT -5 |
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How Fath makes a Difference If your faith made a difference in your thoughts, your feelings, attitudes, what you did, or how you coped, please share that here. |
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My Faith in The Lord by Rick Redner Jan 23, 2014 11:03:19 GMT -5 |
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Coping with Cancer During The Holiday Season Coping with cancer can suck all the joy out of the holiday season. Here's a list of joy killers and some things you can do which will bring joy to you this season. |
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Creating joy when you are coping with cancer by Rick Redner Dec 6, 2014 10:37:58 GMT -5 |
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Praise Reports Here's the place to celebrate and/or thank God for answered prayer, a recognized movement of His Grace, Power, Activity or His Love in your life. |
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Bible verses which came true in my life by Rick Redner Apr 16, 2013 10:11:15 GMT -5 |
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Struggling With God or Your Faith A diagnosis of prostate cancer can bring you closer to God, or cause you to become angry and distant. Here's a place to cry out to God, express questions about faith, share your faith struggles |
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How my faith mattered by Rick Redner Apr 13, 2013 23:16:19 GMT -5 |
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Sharing your Testimony Here's a place to share your testimony, that is to share how or why you came to believe Jesus is Lord. |
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How & Why I Believe in Jesus by Rick Redner Apr 26, 2013 10:54:21 GMT -5 |
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A Reporter investigates the evidence for & against Christ Watch this life changing video by a reporter who sought to disprove the life and claims of Jesus. |
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A Life Changing Video to Watch by Rick Redner Apr 26, 2013 11:20:55 GMT -5 |
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Links For Building Faith Links to uplifting and faith building discussions and sermons |
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Faith building Links by Rick Redner Apr 13, 2013 12:08:55 GMT -5 |
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Lessons Learned From Prostate Cancer Here's a place to share what prostate cancer taught you about life and relatonships |
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Important lessons learned by Rick Redner Apr 14, 2013 9:53:06 GMT -5 |
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Looking For Love in All The Wrong Places Sometimes men will turn to many places as a way to cope with erectile dysfunction. Here's the place to share those struggles |
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There are so many wrong places to look for love by Rick Redner Apr 14, 2013 9:30:50 GMT -5 |
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Book Discussion If you've read I Left My Prostate in San Francisco-Where's Yours? and you want to discuss the book with the author and/or others, here's the place to do that |
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I Left My Prostate in San Francisco-Where's Yours? by Rick Redner Apr 14, 2013 9:37:47 GMT -5 |
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Forum Feedback Your thoughts about this Forum |
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We want to get better by Rick Redner Apr 16, 2013 11:32:14 GMT -5 |
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